Opticians on the make....No?

[rov1100]

Why do they give you an eye test reading off characters on a distant chart but when you collect your prescribed glasses they don't give the same test?

[murraymints]

IS THIS REAL?

[bimbo123456]

the idea is that they put lenses into the machine near your eyes until you can see correctly.....therefore if they duplicate those lenses in your spectacles it should correct your vision..simples...

[rov1100]

Never been to an opticians for an eye test murraymints, or maybe you were in too much of a hurry?

[sherrardk]

But if they did the same test when you collected up your glasses they would charge for an appointment.

[rov1100]

I knew someone who went to an opticians a year after being prescribed glasses. Her glasses were OK but they insisted she had another pair on the second visit.

[chrissa1]

Well eyesight deteriorates with age rov. I have an eye test every two years.

[rov1100]

Don't you get the point Chrissa? Of course your eyesight deteriorates but they are in the business of making money and thats by selling more specs sometimes, but not always, unnecessarily.

[buildersmate]

One is under no obligation to buy any glasses. The sight test gives a definitive answer to the level of correction required and the change since the previous sight test. Just say 'no' to the question 'which pair of frames would you like'. At long last there is a faint smattering of competition in this market; about time too.

[mjwman]

I have bought 4 pairs over the last few years. I each case the prescription has differed. However an otician in Turkey had a look and told me that all were close enough not to bother changing!

[bazwillrun]

the test would be pointless when most people collect their specs, because it usually takes a short while for the eyes to adjust to the new lenses