The last pair of glasses I got were from Vision Express about 3 years ago and i have had no problems with them. They put your prescription in a cover which says "Visual Wardrobe" on them which made me chuckle.
i have a theory about opticians - even if you have 20/20 vision and just wander in to collect a friend they will find something wrong with your sight and you will walk out with bottle bottoms and a white stick. but then i have astigmatism (?) and nothing looks straight.
ive used a private optician on the high street for a few years and charges me £35 for a yearly contact check up until i found that tesco opticians charge £17 needless to say i don't do the high street one any more
No, there not the same, if your looking for the cheapest then go to asda, £15 for a sight test, and £65 for designer spex with the lenses and all the coatings, plus they use hoya as there suppliers, hope it helps.
don't know about their glasses, but got my son's script goggles from asda and they were excellent quality. I usually go to optical express but had a big fight with them so can't go back anymore.