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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
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.
Comment by miowiamagrapegod at 26/01/2025 at 19:40 UTC
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But my point is that the indie places are more expensive, but don't necessarily provide a commensurately better service. I can only speak to my own experience, but often they push much more overpriced products precisely for the reasons you outline - they need to make more per sale to remain viable