Specsavers 2 for 1 question

jbellj

I need to get new sunglasses, as does my girlfriend. We each already have a couple of pairs of normal specs and don't need two pairs of sunnies each.

Does anyone know what Specsavers attitude is towards us taking advantage of their 2 for 1 offer to get 2 pairs of sunnies with a different prescription in each set?

skylight

It will probably be a no.

Two different pescriptions will make two different orders.

But there is no harm in asking them!

golddustmedia

Actually, they may well accommodate you.

I've just ordered my specs from them and it seems they send to the labs which have lenses in stock and just cut to size.

Since I have wildly different strength lenses in each eye I asked them to halve the cost of the thin&light lenses since I only needed one like that.
Then on the second pair I chose a frame where lense wouldn't need to be thinned at all so no extra cost and a free tint as part of promo.

All in that's 4 different lenses in 2 pairs, one tinted, for the cost of the first pair (which cost only half of the thin lense cost as only needing 1 of them).

So, YES I think they can be pretty flexible!

spinybif_2

Be very careful when you collect your new sunglasses that the two lenses are the same colour. Different materials tint differently and you could well end up with lenses which don't match. Also have the same problem with anti-reflection coatings - the colour of the residual reflection depends on the refractive index of the underlying material, similarly an anti-reflection coating machine works best when set up for one particular lens, - therefor either the lenses must be coated separartely or if done at the same time one will be coated in less than ideal conditions.