contact lens discussion thread (merged)

Encantador

Not according to Specsavers anyway, it`s not the same as glasses. They don`t have to give you your prescription until they are happy they are right for you, this means a 3 month trial with a £20 fee at each end plus the cost of the lenses.

They have also introduced a £20 fee for `every` visit.
Even if you go back because the first lenses they gave you were not correct.

This is what I was told a few days ago.

They denied that it was a way to get as many people as possible onto their DD scheme.

Don`t shoot the messenger, this is just what I was told just a few days ago by my local Specsavers.

It did take 3 staff conference to agree that they knew the new system, in the end they passed me onto the optician for them to explain.

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Encantador wrote:

Not according to Specsavers anyway, it`s not the same as glasses. They don`t have to give you your prescription until they are happy they are right for you, this means a 3 month trial with a £20 fee at each end plus the cost of the lenses.

They have also introduced a £20 fee for `every` visit.
Even if you go back because the first lenses they gave you were not correct.

This is what I was told a few days ago.

They denied that it was a way to get as many people as possible onto their DD scheme.

Don`t shoot the messenger, this is just what I was told just a few days ago by my local Specsavers.

It did take 3 staff conference to agree that they knew the new system, in the end they passed me onto the optician for them to explain.

I concur with that, was in Specsavers over the weekend. However you can buy their care package for £36 a year and that includes free visits back to Specsavers.

vegtablepatch

dickie_engine wrote:

I get J&J Acuvue from Getlenses.co.uk and I've never had a problem with them. Next day delivery is free.

They've always been the cheapest, except on one occasion when I saw them on offer for about ten quid cheaper. But GetLenses immediately did a price match.

Highly recommended.

Many thanks. Getlenses web site is excellent. When I get a presciption I shall certainly check their site with a view to buying from them. :T

beadysam

Hiya
I went to D&A a while ago. I had a contact lens trial. They wouldn't give me a prescription straight away, I had to go back a couple of weeks later to check everything was okay first. Also beware at D&A, before they let you leave the shop with contacts in they say you HAVE to sign up to their lens scheme, or you have to pay for the trial lenses. I signed up, got the trial lenses and monthly care pack on my first visit. I went back for a 2nd visit check up 2 weeks later and picked up a different pair of lenses (for a better fit) and then when I got home I cancelled the scheme, and the direct debit. Hope that helps? I also remember reading somewher (can't remember where, sorry!) that Boots are doing a £6 a month scheme - I don't know if this is true but it sounds like good value.
SAM xx

Tickdick00

steveteach wrote:

Hi Try Specsavers £15.00 for monthly lenses including fluid.

I agree - Specsavers are a good deal - about £10 per month cheaper than Boots.

If youre on their monthly scheme they give a good discount if you need a pair of specs too.

Also they will give good discount if you want to buy a pair of designer frames off the internet, take them into your local branch and get lenses fitted locally ( not a lot of people know that !!!)

HTH

Pink.

Hi Sweetchuck,

You may get more replies on the Health board, so I'll move your thread over there.

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Pink.

Hi vegetablepatch,

I have moved your thread over to the Health board where hopefully you will get some more replies.

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Blodwen

Hi,

I get my toric lenses from getlenses.com. I get Biomedics monthly lenses. My prescription is not as strong as your though, so not sure if they would have ones to suit you. They do seem to have a few different ones, although I suspect they are mainly the same lenses under different names.

HTH

asm212

Hi
I'm getting lasik surgery and have some Acuvue 2 disposable contacts I want to sell CHEAP!

I have the following prescription lens's

-4.25
-4.50
send me a message if your interested.

ny5081@hotmail.com

Rex_Mundi

My OH has recently used a new optician for her eyetest. She had a voucher from work for a free eyetest, and paid the extra £25 for a contact lens check.

The prescription she was given is only for glasses. The difference between this and her lenses prescription was quite big. We brought this up with the optician last week, and they said that they are not allowed to issue a contact lens prescription for at least three months because the optician needs to monitor my OHs eyes for that period.

We always order the lenses online (have done for a few years now). Without this prescription for lenses, we can't order online. The girl in the opticians said we have to buy the lenses there for the first three months.

Is this correct, or are they trying to get my OH to buy her lenses at the shop?