This is the worst eye clinic that I have ever been to! I was scammed by this clinic.
I decided that I wanted to get new eye glasses through Eyes Rite Eyecare. I talked with the receptionist, Debbie, and she helped me pick out this wonderful pair of glasses! A little too expensive for me personally, but she said that she would call my insurance and see how much of my plan would allow me to spend on eye glasses and also take into account what I had left for the year for my insurance allowance. I was right in the office while she was on the phone will the company. She said that I had approximately $320 left in my allowance and that I could put all of that towards eye glasses. I even double checked with her to make sure that was accurate, and she assured me it was. So I only had to pay $20 out of pocket for my glasses that were going to cost me $340 with all of the bells and whistles. The $20 out of pocket was not too bad, right?
Well, 6 months later i received a "Final Notice" bill from them saying that I still had not paid $60 towards my glasses. I of course called them right away confused why I received this bill in the first place, and also confused why I received it 6 months after I had my glasses? I was greeted on the other end of the line by some assistant, whom I had not met before, and Debbie, who proceeded to defensively double-team gang up on me about my questions about the bill.
Knowing I wasn't going to get anywhere with the culprits of the action, and wanting to report how I had been treated, I called to the Tacoma location, where the doctor Dana was practicing that day, and ask to speak with him. I called twice, with no returned phone call.
So, I end up paying the $60 bill, cutting my losses, and then 3 months later I receive yet another "Final Notice" bill in the mail saying I owe $60.
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I moved back to Spokane recently and went back to my old eye doctor who saw me before I had my horrible experience with Eyes Rite Eyecare. I went in and they asked me the routine questions about how liked my contacts, and how everything was going, etc.
I let them know that I thought I had chronic dry-eye, because for the past 2 years I always had lots of problems with my contacts. I explained that I told doctor Dana at eyes rite eye care that the contacts he fit me in were causing me to have dry eye and that they felt uncomfortable, so he brought me back in for another look. He looked again and informed me that some people just have dry-eye and to switch to a different solution and that would help.
So here I had been for 2-years, thinking I had chronic dry-eye living with the constant replenishment of fake tears and being forced to only have short-time wear of my contacts.
Well, chronic dry-eye was not the problem after all. It turns out I actually have giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC). GPC is caused by proteins secreted in your tears. This inflammatory reaction causes lid glands to secrete substances that create a filmy coating on contact lenses, making them uncomfortable and creating vision problems. This reaction was cause because I was allergic to the lenses that Eyes Rite Eye Care fit me with. The proteins actually started to adhere to my eye lids, creating a bumpy surface, now preventing a contact to stick to my eye because the eye lid actually pulls the contact off of my eye.
My current doctor actually said that I have the worst case of this disease that she has ever seen. She even had other treating doctors in the clinic come in to observe my eye.
Because Eyes Rite Eye Care did not catch this when I went back in, I cannot wear contacts for at least a year, nor can I have laser surgery to correct my vision. I am confined to the scammed eye glasses that this same clinic over charged me for!
If that doesn't scare you away from this eye clinic, I don't know what will! read more