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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
I think every place that does eye tests will try to sell you glasses if your prescription has changed to be fair. I would also say my experience in the quality of care between different opticians varies wildy. I have to give a huge shotout to the optometrist in Specsavers Canterbury who when his assistants couldn't get a measurement from the machine that does the puff of air he pleaded with me to go see him the next day at a branch 10 miles away. I did so as I actually had a sore/red eye hence the visit. Next day I went and seen him at the other store where he has a better handheld device and when he took my reading he said he would have to refer me to the eye clinic at the local hospital. Lol @ me telling the misses that I would probably be contacted in a months times blah blah blah....Nope the hospital had called me within 30 mins and I was straight to the top of the queue when I arrived.....much to the disgust of those waiting lol . That guy probably saved my sight. Glaucoma in both eyes. Reading was fairly high in one of them and very high in the other. I had been to a different specsavers in scotland about 3 weeks prior (I split my time between Scotland and england) - Who had said I had "dry eyes" and gave me drops and sold me £200 worth of glasses.....I mean the glasses are correct and all but missing the glaucoma when they ALSO couldn't get a reading from the puff test was pretty poor imho. I now have had laser in both eyes and im on drops for life and thankfully things are under control at this point in time.
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