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[MattOsprey]

As the title says. If you follow the link it will let you have a free eye test at your local Optical Express until 31st March 2008.

http://uk.opticalexpress.com/spectac...al-offers.html

Hope this helps someone.

Matt

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[chuckley]

thats cool, but im usin the danda 1 due to gettin nectar point aswell

[rabialiones]

dollond and aitchison didnt give me nectar points, cos they said i didnt spend any money.
good luck!

[Maruk]

Do you need to buy glasses to get the eye test free or can you just get the eye test free and take your prescription with you.

Thanks

[punkrjb]

this voucher states on it "completely free"

[Pablo Bones]

Don't forget that under The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 your employer has to pay for regular eye tests if you use computers for any significant part of your work (I think it's 15 hours or more a week). If these tests find that you need glasses, your employer also has an obligation to contribute to the cost of these.

[bigturnip]

Employers don't have to provide regular eye tests. The law says that employers have to provide a free eye test upon request from an employee. If there is a problem the optometrist or doctor decides when the next test should be. If you require glasses purely for working on a VDU your employer has to pay for these only if special glasses are required. There is no obligation for employers to contribute towards glasses where normal glasses are needed, even if used to work on a VDU.

There is also no limit to how many hours you have to use a VDU before being entitled to a free eyetest, the law just states "The Regulations apply where staff habitually use VDUs as a significant part of their normal work".

In reality employers will often provide better cover than they are required to by law, but the regulations and guidelines don't quite give as many rights as most people think.

[OhDrat]

Nowhere within 40 miles of me

[jules]

The shop in Leamington is brilliant!

[Pablo Bones]

Originally Posted by bigturnip

Employers don't have to provide regular eye tests. The law says that employers have to provide a free eye test upon request from an employee.

Just to clarify - the law does state that after you have requested an eye test the employer has a duty to ensure regular tests after that.

"(3) At regular intervals after an employee has been provided with an eye and eyesight test in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2), his employer shall, subject to paragraph (6), ensure that he is provided with a further eye and eyesight test of an appropriate nature, any such test to be carried out by a competent person" -

I was told by a Union person that the employer had to contribute to the glasses, but looking at the letter of the law this does not seem to be the case. Thankfully my company did anyway!

[rabialiones]

i think you may have to purchase glasses from them to get the free eye test.

[RobinH]

My company is trying to force us to use their designated supplier of eye tests which is vision express. I guess they have a deal with them but many of us are pretty peaved that we can not use our chosen optician, with whome we may have a long-standing trust of.

[madkitty]

was there any clarification on this voucher as I have booked an appoitnment for next week

[boldaslove]

this would be great if it is truly free. Has anyone done it yet? Nagged my employer for a whole year about eye tests, they did have an reimbursment scheme in place but when my friend never got her money back off them i decided to do it myself... I've left now anyway

[chuckles1066]

Originally Posted by bigturnip

Employers don't have to provide regular eye tests. The law says that employers have to provide a free eye test upon request from an employee

Yes, my employer refunds any costs incurred as a result of an eye test.

And, for someone needing glasses for the first time, they make a substantial contribution to the cost.

[afm]

Hi Everyone!

I am thinking about using the Free eye test voucher from the optical express but I have some questions about it. It would be great if you could help me out with this.
To have an eye test, do I have to book an apointment with them or can I just walk to one of their stores and have the test?
If I want to use the voucher should I mention when I make the booking or should I just mention it in store?
Also, do I have to mention the voucher before the test? Would they be less helpful because I have the voucher?

Many thanks!

[bob76]

I had my eye test this morning, no problems. The eye test was as usual, I showed them the voucher right in the beginning and they had no problems honouring it. Afterwards, the optometrist who did the eye test accompanied me down, to handover to someone who could show me spectacle frames, however i said i was busy and would come again - he didn't seem to mind at all. So I didn't have to actually spend anything for this free eye test.

[julie1075]

I have been using Optical Express for years. I go in get my prescription and go home to order my contact lenses cheaper online. They know I do this and are fine about it. There eye test exam is the best I have ever had but I stupidly went to Tesco this year and now wish I hadn't, they were awful. So I'm glad I found this free voucher so now I can go back and have another eye test with Optical Express for free and at least I'll know a thorough job has been done.

[ACID]

can i ask for my prescription? as i wish to see the result of my eye test??

or is this the clause of it beign a free eye test?

[purplepatch]

I believe that they have to give you your prescription to take away with you. You should be under no obligation to buy specs from them, although they will obviously do their best to encourage that. I've had free eyetests before and just say that my mum is looking after the kids while I have the eyetest, so got to dash - haven't got time to look at frames today!

Has anyone asked optical express to measure your PD (pupillary distance) which makes it very obvious you are going to be buying glasses online? If so, what sort of reception did you get?