REDICULOUS! Advertised the exam free if bought 2 pair of glasses. If not, then it was $49. Dr. was late getting there, and rushed me through like a freight train. Got the exam bill and it was $90. He said because he had me try in some contacts. Might have wanted to let me know before he had me try them in. Then had to wait an hour to ORDER the glasses. They weren't happy that I wanted to keep my own frames and have the lenses replaced. Said I had to pay for a more expensive lense because my glasses were small, so I did.
Each time you go, you have to sign in, and wait for them to call you. They see all the people WANTING glasses before they will see the ones picking up the glasses. Of course, they already have your money! The "glasses in 1 hour" advertised ended up to be 3 1/2, as I wandered around aimlessly not being able to see anything.
When I got my glasses I couldn't see. They said to try them, it was because the Rx had changed. Wore them for a week, nauseated with migraines. Finally called them and said it wasn't working. They said bring them back. Had to sign in and wait 1 1/2 hours,to have the girl tell me, I had to see the manager, that she couldn't help me.
Called to be sure he would be there when I went back. Waited another hour, and they said, "Sorry, he's in a meeting." Waited about another 1/2 hour, and he said, well, we need to change your lenses. Had to leave and come back because they were "too busy". Fortunately daughter was with me to drive. Had to purchase readers so I could 1/2 see in the mean time.
After 5 trips to their store, and at least 15 hours of waiting to be seen, I get the new lenses, and they were worse than the first set. I politely asked for my money back, and he was extremely reluctant to refund it, saying that they had done the work, and it was just me, and that bifocals are impossible to put in that frame.
I knew that wasn't true because I had them in before, when I originally bought the glasses at Walmart, and could see just fine. He eventually refunded the money. I said, "So I can at least partially see, can you please put my old lenses in that I had when I came in?" He said, "Sorry, we threw them away." NICE! He insisted that it wouldn't help to go to Walmart because they use the exact same lenses, which is not true at all.
Had to make a special trip to Walmart, have them order them, and I'm another 10 days before I can see. MORAL OF THE STORY! CHEAPER ISN'T BETTER. EVERY ADVERTISEMENT HAS A CATCH. IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS. THE BITTERNESS OF POOR QUALITY LINGERS FAR LONGER THAN THE SWEETNESS OF LOW PRICE. MY ADVICE? Go to Walmart Vision Center at Apple Glen. They know what they're doing.
In the long run, I ended up wasting more time, gas, time off work, and misery from not being able to see, It cost me $25 more for the lenses at Walmart which were polycarbonate, and polished, so it was worth it, and their exam would have been less expensive too.
I would not only never go to Eyemart Express, I wouldn't send my worst enemy there either. read more