Gina
Warminster,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, April 14, 2004
Been Shopped, I know exactly where you are coming from. My husband has worked in the Optical profession for more then 20 years and after seeing the politics involved in this business, he finally decided to open his own office. After reading about your frustrating experience, I called him immediately. He was appalled you paid $100 for A/R coating for Crizal. Thats extremely high even for them. $60 for scratch coating is pricey as well. My advice to you is this. Shop around for your eyewear. Treat the purchase as you would if you were buying a cell phone. Compare prices and plans. I know Doctor's pressure patient's into buying their products form their office. They must give you a written prescription for glasses. Take it with you and call around or go to different stores and compare. My husband has a website and a store(Office). He receives glasses from all over the world. You purchase frames and send them to us, we will put lenses in you frames and even with all the extras, you will pay a lot less. My suggestion is that you go to our website www.wohloptics.com, shoot my husband an email with what you ended up paying for your total purchase, he will give you the cost of what we would have charged you and then you will see just how important shopping around is. My heart goes out to you in a big way. I see it everyday, Patients come in and cannot believe they paid $450 for a pair of glasses at LensCrafters and only $200 at Wohl Optics. If you are in need of repair's, nose pads, temple covers etc., will can help. am sorry you had such a lousy experience, not all optical providers are money hungry.