Free Tesco eye test worth £10

cmhbyandco

Just aword of warning about Tesco's & opticians......Tesco's is a supermarket primarily. Unless the staff are particularly trained for measuring & fitting of specs things can go wrong.

My Mum bought glasses from them recently & was very concerned that the girl who was 'trying' to take measurements was 'off the till' & she said she didn't know what she was doing. Wrong lenses were ordrered, glasses were lost & all this was because the staff are not trained & can be moved around the store at any time.

Not an ideal situation when it is eyes they are dealing with & not fruit & veg!!

stanmoresaver

The contact lense test is £15 so you have a full eye test and contact lense test for that.

I can't find anything any better...

PeterMc

Someone enquired if there were Tesco stores providing free eye tests in N.Ireland.

I work in Antrim and noticed an offer in an Opticians (Taylor & Toal) located in the centre of Antrim town. It has an ongoing offer of a free eye test to anyone up until the end of 2009. I availed of this last year and did not need to change my glasses.

They are currently also offering free prescription sunglasses of equal or less value with a purchase of glasses from their £75 range. This offer expires at the end of July.

brownfrog

cmhbyandco wrote: »

Just aword of warning about Tesco's & opticians......Tesco's is a supermarket primarily. Unless the staff are particularly trained for measuring & fitting of specs things can go wrong.

My Mum bought glasses from them recently & was very concerned that the girl who was 'trying' to take measurements was 'off the till' & she said she didn't know what she was doing. Wrong lenses were ordrered, glasses were lost & all this was because the staff are not trained & can be moved around the store at any time.

Not an ideal situation when it is eyes they are dealing with & not fruit & veg!!

You can always get the eye test and get your glasses elsewhere. The original post is slightly wrong - you don't 'often' have a right, you always have a right to get your prescription and go elsewhere. To quote from the Tesco site: 'If not you can ask your optician to provide a copy as you are entitled to it.' Of course, the shop where you go also has the right to refuse to serve you, but they'd be pretty silly to do so. Or you can get your glasses online - if you don't need varifocals or bifocals, this is usually the easiest and cheapest way.

jamespir

i couldnt see this in my store

jeffkenny

As there seems to be nothing on their website, does anyone know where to view the T&Cs for this offer? My nearest Tesco is 7.5 miles away but what do they class as the "catchment area"?

richie2185

I just read this post at lunch time. I booked a test and was completed by 3:30 with the free check plus club card points and two pairs of glasses for the price of one. Very competent optician who did all the checks I've been used to at other opticians.
When I booked the test they wanted my post code but never mentioned any restrictions ( I live about 7 miles away)

ParsimoniousPercy

"Free Tesco eye test worth £10"

Ah yes... but what about the other eye?

badmumof1

cmhbyandco wrote: »

Just aword of warning about Tesco's & opticians......Tesco's is a supermarket primarily. Unless the staff are particularly trained for measuring & fitting of specs things can go wrong.

My Mum bought glasses from them recently & was very concerned that the girl who was 'trying' to take measurements was 'off the till' & she said she didn't know what she was doing. Wrong lenses were ordrered, glasses were lost & all this was because the staff are not trained & can be moved around the store at any time.

Not an ideal situation when it is eyes they are dealing with & not fruit & veg!!

Been there and done that and wouldnt go back again.
when i went in they took my glasses and took the prescription off my glasses ( gave them an idea of my eye sight i guess)
Was told my prescription had changed and would require glasses.
Chose new frames etc.
Got glasses back and couldnt see properly out of them ( i kept stepping over everything)
Was told I would get used to them went away
Not happy put old glasses on and went back
this went on for about 6 months and then my work asked me to go for a eye test to get a pair of safety glasses so i went back to my old optician and wore no glasses so i could relax my eyes and get a good eye test.
Turns out that tesco had put wrong lenses in frames and didnt tie up with the prescription they gave me at all.
Tesco denied that and so i went to the head office where i got a full refund and then purchased a pair off the internet for 15.00
I wouldnt trust them testing the eye sight of my cat let alone me again

Tesh_1987

Great post, i booked an appointment with my usual optician an cancelled it when i saw this post.

I saved £22, many thanks