Eye test (refused to give PD )

oldkingkole

Have a look at my post below to demistify this nonsense.

Brookvale

biggurs wrote: »

A UK registered optometrist is not obliged to give you your PD unles he/she wants to.
It is traditionally the responsability of the person who is dispensing the glasses to measure the PD.
It is a skilled measurement which if measured incorrectly, the optometrist will be liable for negligent. As a professional person (one that is registered with the General Optical Council UK), the optometrist has certain rules and regulations to abide by.
As it is a professional service, the optometrist is well within their rights to charge for this. Have you noticed that all these sites that make out that your PD is a trivial matter, are NOT allowed to dispense under 16's or those that are are registered partially sighted or blind? That is because it is an important measurement. If you have a particularly strong prescription and your pd is measured incorrectly, you will most likely get headaches, eyestrain and a feeling of being crosseyed.
As mentioned before, if an optometrist measures a pd wrong and you crash your car due to this, then he/she will be liable for negligence. If your uncle measured your pd wrong he wont be. SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY OPTOMETRISTS DO NOT MEASURE THE PD AS PART OF THE PRESCRIPTION. THE PD IS MEASURED BY THE PERSON DISPENSING THE GLASSES and that is why professional optometrists charge more for the glasses. YOU ARE PAYING FOR A SERVICE. You can go back and have your glasses adjusted etc etc. Who wiull adjust your glasses over the internet??? that is why internet glasses are cheaper. THERE IS NO AFTER CARE.

ONE MORE THING....WILL YOU GO TO A TAILOR OR DRESS MAKER AND ASK THEM TO MEASURE YOU UP FOR A SUIT OR A DRESS, GIVE YOU THE MEASUREMENTS SO YOU CAN ORDER THE SUIT OR DRESS OVER THE INTERNET FOR FREE???? OF COURSE NOT, THE TAILOR OR DRESS MAKER WILL CHARGE YOU!

THE SAME APPLIES FOR AN OPTOMETRIST. GIVING YOU A PRESCRIPTION IS ONE THING, BUTTHEY DONT HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE PD MEASUREMENT (which is not part of the eye test..... but part of the dispense) THEN THEY CAN CHARGE YOU FOR IT!

PEOPLE WILL GET THEIR NAILS DONE FOR £50 BUT ARE SO SHOCKED TO PAY £20 FOR AN EYE TEST ONCE EVERY 2 YEARS (WHICH CAN PICK UP ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS... BRAIN TUMOURS, BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES.......) I FIND IT RIDICULOUS.

ITS YOUR EYES!!!!!!!!!!! THERE'S A TIME AND A PLACE TO BE CHEAPSKATES!!!!!!!

Ohh hit a nerve hey :-)

Dont come that crap that optoms charge more because of a better service. The amount of times I hear optoms won't reglaze an existing frame because the frame is not in good enough condition is mental. They are rob dogs and always have been.

If what you say is true then why dont optoms give an AR coat for free to kids? Why is it every single pair of glasses I see a kid wearing they are just hardcoated cr39? Kids now more than ever wear glasses for use sitting at a computer screen or watching tv.

Kids would seriously benefit from an AR coating and the cost difference to the optom for a CR39 hard coated lens and CR39 MAR is what? 2 or 3 quid if they are using a remote edger?

The reason kids dont get an AR is because the extra £40+ optoms charge for this coating will come into question if they start supplying it free to children.

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY NOT THE CUSTOMER CARE, OPTOMS ARE CROOKS AND THEY HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!

CrazyNerd

sorry, I am not a crook and take offence at your sweeping generalisation.

thorsoak

Maybe we all need to check our specs ....I cannot for the life of me see why this old thread (Auguest 2008) has been resurrected!

mishkanorman

Brookvale wrote: »

Ohh hit a nerve hey :-)

Dont come that crap that optoms charge more because of a better service. The amount of times I hear optoms won't reglaze an existing frame because the frame is not in good enough condition is mental. They are rob dogs and always have been.

If what you say is true then why dont optoms give an AR coat for free to kids? Why is it every single pair of glasses I see a kid wearing they are just hardcoated cr39? Kids now more than ever wear glasses for use sitting at a computer screen or watching tv.

Kids would seriously benefit from an AR coating and the cost difference to the optom for a CR39 hard coated lens and CR39 MAR is what? 2 or 3 quid if they are using a remote edger?

The reason kids dont get an AR is because the extra £40+ optoms charge for this coating will come into question if they start supplying it free to children.

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY NOT THE CUSTOMER CARE, OPTOMS ARE CROOKS AND THEY HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!

Yeah, genius give an AR coating to ALL children :rotfl:

delain

ailuro2 wrote: »

Can I make a suggestion here?

Go to Specsavers, who do glasses form £25 complete. One of their 'fitters' will measure the distance between your eyes, and then your glasses will fit, and do the job they are meant to.;)

One of my closest friends works there (has just been promoted) and is doing uni study that is incredibly complex, not something you can do yourself IMO. The optician in the OP is protecting both their business and the OP's eyes.

I have many problems with my eyes, and would never buy glasses online, because I know the damage the wrong glasses can do!

In specsavers they have perfectly nice looking glasses that are entirely covered by the voucher, and on 2 for 1 as well. If you have the NHS voucher you really don't need dodgy online glasses.

I'd avoid the anti-glare stuff though, I got a scratch on my glasses (which will happen a lot to kids - I should know, I was always a speccy four eyes ) and then it was always in my vision as a big green line which was very very annoying.

Brookvale

mishkanorman wrote: »

Yeah, genius give an AR coating to ALL children :rotfl:

Tell me why not? Give me a good reason why a kid should not get an MAR lens. The cost of the frame, lenses and glazing would be easily covered by the £36 optom claims back from the government.

Brookvale

CrazyNerd wrote: »

sorry, I am not a crook and take offence at your sweeping generalisation.

You are right, it was a sweeping generalization. There are good optoms out there, especially those who give up their time for organisations like vision aid overseas.

Brookvale

delain wrote: »

you really don't need dodgy online glasses.

Online glasses are not dodgy, in fact they use the same lenses as high street retailers and independents.

mishkanorman

Its not about the initial cost, what about when they have gone back for their 3rd or 4th repair and need new lenses each time ? Its ok subsidising once or twice but if you are doing it several times for lots of customers you will soon see your profit margin gone !

Aside from the cost, MAR lenses scratch more easily (at least its more noticable to the user when they do) and children will soon end up with lenses which will impair the vision. Children just dont have the maturity to look after glasses - it would be as absurd as giving them rimless glasses !