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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
Some opticians are glorified sales people. I tried a private opticians and they kept trying to sell me "designer" frames costing £300-£400+. When I told them I wanted to spend under £200 including the lenses, they still kept pushing and said they wouldn't recommend "cheap" ones.
I went elsewhere and got a pair for £150.
Comment by becomingShay at 26/01/2025 at 16:27 UTC*
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I suspect you might be right, in that I imagine a private optician also would like to sell you glasses (although I don’t think any kind of optician would intentionally ignore serious health or eye issues)
I’ll trust your account of your experience as I haven’t used a private optician before.
I’m glad you felt comfortable decline such an expensive product when there was more cost effective options available to you.