Who should pay for accidental damage by child

lazer

Althoug its been resolved my answer would be

If the adult had invited the child to visit, then the glasses shouldn't have been there and its the adults fault.

If the parent and child turned up unexpectantly, then the partner is not responsible and the parent should pay for the new glasses.

If the partner was visiting them and left the glasses where the child could easily break them then again the partner is at fault and should pay for their own glasses.

However none of these scenarios really apply and instead its a couple living together with a stepchild coming to visit, i would say then its just one of those things - maybe pay half each

borkid

fierystormcloud wrote: »

£500! :eek: Are they made of gold?

My husband needs elaborate lenses (UV filter, strong prescription, scratch resistant, ultra light, ultra thin, lense flare reduction, reactolite so they go darker in the sun to protect his eyes, etc,) and he got TWO all-singing all-dancing pairs with all the frills and extras for £239 for from specsavers. That is £239 for the TWO pairs.

If you paid £500 for ONE pair of glasses, I think they must have seen you coming.



I am glad you got it sorted, and glad to see you took the advice of myself and several others to go to the opticians. Specsavers are great and will often repair your glasses for you for free.

Maybe now, the catty and demeaning remarks about the OP's relationship can stop?!

Kudos to the OP for rising above the flaming and baiting.

Both my and my husband's varifocals cost around £500 each. He tried specsavers once, poor service and they got the prescription wrong twice and had the nerve to say it was correct and he just had to get used to wearing them. He'd been wearing glasses for well over 40 years at this point.

We now go to a local optician where we get much better service and advice and never an incorrect prescription.

Fireflyaway

Depends what sort of partner you have. If you live together and share expenses then I would say it just comes out of your joint money - it was an accident.

If you are not that close then I guess your child broke them so you should pay.

jaylee3

jjj1980 wrote: »

Even though I think it's very rude to demand the information in this way, I am actually going to respond.


This is a pair of glasses I bought in 2002:


Opticians: Boots
Brand Gucci
Type: metal rimless frame -£360
lens type: super-thinned £30 per lens, £60 in total
protection: anti-scratch, anti-smear, reflection free - £35 per lens, £70 in total


so £360 + £60 + £70 = £490


There were some different versions of the frame I bought but in Sterling Silver which were around £520 and did not include even standard lenses.

Unbelievable!

A decent adequate pair of glasses does not cost £500-£600. Your post proves it is only fancy designer glasses that are silly prices.

There is no need whatsoever to spend silly amounts on glasses; you are choosing to pay this by getting extortionately priced, fancy, designer glasses, when you could just have non designer ones for probably less than half of the price of the designer ones.

Nobody has any right to say 'I had to pay £500 for my glasses,' when they chose to get a ridiculously overpriced showy designer pair! And sterling silver? Really?

If someone wants to pay those prices, then go ahead if you have money to burn, but don't come out and complain about the cost because you chose to get an over-priced designer pair. And if someone breaks them for you, you have only yourself to blame for paying silly money for fancy glasses, when a non designer pair would have been less than half price for the same quality.

borkid wrote: »

Both my and my husband's varifocals cost around £500 each. He tried specsavers once, poor service and they got the prescription wrong twice and had the nerve to say it was correct and he just had to get used to wearing them. He'd been wearing glasses for well over 40 years at this point.

We now go to a local optician where we get much better service and advice and never an incorrect prescription.

Why £500? Varifocals are no more than £250 at Specsavers and Boots. I can only assume your husband and you had fancy designer frames too.

Seriously when someone says 'I had to pay £500 for mine,' and it turns out they are designer ones, it's just laughable; like, you did not have to get designer ones. That is like me saying I can barely afford to run my car as the monthly payments are so much, and then announcing I bought a porsche! It would be my own silly fault for showing off and buying an overpriced and fancy car!

Better_Days

jaylee3 wrote: »

Why £500? Varifocals are no more than £250 at Specsavers and Boots. I can only assume your husband and you had fancy designer frames too.

Some lenses (not including the frame are very expensive indeed). I am very short sighted -14 in one eye, -11 in the other. I also have astigmatism and and am at the age that I need varifocals. Due to a chronic health condition I also need lenses which darken in sunlight as I am very light sensitive. My high street opticians, part of a chain, quoted me over £500 for the lenses only, and that without the photochromatic element. They are so expensive as there are no economies of scale in cutting lenses to my prescription. I attempted to purchase the lenses online but I couldn't find a retailer to make up my prescription.

So in some instances, if someone says they had to pay £500 for lenses, it may well be correct.

Newly_retired

FBaby wrote: »

So you had an argument about who should pay that was significant enough to have you come and post here for advice before you bothered to look at it closely (and realise that it was really broken) and see if it could be fixed for free? Seems a bit of wasted energy!

Actually do you not think perhaps it was all resolved before the OP first posted?
He just wanted to generate some discussion. And he succeeded!

bouicca21

!!!!!! jaylee we were just sharing info about the cost of our specs. I don't think anyone was complaining, just saying that breaking a pair can be expensive. I used to get mine at an independent optician, this time I went to Boots. Price pretty much the same. Service excellent.

borkid

jaylee3 wrote: »

Why £500? Varifocals are no more than £250 at Specsavers and Boots. I can only assume your husband and you had fancy designer frames too.

If you'd read my post carefully you would have seen we have no faith in specsavers from previous experience of them and incidently the same with Boots. Actually the frames came to about £100 the expensive part was the lens, Zeiss, and yes the most expensive on offer. Yes we could have got cheaper but as we had the money and wanted the service we were prepared to pay, it was our choice. I was just pointing out that not all glasses are cheap. I could understand your comments if I and other posters were conmplaining about the price of glasses but we were just pointing out that the glasses which were broken weren't neccessarily cheap.

Homeownertobe

jaylee3 wrote: »

Unbelievable!

A decent adequate pair of glasses does not cost £500-£600. Your post proves it is only fancy designer glasses that are silly prices.

There is no need whatsoever to spend silly amounts on glasses; you are choosing to pay this by getting extortionately priced, fancy, designer glasses, when you could just have non designer ones for probably less than half of the price of the designer ones.

Nobody has any right to say 'I had to pay £500 for my glasses,' when they chose to get a ridiculously overpriced showy designer pair! And sterling silver? Really?

If someone wants to pay those prices, then go ahead if you have money to burn, but don't come out and complain about the cost because you chose to get an over-priced designer pair. And if someone breaks them for you, you have only yourself to blame for paying silly money for fancy glasses, when a non designer pair would have been less than half price for the same quality.




Why £500? Varifocals are no more than £250 at Specsavers and Boots. I can only assume your husband and you had fancy designer frames too.

Seriously when someone says 'I had to pay £500 for mine,' and it turns out they are designer ones, it's just laughable; like, you did not have to get designer ones. That is like me saying I can barely afford to run my car as the monthly payments are so much, and then announcing I bought a porsche! It would be my own silly fault for showing off and buying an overpriced and fancy car!

Are you feeling OK?

pelirocco

fierystormcloud wrote: »

£500! :eek: Are they made of gold?

My husband needs elaborate lenses (UV filter, strong prescription, scratch resistant, ultra light, ultra thin, lense flare reduction, reactolite so they go darker in the sun to protect his eyes, etc,) and he got TWO all-singing all-dancing pairs with all the frills and extras for £239 for from specsavers. That is £239 for the TWO pairs.

If you paid £500 for ONE pair of glasses, I think they must have seen you coming.



I am glad you got it sorted, and glad to see you took the advice of myself and several others to go to the opticians. Specsavers are great and will often repair your glasses for you for free.

Maybe now, the catty and demeaning remarks about the OP's relationship can stop?!

Kudos to the OP for rising above the flaming and baiting.

Varifocals are very expensive that's more or less what mine cost.......