Then, don't tell her they're going to be mail-order!
So many people have so much trouble with this. The doctor is not doing you
a favor...the information is yours!!! Nevertheless, they are in a position
to make things difficult for you, so a little "social engineering" often
comes in to play. A few carefully chosen sentences, something like this,
usually work for me...
_________________________
$400?! Ouch...sticker shock. That is a LOT of money.
I'm going to shop around and see if I can find something a little more...in
my price range?.
OH, before I go...let me have my prescription, so I can have it with me
while I do my looking. (Look at prescription, check for PD
measurement...look surprised when it isn't there)
I'm glad I looked...you forgot to fill out this field...PD. I was doing my
homework, last night, and the pupil-distance is supposed to be part of my
prescription. Be a dear and write it down for me, please, so I have ALL my
information. I know my prescription is strong, so be sure to write the
monocular measurements, please...
_________________________
Never once have I been refused my information, and usually they fall all
over themselves trying to keep me happy You see, what that little exchange
told them, in a very nice way, is:
1) I'm in charge, here...not you.
2) I know I'm not tied in to buying from you, but I'll give you a fair
chance.
3) I know my prescription is *mine,* and you haven't any right to withhold
it
4) I did my homework, and you're not going to "pull the wool over my eyes."
5) I understand at least the basics (monocular PD) which means it'll be hard
to string me along
The trick is to do it in a nice way, so that it doesn't create a
"situation."
-- Chuck Knight
P.S. We have members on this list, who have prescriptions approaching 20
diopter corrections. You asked about those who are strongly
farsighted...perhaps one of those members will speak up, and describe their
experiences. Alternately, since this list is maintained on google, you can
use their excellent search features to find those same threads, with
relative ease.
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Lion Ellie from Lancaster <[email protected]
> wrote:
>
> Hi Reid,
>
> I shopped for glasses in the fall. I wound up with $500 ones from
> Wal-Mart. Hated them and could not get used to weird vision and
> discomfort. Got my money back and just have my old mangled, scratched
> up ones. More discomfort. I would love to try the online ones but am
> so afraid of spending more $$ and getting stuck with a disaster. I am
> going to read more here and maybe screw up the courage.
>
> Is anyone else really farsighted and has had luck ordering online?
> I plan to ask my opthmalogist to fill out the numbers for me. The guy
> she prefers wanted $400 just for the lenses! I just can't do it even
> though I need them to survive everyday. She might laugh me out of her
> office for thinking of mail order glasses.
>
> Later.
>
> Ep
>
> On Feb 28, 11:12 pm, Reid Priedhorsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
>
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