Oh yes, this is long, but we received such disdainful, dismissive & condescending customer service that we can't let it go un-Yelped...
My boyfriend and I both needed eyeglass repairs & new glasses. We'd read a few good reviews about this place, so we decided to give them a try. I can't say what an experience with their optometry dept would be like, (because we never got that far) so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt & assume they're ok.
Let me start by admitting that showing up at 4:30pm on a Fri is not the best time to start the process of having repairs done & getting new glasses, but in our defense, the hours kept by Vision Square Eyecare are totally inconvenient: M-F, 8am - 5pm, closed for lunch every day from 1-2, PERIOD. No Sat or eve hrs at all. Quite frankly, because we work, it was a miracle we were able to get there at 4:30.
The meat of it: The problem was in the optical dept. The woman we dealt with outwardly had a professional demeanor, but in fact was rude in the extreme. We waited perhaps 2 min. for her to finish up w/a previous customer -sounds good so far, but it was just enough time to hear her disparaging the woman's preference in eyeglass frames. Not a good start. When she'd finished, I presented my old semi-rimless glasses (broken in half) to her to see about repair. I was told I might "take them next door to the jeweler to see if he can weld them together" (?!). When I said Well, that might take care of the broken bridge (not likely, w/out slicing up my nose), but what about re-fitting the lenses? She said I could "just pop them back in". If you saw the glasses, you'd understand what an absolutely ridiculous suggestion that was. We should've left right then, but didn't.
O-kay then! (I said to myself), - on to the next item on the agenda: Getting new glasses - I mentioned that my old ones were not exactly top-quality, as I'd broken several pairs in a short amount of time, & indicated I was ready for an upgrade to something better/sturdier. I tried to make light of it by saying I'd like to see their most indestructible frames, but apparently some people don't have time for a sense of humor ; P. She then asked if I had a prescription; I did, but hadn't noticed it expired a couple of months ago. This is expired, she said... Here's where things kicked into overdrive: My prescription was expired, it was pushing 5pm, & she wanted to get the heck out to start her weekend. Who wouldn't? Why didn't she ask me if I wanted to make an appt for a new eye exam? Aren't they in the business of giving eye exams & selling glasses? That's what I would have done, but no. Not only did she not ask if I wanted to make an appt for an exam, but she totally bypassed the obvious fact that I was ready to drop a few hundred dollars there, & pressed a $20 pair of totally flimsy, uncomfortable (I'm wearing the blasted things now!) readers on me, which I bought only because I needed something pdq. If that weren't enough, she gave more of the same stellar CS to my boyfriend by dismissing all his attempts to get his 2 pairs of progressive bifocals repaired or replaced - several hundred more dollars of possible business, flat out rejected!
If you think this is a rant, you're right on. Both of us were hopping mad when we got out of there (which, just to be clear, was not past 5pm). Let it be known that we did not keep anyone from any sacred après 5pm weekend festivities.
In closing, this discourteous person may well be top-notch in the technical aspects of her profession, but she has much to learn about dealing with customers. Her manner was condescending & she treated us with disdain. We are both freelance professionals. If we treated our clients that way, we'd soon be out of business.
As we only dealt with the one woman, I don't want to put a black mark on the whole business, so if you need an eye exam, perhaps you might give the optometrists at Vision Square Eyecare a try, but if you need glasses, my friend, you've been warned. read more