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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
That's VASTLY the opposite of my experience. Independents ALWAYS cost more, even for a straightforward sight test
Comment by new_baloo at 26/01/2025 at 19:34 UTC
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Well of course a place that doesn't sell a product at a loss (independent) will always be more expensive than a place that sells it at a loss (optician chain)
Specsavers' whole business model appears to be about volume, just like lidl / aldi so the more free / cheap tests they do, the more chance they have of people buying glasses.
Go somewhere that charges appropriately, much less chance of that happening but also much less need for it to happen.