I've had a pretty bad experience here. I couldn't make this up.
When I first came in to get new contacts (late July), the optometrist himself was very nice during the eye exam and prescribed me eye drops that would help heal my scratched corneas (who knew?). But since going here for the first time, the assistants have screwed up my name in their system twice. So rather than just being Kara Findley, I'm also Cara Findley and Kara Sindley... That caused about 15 minutes of confusion when I came in for a follow-up checkup - the checkup that no one really told me I had to make - I thought they were just going to order my contacts after the appointment. This mistake happened twice. Keep reading.
And when I went to pick up my order of contacts (there was some confusion about that too), the assistant took about 10 minutes to find them because the employees evidently don't understand alphabetical order. He was searching in drawers and cabinets throughout the whole store. And when he finally found them, he handed me 5 boxes... And I had to point out, "I have TWO eyes!" To which he replied, "Oh...Good point."
The contacts I was given barely corrected my vision. So I had to make another appointment (Aug 14). A different doctor did an eye exam and came up with a totally different prescription. So the first doctor got it horribly wrong or something. Maybe it was because my corneas were scratched up at the time, but he should have anticipated that.
I was given two sample contacts that were pretty close to my prescription, and an order was placed for my actual prescription to replace the prescription that didn't work... or so I thought. I called in a week and a half later to see if my contacts had arrived. The assistant checked and couldn't find anything and said he'd call back.
3 days later, I called in again to check. A woman answered this time, and searched for a few minutes, then came back and said "Your last name is Feeny, right?" I corrected her and spelled out my last name. I waited for a few more minutes. "I couldn't find anything for you. Did you already purchase contacts?" I replied, "did you try KARA?" She replied "no, I was searching for CARA." Why didn't she ask to clarify this the first time?!
Several minutes later, no contacts. I guess no one had ever placed the order for my second batch of contacts. I'm pretty sure they said they would. This woman said she'd call back on Monday (Aug 30) and get to the bottom of this. She did call me back on Tuesday, and as it turns out I had to schedule a follow-up appointment with the sample contacts. Again, no one had told me this. So I came in for yet another appointment, verified that the latest sample contacts were working for me, and actually got the order for 8 months worth of contacts placed.
Usually you can't return opened boxes of contacts, but since the service here had been so horrible, I demanded that I not have to pay for contacts that did nothing for my vision. They complied, so at least I got something back for my grief. For that reason I give this place 2 stars instead of 1. But when I need new contacts again, I'm certainly not going back to Lenscrafters. read more