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Specsavers - how do they get away with it?

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  • #102
    jobless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭jobless


    been reading this thread with interest.... looking to get new glasses but dont have the money to pay high prices... id like to try some of the online stores mentioned ....
    has anyone managed to get a prescription with pupil distance included?...


  • #103
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Yes, I did in vision express on Talbot street.

    The guy doing the test started saying, in an overly loud voice, so that his boss could hear him: "We don't normally give that out because people use it for buying glasses online and if you get the wrong type it can be very damaging. I'd be wary of buying from an online retailer".

    While he was saying this he measured my PD and wrote it down on a post-it and handed it to me. Then told me that he buys his own off Zenni. This was about 7 years ago, so not sure if he's still there.


  • #104
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    jobless wrote: »
    been reading this thread with interest.... looking to get new glasses but dont have the money to pay high prices... id like to try some of the online stores mentioned ....
    has anyone managed to get a prescription with pupil distance included?...

    Your PD doesn't change once you're an adult. So once you have it you have it. That said I always get my prescription from the optician. Once it didn't contain it for I asked for it and was given it.

    Personal bugbear with Spacsavers this month. Daughter getting contacts for the first time - very hard sell from the staff. Signed up for 3 months home delivery - then found out that they will take month 4 next month ... etc. So always 3 months in advance - no thanks - cancelling DD before next payment.

    And the price - €20 for a pair of monthlies. Found them online from the UK for €25 for 3 months supply. Contacts are off the shelf not custom made so you can buy them anywhere.


  • #105
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah, so I got a new prescription and bought new glasses from Specsavers a few months ago. Well, technically as I had good quality frames that I liked I merely paid them c. €230 for replacing the lenses in the same frame. Nice profit for them. I wear them once a week just as a break from contacts. Bear in mind they were supposed to be updated (prescription wise) replacement lenses. I tried them on in front of the laptop a week or so later and lo and behold looking at the laptop was a blur and I had headaches.

    Now, with my previous glasses I was able to read the laptop and see in the distance through them. I went back and asked what was wrong. The Specsavers' person said that I had only been given distance glasses. I said I bought new glasses that would replace my old glasses. I didn't pay €230 or whatever for glasses that would only do half the job. I was then told that I am at an age where my prescription has changed and I would no longer be able to use the same glasses for both. Eh, when in a hole...

    I was then told about a "deal" where I could get 50% off blah blah blah and another bullshít "deal" on top of that if I bought more new glasses. And, furthermore, as I did not get any PRSI discount on my above nice glasses (something which was news to me), I could get that PRSI discount also only if I bought this second new pair of glasses (as they claimed that PRSI discount could not be backdated to the good glasses which I had bought a few weeks before).

    So, they wanted to charge me a further €150 to sell me a pair of inferior glasses that I could use for reading and I'd rarely be using my nice, more expensive glasses which I originally bought (as I would be reading more). Despite my wanting to be able to read and see in the distance from the one pair of better glasses, the gouger in Specsavers was trying to move heaven and earth to get me to buy a second set of glasses. I fúcking hate glasses. As mentioned, I only wear a pair once a week to give the eyes a break from contacts, and this hard-sell clown wants to charge me almost €400 for two pairs of glasses that I expressly don't want.

    Most professional businesses would admit they got the initial lenses incorrect when they gave me distance glasses to replace distance and reading glasses, and replace without question. This one is insisting I should try them out first and then decide. Eh, no, just do what your company should have done at the start and stop trying to charge me more for rectifying (but actually not rectifying) a problem created by your firm's incompetence.


  • #106
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,547 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The PRSI paperwork officially isn't backdatable, fudges are made. It should have been offered to you the firs time.

    What lenses were in your old glasses? If they are single vision and were OK for previous use, the fact you need two types now it is because you're getting old (sorry....), if they were already mutli-focal in any of its methods of doing so they definitely ballsed up.


  • #107
    gobo99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 566 ✭✭✭gobo99


    Orion wrote: »

    And the price - €20 for a pair of monthlies. Found them online from the UK for €25 for 3 months supply. Contacts are off the shelf not custom made so you can buy them anywhere.
    Orion can I ask you what site get your contacts?
    Or if anyone else has experience of buying contacts online


  • #108
    cgcsb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,754 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Went into them today. Made an appointment online for the PRSI funded test. They accepted and sent a confirmation email. So I go in and am told quite casually that the website that they use to process the PRSI info is down so I'll have to pay and get it refunded. I rolled my eye of course expecting this to be one of their scams. So I agree yo pay the €30. Got the eye test and afterwards went up to pay. As I produce my card I ask about the refund and the guy says 'yeah you'll get a letter in the post, and you just come in with that'. I tap my card and it beeps, transaction complete, and the guy says 'yeah it can take a couple of weeks for the letter to arrive'. Is this a scam? Are they hoping to pocket my payment and my PRSI money?

    Should I be contacting some consumer standards people?


  • #109
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,547 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Normal enough


  • #110
    Orion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,807 ✭✭✭✭Orion


    They could make a phone call to the DSP to check the entitlement. Or send off the request in advance and get clearance. That's what they do in my local optician.


  • #111
    cgcsb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,754 ✭✭✭cgcsb


    Orion wrote: »
    They could make a phone call to the DSP to check the entitlement. Or send off the request in advance and get clearance. That's what they do in my local optician.

    I thought when they accepted the online appointment that they had confirmed I was entitled to it.


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  • #112
    Xterminator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,758 ✭✭✭Xterminator


    i thought they supplied chocolates and a cup of tea.


  • #113
    robbiezero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,479 ✭✭✭robbiezero


    bladespin wrote: »
    Full disclosure: I hate going for new glasses, this dates back to when I got my first credit card (long ago) I had promised myself a nice pair of glasses instead of the old medical card jobbies, armed with a 'special offer' - glasses and sunglasses for £100 I happily went in and before I know it I was being charged £578; coatings I 'had' to have, frame upgrades for just a little more etc etc - yes I swallowed it all.

    Every experience with the optical chains since that has reinforced this, I honestly would rather deal with the roughest used car dealer than these 'professionals'.

    Now, I had a lovely pair of raybans until I lost them last year, as summer is approaching i thought I'd get a new set with an up to date prescription so looked about online.

    Specsavers seemed to offer a nice pair at a reasonable price of €89 and as the ad said 'comes with standard single vision lenses, a scratch-resistant treatment, case and cloth.' I thought I had a winner.

    Their website promised me a free eyetest up to the 30th but found they preferred to go through PRSI when I tried to arrange a test; eh well okay.

    Turned up for the test and all went swimmingly, their Navan staff are lovely, very easy to deal with.

    So test done I mentioned that I'd seen a pair I liked and could I buy them, we selected the pair from the display (marked at €89 as per the web) and went to order, I was asked about thin lenses and coatings but as these are only really for the car I said no thank you, just the standard.
    The calculator came out and I was presented with a bill for €178, a little stunned I questioned this, thinking they were thinking I wanted 2x pairs but no, this was for the pair I'd picked with standard lenses.
    I mentioned the price from the website but was told that that was for the frames with 'standard' lenses, when I said that was what I wanted I was told that for 'sunglasses' I would require polarizing or tinted lenses, €60 and/or €89, that the 'standard' lenses that were free were clear lenses, I thanked them for their time, got my prescription and left, I've just ordered 2 pairs (one sunglasses and a spare set of clears) for €64 online so I'm very happy.

    I'm just trying to understand how they can get away with that kind of carry on, surely there's some sort of advertising standard that's in breach here, selling sunglasses with standard lenses that aren't sunglasses unless you spend another €60 minimum for a tint, how can they describe clear lenses as standard sunglasses?

    Went in there today for an eye test and possibly to buy a pair of glasses ( I wear contact lenses all the time, but was thinking it would be no harm to have a pair of glasses just for wearing in bed or the odd time to give eyes a break from the contacts, as well as for backup).

    Eye test supposed to be free, but 20 euro extra added for something called OCT, photo of back of eye or something, that I wasn't asked if I wanted.

    Optician said I would need to get "slim lenses" in the glasses. I picked out a pair for 89 euro (~40 off via PRSI), but 145 added for the "slim lenses". 2nd pair free, but would need to also have the 145 added for "slim lenses", I was allowed to leave those to get them another day.

    Didn't really argue the point as I assumed optician would know best, but given how little I expect to wear these glasses (actually haven't had a pair in 5 years), I can't help feeling quite gouged.
    Maybe all the above was fair enough from them, but I will not be using them again.


  • #114
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭emeldc


    robbiezero wrote: »
    Went in there today for an eye test and possibly to buy a pair of glasses ( I wear contact lenses all the time, but was thinking it would be no harm to have a pair of glasses just for wearing in bed or the odd time to give eyes a break from the contacts, as well as for backup).

    Eye test supposed to be free, but 20 euro extra added for something called OCT, photo of back of eye or something, that I wasn't asked if I wanted.

    Optician said I would need to get "slim lenses" in the glasses. I picked out a pair for 89 euro (~40 off via PRSI), but 145 added for the "slim lenses". 2nd pair free, but would need to also have the 145 added for "slim lenses", I was allowed to leave those to get them another day.

    Didn't really argue the point as I assumed optician would know best, but given how little I expect to wear these glasses (actually haven't had a pair in 5 years), I can't help feeling quite gouged.
    Maybe all the above was fair enough from them, but I will not be using them again.

    So is that €254 just for one pair. Did they say why you needed slim lenses.


  • #115
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    went into my regular opticians got some nice carrera titanium frames, thin lenses (cos im blind and they would be thick and heavy otherwise), varifocal, €475 minus about €100 PRSI payment (dont ask me where this came form - not complaining, threw in a pair of varifocal sunglasses as well with the obviously thick standard lenses but i can read in them. great stuff.

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  • #116
    robbiezero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,479 ✭✭✭robbiezero


    emeldc wrote: »
    So is that €254 just for one pair. Did they say why you needed slim lenses.

    1 pair was (145 + 89). Was allowed around 40 off for PRSI so just under 200 quid. The second pair then would have been "free" + 145. They were smart enough to not push the second "free" pair on me as I probably would have said "f**k the glasses" and not got either with that price.

    Not really sure why I needed these "slim lenses" something to do with the fact that my eyesight is very poor, (-6.0 in contact lenses) so I would have needed fairly thick lenses normally, but seemingly the "slim lenses" would be better for me for some reason.
    Bit annoyed with myself for not questioning it a bit more at the time, as I hardly need and will only barely use those glasses anyway.


  • #117
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,547 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Every retail optician in Ireland charges scandalous prices for frames/lenses; its as if they - or their upstream suppliers - haven't realised that you can't get away with that anymore.

    Random pair of metal frames with thinned lenses on Zenni = under $60. Plastic ones with non-thinned lenses from about $8.


  • #118
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Get your prescription (full) and order on-line, just bought a pair of glasses (nice frames-their own not designer though) on spex4less with all coatings etc £23.92 including delivery.
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  • #119
    astrofool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,885 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    robbiezero wrote: »
    1 pair was (145 + 89). Was allowed around 40 off for PRSI so just under 200 quid. The second pair then would have been "free" + 145. They were smart enough to not push the second "free" pair on me as I probably would have said "f**k the glasses" and not got either with that price.

    Not really sure why I needed these "slim lenses" something to do with the fact that my eyesight is very poor, (-6.0 in contact lenses) so I would have needed fairly thick lenses normally, but seemingly the "slim lenses" would be better for me for some reason.
    Bit annoyed with myself for not questioning it a bit more at the time, as I hardly need and will only barely use those glasses anyway.

    from memory, some frames can't fit the non-thin lenses, depending on the prescription you have.


  • #120
    sondagefaux
    Registered Users Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭sondagefaux


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    That must be a new thing because my wife tried numerous times to get hers and they kept fobbing her off very year
    We will keep that on file just call back and we will supply the glasses etc

    Specsavers cannot simply refuse to provide customers with their prescription details.

    It's a pretty serious breach of the Data Protection Act.

    I suggest your wife contacts Specsavers in writing to request her prescription details using a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act:

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-access-information

    If they reply with 'we have it on file, call in and we'll supply glasses' or similar, she would have grounds to make a formal complaint to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner: https://www.dataprotection.ie/

    The fines for breaches of data protection law have been greatly increased since the GDPR (the EU's General Data Protection Regulation) came into force.

    All the data, including prescription details, that Specsavers have on file about customers should be made available to them on receipt of a Subject Access Reques under the Data Protection Act, and there are time limits for providing the information set out in law, which should normally provided for free:
    Can I be charged a fee to make an access request?
    In most cases individuals cannot be required to pay a fee to make a subject access request. Only in certain very limited circumstances, per Article 12(5) GDPR, where the initial request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (which the controller must prove), can a controller charge a ‘reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with the request.

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-access-information

    In the case of Specsavers, it's most likely they will be the 'controller' of your wife's data (unless they've outsourced it to someone else); you should be able to find out from their website or by contacting them.

    See Also:

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/guidance-landing/data-subject-access-requests-faq

    Data Protection Commission phone numbers:

    +353 (0)761 104 800
    +353 (0)57 868 4800
    09:15 - 17:30 hrs
    (17:15 Friday)


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  • #121
    sondagefaux
    Registered Users Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭sondagefaux


    L1011 wrote: »
    Specsavers are a franchise, different stores will work differently. If you push the point every optician will give the prescription but many won't give the pupil distance.

    They have to by law if they have it on file.
    OmegaGene wrote: »
    That must be a new thing because my wife tried numerous times to get hers and they kept fobbing her off very year
    We will keep that on file just call back and we will supply the glasses etc

    Specsavers cannot simply refuse to provide customers with their prescription details.

    It's a pretty serious breach of the Data Protection Act.

    I suggest your wife contacts Specsavers in writing to request her prescription details using a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act:

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-access-information

    If they reply with 'we have it on file, call in and we'll supply glasses' or similar, she would have grounds to make a formal complaint to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner: https://www.dataprotection.ie/

    The fines for breaches of data protection law have been greatly increased since the GDPR (the EU's General Data Protection Regulation) came into force.

    All the data, including prescription details, that Specsavers have on file about customers should be made available to them on receipt of a Subject Access Reques under the Data Protection Act, and there are time limits for providing the information set out in law, which should normally provided for free:
    Can I be charged a fee to make an access request?
    In most cases individuals cannot be required to pay a fee to make a subject access request. Only in certain very limited circumstances, per Article 12(5) GDPR, where the initial request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (which the controller must prove), can a controller charge a ‘reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with the request.

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-access-information

    In the case of Specsavers, it's most likely they will be the 'controller' of your wife's data (unless they've outsourced it to someone else); you should be able to find out from their website or by contacting them.

    See Also:

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/guidance-landing/data-subject-access-requests-faq

    Data Protection Commission phone numbers:

    +353 (0)761 104 800
    +353 (0)57 868 4800
    09:15 - 17:30 hrs
    (17:15 Friday)


  • #122
    NewClareman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭NewClareman


    sondagefaux wrote: »
    Specsavers cannot simply refuse to provide customers with their prescription details...
    I suggest your wife contacts Specsavers in writing to request her prescription details using a Subject Access Request under the Data Protection Act:

    https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights/right-access-information


    You can request all your information online. I got all my despensing information, including PD, frame sizes etc. The link won’t work if you are in privacy mode or have cookies disabled.


  • #123
    Draco
    Subscribers Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Draco


    astrofool wrote: »
    from memory, some frames can't fit the non-thin lenses, depending on the prescription you have.
    I've one eye significantly worse than the other so if I want rimless or half-rim glasses I need the thin lens or it's very unbalanced weight and looks wise. I wear glasses with thick enough rims that it hides the odd look and so that the sit properly.


  • #124
    maxsmum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭maxsmum


    Just got 2 pairs of ultra thin lenses (I'm -6.25 both eyes) beautiful frames from Firmoo with Black Friday deal at 40 USD - delivered from China in 4 days - paid 300+ for a similar Karen Millen pair in Supersavers last year that took 4 weeks to come back from 'the lab in England'.. what a joke. And their anti scratch coating didn't work.

    Tip - measure your current glasses and you can assess the frame size on Firmoo to see if they're same size. Worked perfectly for me.


  • #125
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,729 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    L1011 wrote: »
    Every retail optician in Ireland charges scandalous prices for frames/lenses; its as if they - or their upstream suppliers - haven't realised that you can't get away with that anymore.

    Random pair of metal frames with thinned lenses on Zenni = under $60. Plastic ones with non-thinned lenses from about $8.

    I want to thank you for this info.

    It's only during the last year or so that I have realised how bad value Sppecsavers are.

    I had assumed they were like Spoons - a UK chain entering Ireland and genuinely undercutting the local high costs suppliers.

    I too have paid 45/90 for the thinner lenses in the past.

    I am now considering the following:

    getting eye test done in Specsavers
    getting prescription, leaving shop
    measuring my PD myself
    ordering glasses online

    However, I am a bit nervous about it.

    I see Zenni mentioned:

    https://www.zennioptical.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5teG6Lyo5gIVTbDtCh0qnQafEAAYASAAEgKZT_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

    I assume there will be Customs plus 23% VAT if I buy from them?

    Are there any UK or EU based glasses suppliers, so I avoid the hassle of duty plus VAT?

    Thanks.


  • #126
    dball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭dball


    Geuze wrote: »
    I want to thank you for this info.

    It's only during the last year or so that I have realised how bad value Sppecsavers are.

    I had assumed they were like Spoons - a UK chain entering Ireland and genuinely undercutting the local high costs suppliers.

    I too have paid 45/90 for the thinner lenses in the past.

    I am now considering the following:

    getting eye test done in Specsavers
    getting prescription, leaving shop
    measuring my PD myself
    ordering glasses online

    However, I am a bit nervous about it.

    I see Zenni mentioned:

    https://www.zennioptical.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5teG6Lyo5gIVTbDtCh0qnQafEAAYASAAEgKZT_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

    I assume there will be Customs plus 23% VAT if I buy from them?

    Are there any UK or EU based glasses suppliers, so I avoid the hassle of duty plus VAT?

    Thanks.


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  • #127
    antimatterx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    I was in specsavers in July to get glasses, they will were trying to push me to buy two pairs of glasses, but I only wanted one. As a result I got a discount of €40 from the sale price.

    Was pretty happy with that


  • #128
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,547 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I've never paid customs with Zenni, but there is import duty on glasses (2.9%)+VAT. They may actually be clearing this in advance or I've just been lucky.


  • #129
    Nutser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭Nutser


    Last time I purchased from Zenni I got hit for customs and VAT, had to provide a copy of my order and proof of payment. I think it still came to under 100 all in for 5 pairs of acrylic framed specs.


  • #130
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69,547 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I've just been lucky then! Its still vastly cheaper than buying locally, which is a pity in some senses but the supply chain/retail opticians here need to cop on basically. Stop selling Luxottica products if they're the cause of it being dear.


  • #131
    dball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭dball


    i saw this in Belgium earlier this year, - I went in but i didn't have my prescription with me - there is a website on the window but i never ordered anything, cant say if they are decent or not:
    [IMG][/img]47033499964_5233455537_c.jpgIMG_20190508_193905 by Zed Llab, on Flickr


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  • #132
    Solomon Straight Registration
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Solomon Straight Registration


    NewClareman wrote: »
    You can request all your information online. I got all my despensing information, including PD, frame sizes etc. The link won’t work if you are in privacy mode or have cookies disabled.

    I tried doing this and got the following reply:
    Dear Mr Solomon Straight Registration
    Thank you for contacting Specsavers regarding obtaining a copy of your eye prescription. Your records are held by the store where you had your eyes tested. You can obtain a copy of your eye prescription and information about your eye test from the store where you had your eyes tested. A verified copy of your prescription will need to be signed by the optician and they may make a charge for this service. The store can post or email the prescription to you.

    The store contact details, including telephone number, can be found using the following link

    https://www.specsavers.ie/stores

    Yours sincerely

    Lisa
    Data Protection and Privacy Team

    I already called into the local store and they wouldn't give me my PD. The annoying thing is I only want my prescription in order to purchases lenses for an Oculus Go. So it's something that SpecSavers don't even sell themselves.


  • #133
    65535
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 877 ✭✭✭65535


    Don't watch TV myself but the amount of people that use the line 'should have gone to specsavers' shows that their advertising model is working very well for them.
    Which in turn means that you are paying for those adverts.
    Other opticians are available.


  • #134
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭emeldc


    Anyone know how much they charge for an eye test if you're not using your PRSI.


  • #135
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    emeldc wrote: »
    Anyone know how much they charge for an eye test if you're not using your PRSI.
    €35 was in n the receipt they gave me for a prsi test last week.
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  • #136
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,729 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    I am going to Specsavers to get an eye test tomorrow.

    I am thinking about buying spectacles online after that.

    I see people here buying from Zenni (USA) and Specs4Less.

    Does anybody recommend any particular supplier?


    I am aware of the issue with Pupillary Distance.



  • #137
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,729 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/108489335#Comment_108489335


    When people on this thread say "entitled to prescription", are you referring to the sticker/label wit the following details:

    SPH CYL Axis

    Do those six numbers make up the prescription, or is there more to it?



  • #138
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    That’s all I needed, you can measure your own pupil distance quite easily.



    I’ve used Spex4lessless several times without issue, their customer support is excellent.

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  • #139
    tele2020
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭tele2020


    Have a medical card and prsi. Got an OCI scan and that was 25, fine with that.

    Got the eye test done after and then passed on to the sales person , we picked out glasses and then we talk about different glasses, bifocals etc, I just settle on single vision glasses for reading/pc work etc.. which were €89, then on the bill it adds €159 for sReader, the total ended up being around €163 after PRSI contribution deduction. Never asked to fill in any medical card forms.

    If I go by google , it says "Does a medical card cover glasses?

    Medical card holders are entitled to a free examination and any necessary standard spectacles once every two years"

    Was I scammed?



  • #140
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119549620#Comment_119549620

    it's up to you to claim on the Med card, you cannot claimon the card and PRSI



  • #141
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    a male friend got glasses from specsavers.the frame had a girls name and on googling it turns out its a lady's frame https://www.specsavers.co.uk/glasses/jane1?sku=25663563

    why do they do that?



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  • #142
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117643265#Comment_117643265

    No. see attached. its an a4 sheet .at the top of the page is your name and address etc

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  • #143
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117652120#Comment_117652120

    i don't know if a customer would be fitting them right. How could we do measurements like a dispensing optician? there are more measurements than PD

    some sites say go to an optometrist to fit them



  • #144
    tele2020
    Registered Users Posts: 64 ✭✭tele2020


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119553394#Comment_119553394


    The never even gave me the option to fill in any med card claim forms.



  • #145
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,368 ✭✭✭bladespin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119553557#Comment_119553557

    Pupil distance is incredibly simple, there are lots of online guides, even easier if you’ve been to an optician before, it’s usually noted on any previous prescription or you could just take your free eye test and ask then use the info provided on the online form, that’s what I did, funnily SS didn’t measure pd!

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  • #146
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119555174#Comment_119555174

    PD is easy but i think there are other measurem,ents. with me anyway they usually make marks on the plain lens that is in there.

    Hopefully some of the optometrist here can say if it is a good idea to buy online. some places advise getting an optometrist or optician to fit them. might be just covering themselves i don't know. i also don't know if the glasses were a bad fit would it affect ones eyes



  • #147
    gipi
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119555174#Comment_119555174

    My experience over the years is that opticians don't put PD on prescriptions - you have to ask for it specifically.



  • #148
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119557318#Comment_119557318

    they usually put it on mine



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