Raynine
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- Oct 28, 2023
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I'm getting cataract surgery in November. I've put it off long enough. I want to get in another season of 50-mile-a-day cycling and I read 20-25 on my eye test so I can see well enough and had no trouble passing the driver's eye test. My prescription has not changed much for several years so the lenses I have were issued to me long ago and are still in good shape. The problem is the expensive cheaply made frames that are designed to break. One set of frames broke on the bridge when I was sitting in my car. The bridge was just a thin piece of junk metal. It was made to break. The trick they use is when you try to get replacement frames. Oh, we don't make those frames any more; you'll have to get new lenses-$600.
When they pulled this trick on me the last time I got some plastic frames identical to what my wife had because they had a thick plastic bridge. My wife has already had cataract surgery and her old frames were in a drawer. Guess what? Those wife-identical frames that I was wearing broke on the side piece that goes on the ears. For some reason the side piece was made it two pieces and it fell apart. It fell apart because it was designed to fall apart so I would have to get new lenses-$600.
Anyway, tomorrow I am going to the eye center with my broken frames and my wife's intact old identical frames so they can take the side piece off hers and put it on mine. Savings-$600.
This eyeglass frame racket has been going on for as long as I can remember. Is anyone else aware of this scam? What happened to all these watchdog organizations that are supposed to look out for us?
When they pulled this trick on me the last time I got some plastic frames identical to what my wife had because they had a thick plastic bridge. My wife has already had cataract surgery and her old frames were in a drawer. Guess what? Those wife-identical frames that I was wearing broke on the side piece that goes on the ears. For some reason the side piece was made it two pieces and it fell apart. It fell apart because it was designed to fall apart so I would have to get new lenses-$600.
Anyway, tomorrow I am going to the eye center with my broken frames and my wife's intact old identical frames so they can take the side piece off hers and put it on mine. Savings-$600.
This eyeglass frame racket has been going on for as long as I can remember. Is anyone else aware of this scam? What happened to all these watchdog organizations that are supposed to look out for us?