Every Little helps Tesco Opticians (Tesco Optician)

Member Name: rosiesmum

Product:	Tesco Optician
Date:	07/07/09 (80 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very proffessional and quick service

Disadvantages: glass cases have tesco written across them

Tesco Optician

I decided to try my local Tesco Opticians a few months back, I had been thinking about getting my eyes tested for quite a while because my old reading glasses were not doing their job as well as they used to, but I kept putting it off because of the expense.

One Sunday after doing the weekly shop I walked passed the Opticians and noticed free eye test and reading glasses from £15. Plus club card points; so on the spur of the moment I made an appointment, they made me one for the following day. That impressed me where else could you go on a Sunday and get a slot for the following day?

When I visited the store the next day I was taken into a cubicle to get the test for glaucoma the girl was very nice and put me at ease straight away, this took all of five minutes then after a two minute wait I was taken into another cubicle for the eye test.

They were very thorough and professional, in fact it surprised me just how much time the optician spent with me when all I needed was a pair of reading glasses.

After he had done all the tests he asked if I found the world a bit bleak! I quickly quipped back 'Well yes sometimes I can get a bit low' he laughed and asked me to read the lowest line of a chart on the wall I couldn't even see the letters then he popped a lens into the examination specs on my eyes and everything became so clear, I was absolutely gob smacked.
I had quite bad vision for long distance and hadn't realised, it comes on so slowly that you just accept it.

He advised me not to drive until I had glasses which totally shocked me at the time.

I was advised to go for 'Vari Focals' and was then taken out to browse through the frames that were suitable for these types of lenses. I got a bit lost at this stage I really didn't know what would suit me but one of the assistants kindly helped and gave me her opinion.
They had an offer on of 'buy one get one free' so I chose two pairs and paid £149.

They marked up the lenses with a special glass pen going by my prescription and I had to pay for them straight away, and they told me that they would be ready within seven days.

Three days late I received a phone call to let me know that my glasses had arrived in the store and that I could pick them up any time suitable to me.
I called in the following day and they checked that both pairs fitted my face comfortably and gave me advice on how to look through them for close up and long distance.

I could not get on with them at first they gave me terrible headaches so I returned to the store for them to check the lenses they assured me that I would get used to them and suggested that I give them a further fortnight but if I still found them unsuitable then they would change them for a pair of long distance and the other for reading free of charge.

I did eventually master my glasses and now I can read road signs from quite a distance. To be quite honest it has amazed me just how hazy my eye sight was so I will definitely be going for regular checks in future and I will be using Tesco because of the excellent service and the good prices.

Summary: No more long waits for an appointment, great choice of frames.