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Watch out for manipulative sales tactics intended to get you to spend the maximum amount. Had a sales person tell me that if I didn't get the massively more expensive tech vue (HD) lenses I would have "no peripheral vision" when I wanted to chose the less expensive lens so I could get Transition lenses (which is what I was getting new glasses for in the first place). When I said I couldn't afford both, she suggested I use a credit card. I had really only wanted to get my prescription and shop around, including on-line options. When it looked like I was going to walk, she suddenly decided the cheaper progressive lenses would be OK and acted like she'd done me a big favor by finding a way I could get what I wanted. She told me since the optometrist had already run my benefits for the eye exam, the glasses portion could be tied up for 6 weeks if I didn't use them there. I relented but regretted it the next day when I discovered that I could get the HD lenses and the chromatics (Transitions) for about half the price at Costco. Called to cancel and was told that, even though it was going to take 2 weeks (!) to get my glasses, it was too late to cancel because they were already working on them.
Luxotica owns nearly everything in the eyeglass world but that doesn't mean there aren't cheaper ways to get their products.The sales staff depend on consumer ignorance and pretend to have expertise that is nothing more than sales tactics. When you think of it, selling a lense that gives the wearer "no peripheral vision" would be dangerous, would it not?
I will never be back there. They are also forbidden to tell you your pupillary distance measurement under penalty of firing - can't have you taking that information and going to Zenni Optical now, can they? read more
