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“My local opticians which I've been going to for years...”

written by Longiw84 on 09/11/2020

My local opticians which I've been going to for years was taken over by Scrivens and it's the worst thing that ever happened. I have a yearly eye test due to my dad having gluecoma and I had the same optician for years but now I get a different one every time I go. An eye test used to be half an hour but now it's 10 minutes and not half the things I've been used to having in the test. I was told I had signs of cataracts coming and needed dark glasses so I paid £400 for transition glasses.A couple of weeks ago I had a problem with my left eye. I asked if they could see me but said no I'd got to ring the eye clinic at the hospital. I did and they told me I couldn't self refer and needed my optician to see me and refer me if needed. They didn't know why Scrivens had told me to ring them. I got an emergency appointment with an independent optician 3 days later. He was fantastic. He thoroughly checked both eyes even though I only gone for the sore left eye. Seem I've had something in it and it's taken a small chunk out of my eyeball. Luck as it it has started healing but I needed drops. And guess what??? There are no signs of cataracts. Needless to say I'm going to be moving to this opticians now. Scrivens....poor quality eye test. Shame on you