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Temecula Valley Optometry

4.2 (41 reviews)
Closed 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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When they finally returned my call. I originally called October 12th.

This review is purely based on the poor management, not the doctor which I am sure is an incredible one based on his reviews. Here it goes: I wrote an email requesting an appointment weeks ago. After attempting to call on October 12th and and receiving no returns, I let it go & was determined to go back to my hometown to get an appointment. On November 3rd, I get a call from a lady apologizing for the delay of never responding and the excuse of being short staffed. I understood because businesses are short staffed. My parents own a medical office and I completely understand being short staffed however it is inexcusable to call someone weeks later. She asked if I wanted an appointment for the following Thursday the 10th at 10:45 am. I said yes. My fiancé was also in the car that morning, I wrote down the appointment in my calendar because we have an event coming up. Fast forward to today : I took the entire day off and showed up at the appointment only for the lady there to tell me that she couldn't see an appointment for me. That the doctor wasn't in....Then tells me oh we sent you a reminder , it's actually next Thursday at 10:45 am on the 17th. I proceeded to show her the phone number they called me from on my caller ID, called the number to see if it would ring in the office because for a second I thought I was at the wrong place. I asked her "is this your number"She said yes, this is our number. This is At 10:31 am.... Then proceeded to tell me "oh we sent you a reminder before you came in today that your appointment is for next week" Shocker. Reminder came at 10:35 am.....she tried telling me they sent this before I had even walked in. Having bad management for your medical office can honestly crash someone's business. I AM 100% THIS DOCTOR IS A WONDERFUL PERSON and a very competent man. However whoever is scheduling, returning calls or emails is doing an awful job. Please don't play future patients and come up with excuses. She tried to tell me that they sent a reminder for next week before me even coming in the office today. A week in advance reminder ? What business sends a reminder for an appointment a week in advance ? Maybe 2 days, but not a week. It makes me think she put me down for an appointment right then and there as we were talking. This is extremely disappointing! A day of work/interviews completely lost. Sharing the proof of how this was managed and to tell the doctor that he needs to hire a management team that is passionate about his work and his business.

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Winkelstein immediately answered my frantic call and phoned in a prescription to the nearest 24 hour pharmacy.

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Temecula Creek Optometry

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While I ended up being seen at their other location, I wanted to post how wonderful the TCO front…read moreoffice staff is. I recently broke up with our previous "Vision Center" because I'd had enough with one of their front office staff. If TCO can retain front office staff as pleasant as this, then I know they must be top notch! We were seen at their Murrieta location and had an amazing experience.

I chose this office based on reviews so I will share mine. I called to schedule a contact lens…read moreappointment a week in advance, they were able to get me in sooner than anticipated due to cancelations, I greatly appreciated that since my glasses had an accident and my contact lens prescription was expired. When I called to schedule I asked how much it would be and they said $15, I'm using new insurance. So, I show up and the doctor is nice however there absolutely no trials in my prescription in ant brand? The doctor had suggested monovision and have used multifocals. I get a pair of lenses that for up close and far that aren't my correct prescription, they seemed good enough while jn the chair. I had previously informed the doctor about only having contacts for distance and no glasses, also having an event at the end of the week (that I found out I need to read now) along with a vacation the following week. All is well she said they will call me when the trials arrive. However, once I go to check out, they inform me it will be $95 which they did not disclose, and it is fine for a contacts exam just irritating they couldn't share that when I asked. But what really got me was that they said it would be $95 TO ORDER THE TRIALS! I'm very familiar how optometrist work with representatives for the companies, ordering trials is free btw, so this already was a red flag. I let them know that I would be in at the end of the week to make a payment. They then informed me they will order trials at that time of payment only. I've never heard of such a thing. So I call Wednesday to explain my situation again and to check if there is any trials that could possibly be in sooner than a week after next Friday. That's when the person on the phone rudely said: what I need to know is if you're going to do the exam, she said this twice throughout the conversation, needless to say, I said no and canceled my husband's appointment for Friday. I will be going back to my old office where they don't expect payment before ordering free trials nor do they waste your time. The girl that took over the phone call is not very nice and is very pushy, I personally don't tolerate that. The doctor was nice however the staff interaction is not worth returning. I do not recommend this office for contact lens exams.

Temecula Valley Optometry - optometrists - Updated May 2026

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