I really am not sure where to begin with this review. I did have some positive experiences, there were precautions in place for COVID, the facility itself was very nice and clean, and I had a positive interaction with the younger Dr Botts who saw me. Despite these things though, I have not had a positive experience here.
My first major problem was that I had never been to an optometrist or had an eye exam (possibly younger that I don't remember), and they did not prepare me for this visit. They dilated my eyes, which they needed to do, but did not warn me that I would need someone to drive me or provide any sort of eye protection afterwards. I live an hour away and it was a very awful experience driving home with the sun sensitivity and reduced vision.
My second major problem was that upon my second visit to retrieve my glasses, that I picked out and signed paperwork for while my eyes were dilated, the glasses themselves did not fit very well. Which that is not a big deal in itself, but they adjusted them a little and I did not know what to tell them when they asked what was wrong with them, because they thought they looked fine. Eventually I begrudgingly said "they're okay I guess" and left when I could not figure out how to explain it to them, since I've never had glasses before. As soon as I arrived home, within a few seconds of seeing me with the glasses on my wife could tell they were crooked.
The worst thing about this situation though is the difficulty my wife faced when trying to talk to them about it afterwards, as I was very upset about spending 140 dollars on glasses that don't fit properly. She called and talked to the technician that assisted me and told them about how I was upset and dissatisfied with how they felt and that this is a hard transition already. Without confirming who the client actually was, they said "they did fit, I adjusted them when he came back, and I wouldn't have let him leave if they hadn't been right."
We had planned on going back with another appointment to get this fixed, but we don't see any positive solution possible in this situation. There wasn't any empathy or partnership in resolving this situation and so we'll be going elsewhere. read more