as a matter of fact my daughter is getting her PD measured by her eye doctor, no questions asked. This is the Fallon Optical center. They have no problem checking her PD tomorrow and explaining the numbers. She loves many of the plastic fashion frames on zenni optical.
On Oct 2, 11:13 pm, "Chuck Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe it's a regional thing... > > I've had my PD measured several times, by everyone from WalMart employees to > eye surgeons. All of them offered it to me freely, and without > reservation. No fighting, no threatening, no quoting legal phrases. The > provided numbers were all within 1mm plus and minus, which is a variance > that is easily explained. > > I made no secret of wanting to shop around, and even that I was considering > buying online...noone had a problem with this, including private > optometrists, though one did warn me about the possibility of variations in > quality and accuracy, and then further offered to test the lenses if I'd > bring them in for her to see. > > It's obvious that many people have MAJOR problems with doctors providing > their PD...but some of us get it with no problem. A friend of mine went > into Sears Optical, requested her records, and was given a multi-page > printout including the prescription and the PD number used in her last pair, > and the lady even highlighted the info and explained it to her! > > I wonder why some have so much trouble? > > -- Chuck Knight > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:31 PM, onlineIDoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wal Mart employees are not on commission. There are mild "incentives" > > to do business. But, basically, they try to provide a decent service > > at a decent price. The doctors are mostly independent, which means > > they pay rent for the spot and pocket the rest. They, as well as > > staff, as people are people , some will be ok and some wont. > > > Dont forget, optical is a tiny little service and product they sell > > usually by the front door and their main business means much more, so > > complaints are taken seriously, so most just oblige. > > > Not the worst place for an Eye Doc, maybe the best if you but business > > sense and work into it. > > > On Oct 2, 7:26 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Ira, yeah I was actually surprised it was that easy. The optician > > > made me look into the head gear took measurements and came up with 30 > > > right eye and 30.5 left eye. total of 60.5mm > > > > On Sep 30, 10:31 pm, Ira Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. This has been one of the proven strategies -- but not at all > > > > Walmarts. > > > > > On Sep 30, 9:26 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I went on the adventure on getting my PD. My local doc. office was > > > > > hesitant on giving me the PD. I called my last doc. office to get it > > > > > from them, the doctor ended moving on to another office. Called the > > > > > old docs office to find out they didn't have any of the old files. > > > > > > I went on to just give walmart a shot and so I looked online for an > > > > > optical center, North Oxford, Ma Walmart optical center is the > > closest > > > > > to me. > > > > > > I called up and asked how much to get my PD measured, the optician > > > > > said "it's free" almost with a giggle as if it were something silly > > of > > > > > me to ask. I went there and 5 minutes later I get my PD measured and > > > > > she went on to say if I am buying glasses online that she would give > > > > > me the OD and OS measurements separately and she did. > > > > > > So not all places are hard to get the PD. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
