I've had two eye exams here and the eye doctors are excellent. However, I will not be returning because of my experiences with the staff.
Last year I received a new prescription and glasses that were covered by my insurance. I was also quoted a price to replace the lenses in my prescription sunglasses, which I confirmed would be valid as a price if I returned through the end of the year. When I returned a few weeks later, the salesclerk tried to charge me almost double. I insisted that I had been quoted something different; the salesclerk would not listen to me and insisted that what she was telling me was the only option. After a lengthy discussion, I noticed the clerk who had given me that quote across the room. I pointed her out and when she came over, she confirmed what I was saying and explained that she had quoted me for a less expensive type of lens. The second clerk was trying to charge me for the most expensive lens and not give me other options. I was finally able to get the less expensive lenses, which are all I needed, at the original quote.
This year, I went for an eye exam and was not told that they were having trouble with my vision insurance and were instead using my medical insurance. I was surprised to be charged a small copay and was confused when they told me I wasn't eligible for new glasses this year -- I know my insurance covers new glasses every year. This led me to call my vision insurance, to confirm that my benefits were as I thought, and to sort out some issues on my account that, I thought, had led to this issue. I thought this was a simple issue of my vision insurance putting through the charges wrong. After sorting that out, I called Eye Crafters and found out they hadn't even run the charges through my vision insurance; instead, they had done a more thorough eye exam (without telling me) that they billed to my medical insurance, with a copay to me. When I told the salesclerk that they never told me they'd been using my medical insurance instead of my vision insurance, the person on the phone actually accused me of lying: she said I had told her that a salesclerk told me on my initial visit that I wasn't eligible for glasses that year, but was now trying to say that I hadn't been told anything. Even while I tried to clarify that yes they'd told me I wasn't eligible for glasses (which I knew was wrong), but they hadn't told me they weren't using my vision insurance and hadn't told me I'd been given a different eye exam, she kept saying I was changing my story from before. I am shocked at how defensive this salesclerk was and how much she would not listen.
As a public employee on public employee health insurance, I think it is appalling that the City of New York offers insurance that caters to businesses like this. read more