The prescription is actually heading the other way. Theaw states that they must provide you with the prescription if you paid for it. The only sticking point is the PD. They say it's not part of the prescription. I think there are some serious ethical issues to this.
On the other side of the coin, it doesn't offend me too much to pay for PD if it's reasonable, just like paying for an adjustment. Please forward me the information. I'd like to start a wall of doctors who aren't behaving well. Good luck. -ira On Sep 4, 4:39 am, bravesirrobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just went in for my yearly checkup, and left completely furious at my > (now) former optometrist. > > Last year was my introduction to glasses, and this optometrist seemed > like a nice guy so I went back. My first pair was a set of bifocals, > which didn't work out so well for all the computer work I do. Shortly > before I picked them up, though, I stumbled onto Glassy Eyes, which > keyed me in on getting them to tell me my PD. Since I was buying > glasses, I guess they felt it wasn't a big deal, so they told me what > it was. This gave me a nice enough vibe to go back. > > Two pairs of online progressives later, and today I'm not even looking > at the in-store samples. We did the exam, which showed my prescription > changing a bit. That all done, I asked if they'd do a PD measurement. > They said "Sure, but that now costs $14". > > I was totally aghast. Clearly, they knew why I wanted to know, knew > that giving it out undercut their business, and were going to try to > make up for their losses. At that point, I decided to give them a > chance: I said that if you don't measure my PD for free, I'll never > come back to this store. They said "fine". > > Do they really not make money doing eye exams? I'd think they at least > break even, and would care enough to want to keep me moderately > content. Oh well. > > I see where this is going. Soon enough, the prescription itself will > be secret, usable only by that store to make you glasses. Anyway, I'll > be going to local optometrists until I find one that will tell my my > PD for free. That'll be the one that does my next eye exam. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
