I left feeling like I was scammed. My vision is 20/15, always has been, and given this I went into All EyeCare for a standard eye exam with the intent of using the "sun protection" aspect of my vision insurance to get a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses (which AEC carried and the reason I went there). For my initial exam I saw Stacey Hu, she was nice but I could tell even though my vision was 20/15 (i.e. discernibly better than average), as she went to smaller objects during the eye exam, I obviously had to strain a little to see the objects (objects which most people with 20/20 vision can't see), at which time she said "see your eyes are straining to see those objects in the visual field". This allowed her to then segue into selling me prescription glasses that I neither wanted nor (in my estimation) medically needed. After asking what seemed like loaded questions (Do I sit at a computer screen a lot? Do I read a lot for work? Both of which I stated on a personal history form that I did). I then asked her, point blank, "So I need these glasses? Will they help my eyes over the long term?" to which she said, "Yes". Trusting her professional optometric judgement, I was able to rationalize in my head needing these prescription glasses (and not the sunglasses I had stated I originally wanted). After the exam, I was then set up with a higher end set of prescription glasses and they indicated would take ~2-4 weeks to arrive. When the glasses arrived I was fitted for them by an older OD apparently not currently in the office. When putting the new glasses on, I noted that it was blurry and kind of hurt my eyes when looking at objects in my near visual field, at which time the OD noted "it takes a few weeks for your eyes to adjust to the glasses". So I then asked, if my eyes are 20/15 why would my eyes need to adjust to the glasses, wouldn't this then cause my vision to then get worse? He said frankly (which I appreciated), "Yes, you will grow dependent on the glasses the more you wear them.", meaning the glasses would actually make the long-term health of my eyes worse at the expense of being able to have less short-term occupational eye strain. Long of the short, I went in with exceptional eye sight looking for sun glasses and ended up paying $878 ($410 out of pocket) for prescription glasses that not only I didn't need, but which would actually make my long term vision worse. My take is on All EyeCare is, if you have an established pre-existing eye condition and simply need to maintain the status quo or get a new set of frames, then this place might work for you. But if you actually need them to give you sound optometric advice and act as though they are supporting your individual needs, I would go somewhere else. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. read more
