UPDATE 8/18/2022..
On 8/16/2022 I was refunded the $690 for…read morethe eyeyglasses. This was only after I filed a dispute with my credit card company, filed a complaint with the BBB, wrote reviews on social media and told them if this could not be settled between us or through my credit card company I would file a claim with small claims court. They had replied to the credit card dispute with "Notification that goods were as described and received in good condition ". This was not true at all. Read my review.
So know if you purchase eyeglasses at Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear, you will be required to pay for the glasses in full when the order is placed. They have a sentence at the bottom of the paid receipt in small print that states, "Orders of frames and lenses are custom and as such cannot be returned." This applies to defective lenses due to repeated poor workmanship.
If I had reviewed Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear in May 2022, I would have given them 5 stars. That was when I went in to order new glasses during the Modo frame trunk show. I had never ordered glasses here. ordered glasses here. The staff was so friendly and helpful. I was blown away by the assistance I received with choosing new frames. It was absolutely the best experience I have ever had choosing frames in my 60 years of wearing glasses!
So, why the 1 star review in August? If you don't want to read this entire review, here is the takeaway....The owner of Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear, Dr. Melanie Denton, and her office manager, Kristin, are more concerned with getting refunded from the lab for lenses that they have returned to the lab multiple times due to poor workmanship than with refunding the $690 that I paid upfront in good faith that I would receive glasses free of defects within a reasonable amount of time. As of August 6, I do not have the glasses I paid for on May 19.
Now, to the more detailed review....
It seems that friendly customer service was only good until I paid $690 upfront on the day I ordered the glasses. I will not go into the long version of what has occurred between picking up my new glasses on June 2 until August 4. I will be as brief as possible while letting others know what to avoid. At the time of this review, I still do not have my glasses. They have been in my possession a total of 6 days since June 2. The remainder of the time the glasses have either been at the lab, on the way to or from the lab or at Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear. The glasses have been sent back to the lab 4 times now. All issues with the lens being cut incorrectly so there were gaps between both lenses and the frame and failure to polish the edges of the lenses as I requested. I have made 5 trips trips from Kannapolis to Salisbury between June 2 and August 3 to pick up the glasses. Each time, when I looked at the glasses there was a glaring issue with the lenses. Don't you have to ask...why someone in the lab or in their office didn't see these things before having me make the drive to pick them up?
Up until my final trip there on August 3, I have remained patient and understanding that this was a lab issue not the fault of Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear. When I saw the lenses once again cut incorrectly with gaps between the frame, I asked for a full refund of $690. There was nobody in the office that could issue refunds. Hannah kindly said she would have Samantha call me the next day. The following day around 6:20 pm, Kristin left a voice message. I immediately returned her call. Kristin proceeded to tell me she had called the lab and they asked that the glasses be sent back for evaluation. She told me if the lab does not refund Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear for the cost of the lenses they will lose money because "eyeglasses and lenses are custom made". And, if the lab makes this "right" with their office then they will decide what they can do for me. She said their policy is to not give full refunds as stated on the paperwork I received. I argued that the no refund policy must be for situations where a person changes their mind about the frame, etc. not when there have been repeated poor workmanship issues. She stuck to the no refund under any circumstances even though none of these issues have been my fault.
So, this brings me to the no refund policy that is on the paperwork. I was NEVER verbally told about this policy. And, the no refund policy was NEVER pointed out to me on my paperwork. I went back to my file to look for where was this policy stated. I found it in very small letters on my receipt that I received AFTER I paid $690 up front.
The conversation with Kristin has left me to conclude if they get reimbursed by the lab for the lenses, I may get a partial refund. If they do not get reimbursed by the lab, I will get no refund. In any case, I will not get a full refund. I have taken immediate action in an attempt to get the $690 refunded.