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Specsavers or Boots?
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I need to go get my eyes tested again and I wanna know which in your opinion gives the most accurate eyes tests, Boots or Specsavers?
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Actually I have glasses from both: my Boots ones are posh designer ones that were expensive and my SpecSavers were cheap as a spare set and I got some prescription sunglasses there too. My Boots ones are nicer but I'm not really comparing like with like.
As for accuracy of testing I would hope that your prescription is the same at both as both will use qualified opticians. And if there is a difference it would be down to the individual opticians employed there rather than the chains in general.
Ilora x
The glasses now are the clearest vision I've had for a while, though the others were getting old, and my only complaint is that the fitting could have been a bit better.
Though you wil find that you will get a service ten times better than at the chain stores by visiting your local independent optician- they have the time and the expertise to treat you individually. I've been going to the same independent for ten years, and I don't think I'd ever swap unless I moved away.
Chain stores = crap.
For 15 years I went to dolland and Aitchinson (can't spell), always had to wait ages for appointments and it felt like hey weren't interested in me as I was a child and got cheaper glasses. When I had to pay more they were only interested in selling me extras. I never had a good experience there. They once were running so late they asked us (after we'd waited an hour) if we'd come back another day as they wanted to go home! My dad said no and then they treated us like shite. Last time I went there.
Dad then found a wonderful indie shop that had the factory right next to my dads! so we went directly there and the boss (who looked dickie attenbourough!) actually sat and made the lenses there and then. No extrortionate fee, no waiting weeks for lenses to arrive and totally friendly treatment.
I found out they hada shop in my town where i work so now I go there. I cannot begin to tell you how good they are. Very cheap too. I have v bad eyes and lenses did cost over £200 but here they cost £90 with frames and special coating-that was for thinned lenses too!
Ok maybe I'm biased but I think an indie shop is better as they not just trying to sell products, they actually care.
If anyone wants the details of this place pm me!
The only thing I've found is that they sometimes have to charge more than usual since they're smaller but the service is always better. Now that I'm an impoverished student, I tend to go to my local then take my prescription to somewhere like Specsavers and buy them there because they seem to always have some kind of offer on.