I'd give ZERO stars if I could. Been going to the Salem Lenscrafters (next to Market basket) for literally decades (when Dr Fogarty was the eye doc), but after this last experience, I will NEVER go back. Due to covid & other health issues, it's been awhile since i had my eyeglass rx updated & I desperately needed new glasses. The dr who took over Fogarty's office did not take my ins, so I paid out of pocket for the exam. I found the dr to be arrogant & he seemed to care more about selling me eye wash than about my new rx. In the good old days, LC would make you glasses in an hour in their in-house lab. Now they send it out & it takes 2 weeks, only to get back crappy eyeglasses that you cant see out of. They tried THREE x to make me a pair of glasses that I could see out of...all fails. My vision was blurry, distorted, warped...felt like i was looking thru a fishbowl or funhouse mirror. The supposed vision experts on the sales floor didnt even take measurements to make sure the glasses were centered correctly. When pair after pair was wrong, both the doc & staff seemed to want to blame me & say my rx had changed too much. Also, once it became clear that I would be a challenging patient for the eye doc (I kept asking him to tweek the prescription & try bifocals or progressive lenses), he became hostile to me. Also, in case anyone reading this thinks im just a difficult customer, nope. On my 2nd visit there ANOTHER customer was sitting beside me at the counter & she was also complaining that she couldnt see out of her glasses either! She described the same effect I was having...distorted funhouse mirror. I think LC sold out to another company & the quality of their lenses has gone wayyyyy downhill. The frames are BEYOND exorbitant... $300-$500 for some of the frames I was looking at! After they screwed up the 3rd pair, BOTH the eye doc & one of the supposed managers of the LC store basically washed their hands of me. Told me they would not make me any more glasses & literally told me to go elsewhere. I can understand a company cant just make umpteen pairs of glasses over & over...however, I dealt with TWO different store managers who BOTH promised me (after they screwed up pair #2) that they would work with me & do whatever it takes to get me glasses I could see out of. I specifically ASKED how many times they could remake the glasses & they both repeatedly told me not to worry. They BOTH LIED to my face. Then blamed it on company policy. If company policy is that you can only make 3 pairs, then why wasnt I told that? Esp after I ASKED? Because obviously the company sucks & only cares about sales NOT patient's eyesight, & those "eye specialists" helping fit you for glasses were probably only trained last week...not to know about patient care but to SELL. Altho I got a full refund for the glasses they made, I'm still out $100 for the eye exam I paid. I highly do NOT recommend anyone go to this facility, esp if you have any kind of tricky prescription. They literally do not care about you & will LIE LIE LIE just to sell you the most expensive eyeglasses they can, even if you cant see out of them & then they'll blame you for being difficult! read more