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  • t14cy_t
    t14cy_t Posts: 1,444 Forumite
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    im not into coffee shops etc, but i would have gone elsewhere if no prices were not  shown or the price was too high for me. 
  • MayDogsandCoffee
    MayDogsandCoffee Posts: 100 Forumite
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    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
  • mikcatta
    mikcatta Posts: 38 Forumite
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    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
    Fab, the more we make a stand and walk out, the more likely the retailers will reflect on their pricing.
  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
    A recent thread on here kind-of agreed that Asda Opticians (if you have available) seem to offer value.
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 17,706 Forumite
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    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
    I did the same a couple of years ago.  They wanted £7,000 for 2 pairs of Varifocals!  Couldn't believe it and told them it was a ridiculous price and the best they could come up with was "well you'll get a new pair in a year's time if you need them"!


  • flaneurs_lobster
    flaneurs_lobster Posts: 6,605 Forumite
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    joedenise said:
    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
    I did the same a couple of years ago.  They wanted £7,000 for 2 pairs of Varifocals!  Couldn't believe it and told them it was a ridiculous price and the best they could come up with was "well you'll get a new pair in a year's time if you need them"!
    Did you take your prescription elsewhere? Can you recommend?
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 17,706 Forumite
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    joedenise said:
    Just walked out of a vision ex - prices include single vision but no reduction in frame for varifocals, She said you can split the cost over two years - I can afford them but I just want value for money.
    I did the same a couple of years ago.  They wanted £7,000 for 2 pairs of Varifocals!  Couldn't believe it and told them it was a ridiculous price and the best they could come up with was "well you'll get a new pair in a year's time if you need them"!
    Did you take your prescription elsewhere? Can you recommend?
    I took my prescription to Specsavers and got my 2 pairs of varifocals for just over £300 but they did in fact retest my eyes as I told them I'd recently had my cataracts done (the reason I'd gone to Vision Ex!) and they came up with a completely different need for my glasses which have been really good!  I suspect had I gone with the expensive ones I would have needed new glasses after the year!
  • daz378
    daz378 Posts: 1,052 Forumite
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    Me and a friend  went to Blackpool couple of weeks ago...2 fish and chips...albeit on the front to eat in..24.5...on holiday you pay it....went in nando's  a few months ago..on my own...tried to put me in between diners either side of me  ..vaguely uncomfortable..wasn't busy..instructed to order by QR code..and left adrift..probably would have cost£20 plus..I got up and left
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