new glasses

[claybasket]

Hi all, my oh and me were due our eye tests ,hubby went to boots ,I went to spec saver's, hubby came from boots told me to sit down ,he was getting a reading pair of glasses, and distance ones ,now he dose have a bad eyes but he told me for the glasses with help from NHS would be £650  ,I thought he was having me on! he never got them! as he would have to save for them, we went to spec saver's with his script the one that Boots made up, and asked how much would it cost for his glasses ,and I got a pair as well, hubby's was £65 for two pairs with help! and mine were a £35 we couldn't believe it! he asked them to look at the cost again to make sure there was no mistake ,the lady told him there was no mistake and that was the prices and mine were a posh pair, red or dead £99 with help £35 were do boots get there prices form I was told that a American company bought them over 10yrs ago, and that spec savers are the last British company left scary prices! 

[claybasket]

[RenewableCandy]

A lot of opticians will try and sell these "varifocals" for folk who really just need reading specs or bifocals. Varifocals cost a fortune and can make you carsick til you get used to them. And they're no good for gardening: impossible to focus on your feet/fork while digging!

[taurus]

Claybasket where is your branch!! I've never come out of spec savers for less than £250 plus.  They don't have frames that cheap for a start.  And I have very plain ones, with a fizzogg like mine you don't draw attention to it.  What I want to no is why they can't reuse the frames in this country but can send them abroad for others to use free of charge.  Rip off Britain yet again.

[Deb P]

I get both my contact lenses and glasses from Specsavers, and pay£10 per month for the lenses and £60 for my new glasses. OH went to Boots as an emergency because he managed to break one set of glasses and lose the other , and was not at all impressesed. They changed his prescription a lot compared to his eye test the year before at Specsavers, his new glasses meant he could see a mile away put not the dangerous power tools he used for work at arms length away from him! He went back to Specsavers and was sorted for a third of the price...

[claybasket]

Claybasket where is your branch!! I've never come out of spec savers for less than £250 plus.  They don't have frames that cheap for a start.  And I have very plain ones, with a fizzogg like mine you don't draw attention to it.  What I want to no is why they can't reuse the frames in this country but can send them abroad for others to use free of charge.  Rip off Britain yet again.

Hi Taurus ,my branch is Witham Essex, and if you have frames from there shop they will put your new lenses in them but only if its there frames, my frames were £99 and as I am on a low income ( pensioner Boo Hoo)I get help with the price ! hope this helps you