Free Eye Test

hencot

ivagoldfish wrote:

Latest Tesco magazine (free in-store) has voucher for free eye test (worth £20) at Dollond & Aitchison.

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This is a great spot. The voucher's valid until 31 March. It's always good to check out your eyesight. The one thing to be careful of is if you have a problem you don't automatically opt for Dollond & Aitchison to be your optician (which is of course the reason it does it).

This free eye test also works in conjunction with the following articles Cut the cost of contact lenses or Glasses Buying. Of course remember aftercare is extremely important, don't skip on it!

If you take advantage of this "free eye test" do Dollond & Aitchinson provide a prescription for glasses that you can take to any optician or are you obliged to buy from them

chiny

CostCo are also doing free eye tests - I think until 31 Jan. You need a voucher which is being sent to some members, although there are many instore.

CostCo might not be the obvious place for an eye test but they look (to the average punter like me) well set up with all the latest gizmos and provide top quality lenses (I always go for a high-spec make). I price-checked against my local high street optician and SpecSavers - CostCo much cheaper for my requirements.

Possibly the use of over-attractive, underclad staff is slightly less than professional but otherwise no issues.

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Chiny

moneyandmountains

It sounds like you already wear glasses.
However, if you work with a VDU and only need glasses for that work, then your employer is legally obliged to meet the costs of basic glasses + frames.

e.g. I don't need glasses to drive, read etc. but wear them for VDU use as I have slight astigmatism.

Many companies operate what is called VDU screening, often carried out in house. This is normally used as a cheap screening method, before recommending an eye test. However, this is not the same as the eye test they are legally obliged to provide.

A company may specify what optician you use though, if it is footing the bill.

lindseyvb

I went for an eye test last night at D&A....printed off some vouchers from their website which included a free eye test and an additional £25 off you glasses.
In the end I got a great deal.
They also have a deal where if you sign up to a contact lense trial the will take another 50% off your glasses.
So all in all I saved £260.00 only paying £155 for designer glasses, designer sunglasses and contacts...if I want to keep the contacts then I pay monthly about £11.00 per month.
Bargain.

sashanut

Hi all

Just wondered if anyone know the answer to my contact lens question please? My daughter (age 15) wears contacts & we have been paying Specsavers a monthly fee for these. Read the MSE tips & tried to register her with Tesco opticians but no luck - they told me that under age 16 you HAVE to stay with the opticians who provide the prescription even though Specsavers says she doesn't need another eye test for a year. The way round it would be to go to Tesco opticians & have an eye test - sadly the nearest ones in the North are Cleethorpes & Middlesborough!! Does anyone know if it is the case that you have to stay with them if you are aged under 16?

TIA if anyone can help!

Mimi

Savvy_Sue

hencot wrote:

If you take advantage of this "free eye test" do Dollond & Aitchinson provide a prescription for glasses that you can take to any optician or are you obliged to buy from them

AFAIK the optician is obliged to give you a copy of your prescription so that you can take it anywhere to get the glasses made up. I've been being given one for me and my lads for years now, because we don't actually need glasses but they still have to give us the prescription! (Well, I say that, I can't read without them unless the light's very good and the print's large enough, but then my arms have shrunk quite a lot. Yes, I too am giving away my age!)

Donaldiesel

D&A advised me to have retest in Dec 05. When they told me it would cost £25 I cancelled the appointment. I figured that they would probably have a better deal in Jan. Glad I did, especially now I hear that the normal price is £20. Caviat Emptor.

freebie_junkie

theres a 20% off glasses voucher in there too for D&A

but some of Specsavers give you a £30 credit on glasses if you bring in another opticians prescription

hmaffin

My boyfriend used a D&A voucher from a magazine last year to have a free eye test. He said they were very pleasant and it was a very thorough examination. They gave him a clean bill of eye health and there seemed to be no pressure to sign up or anything. However since then he has had a LOT of mail from them offering him things and most recently got a voucher for a half price eye test (so about £10) as it's been a year since the first.

Be careful because I have seen these vouchers for free eye tests there but in the small print it says only if you then purchase glasses from them. (Not very useful if they pronounce you have 20/20 vision really!)

Helen

alterego_2

golddustmedia wrote:

...They pay the £20 test fee and you pay the £200 glasses cost!

I seem to recall that Martin had a link recently to suppliers on the web whose prices for glasses started at about £15. Just illustrates the mark-up in the high street...