From walking into the well lit open space that is this store, to the immediate customer service attention from an extremely nice human being. I knew this would be a great experience.
Now I am not a Boomer, but it did make me think, ahh shit I am in Hipster heaven when the lady turned me toward the wall and said, "Everything on this wall is Gender Neutral". I was like OK... I personally will wear pink or blue without needing a title for it but 2019 why the hell not haha. But it gives you an idea of their demographic.
That being said we slowly began making our way across the isles, no pressure, very calmly, the nice lady asking me questions about my preference in glasses and also what she thought would be nice.
I was holding over 7 pairs of glasses as one point with no rush to put them back. She showed me things I was comfortable with and pushed the envelope to things I was not aware I would even try in a million years. She even suggested some rounder glasses to which I quickly whispered, or I thought I whispered, "We need to be careful with round glasses or I look like a German mad scientist and not the good kind, but the kind from the 1940's.... to which I heard a bellowing "HAHAHHAHA" as I turned a customer, older man, was laughing hard and went, "sorry wasn't trying to listen in but that was golden". Ahhh the downfalls of being vampire white.
Anywhooooooo, we continued and narrowed it down to about 3 pairs, their mirror placements and lighting were good, not like Lens crafters where you look horrid in everything. I could look close up or at a distance and when I was really stuck between three pairs, the nice lady helping me called over another rep to get a second opinion. It was so cool and very helpful.
I ended up picking a metal frame, simpler look than the thick plastic frames. I prefer glasses with nose holders and lightweight as well as a rectangular look for my face.
Well, crazy part was, by the time I said "I want these" like the apple store, she had already plugged in my prescription, the glasses, and was asking me for my address for delivery within minutes on her little ipad thingy. Handed her my credit card and she handed it back going, ok you are set! It will get to you faster this way and if you need it adjusted just come back in and we will help you!
She even said, if you hate them you can return them no questions asked in 30 days. Which is always nice to hear Because you just never know sometimes.
But I was most surprised at how quickly checkout was, I actually asked, "is that it?" And indeed that was it. I even had a moment to go around to the glasses again that I didn't pick and take a selfie to show my friends for opinions on whether I chose right. The lady even showed me exactly which ones they were since they were put back on the shelves already.
Overall:
SUPER relaxed environment.
NO pressure to buy
VERY kind customer service
SUPER fast and easy checkout
They send you instructions on how to get your insurance to cover some of it.
CON:
There is only ONE con, the glasses I picked, 145$ and while still cheap, they do get ya with the 95$ price tags on "most" glasses. But the minute you go into the non plastic frame world the prices go up FAST. And that sucked cause obviously I liked the metal frames. Wish it was 95$ for the entire store that would be amazing.
Anyway, amazing experience especially after my horrific one at Lens Crafters.
Thanks!
UPDATE:
I got the glasses. They fit like a glove. Worked great! Look Great. I went back to the store to get them fitted the staff once again were so nice and helpful it made my day wonderful and put a smile on my face. Thank you guys and girls for being so awesome! I was so happy I even made a YouTube review video on my experience:
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