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Flick ([personal profile] flick) wrote2012-03-15 03:59 pm

Opticians

Does anyone have anything particularly good / bad to say about Boots opticians?

I've always used D&A, which have now been bought by Boots. I'm not going to use my local branch, whatever it's now called, as they messed up my last pair of glasses, and the branch that I went to to get them sorted out isn't there any more as it was too close to a big Boots.

Alternatively, does anyone have anything particularly good to say about any of the other chains, particularly for non-straightforward prescriptions?

(Today, we went for a ride in the woods, and it was lovely and sunny. This contrasted with my journey to pilates, before which I had to send Mike an sms asking if I needed to use the fog lights, and if so how....)

[identity profile] ramtops.livejournal.com 2012-03-15 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
They're all just as good as the opticians they employ. I've used SpecSavers for years, for contacts and glasses, and am very happy with them.
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[identity profile] flickgc.livejournal.com 2012-03-15 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's the trouble, I guess.

Although, these days, a lot of the optician quality can be replaced by the fancy machines that the newer branches have: I think that's why they spotted the problem so quickly when I went to a more shiny branch to ask them to re-check my last pair.