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[Lucky Rathen]

I broke my glasses recently, and I'm going to buy a new pair but I thought I may as well go for an eye test first to make sure I've got the most up to date prescription. I've phoned Black & Lizars to get an eye test and they said hat you are only entitled to a free NHS one every 2 years, and because I had my last one 18 months ago, it would cost me £36 if my prescription hasn't changed.

I went to Black and Lizars last time so I'm on their database, my question is then, if I went to another optician, would they know I had had a test at Black & Lizars 18 months ago and try to charge me? Is there like an NHS database or is it just the shop records they are going by?

[Bigsby]

I thought you were entitled to a free one every year, but I could well be wrong.

[Afro Droid]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

I broke my glasses recently, and I'm going to buy a new pair but I thought I may as well go for an eye test first to make sure I've got the most up to date prescription. I've phoned Black & Lizars to get an eye test and they said hat you are only entitled to a free NHS one every 2 years, and because I had my last one 18 months ago, it would cost me £36 if my prescription hasn't changed.

I went to Black and Lizars last time so I'm on their database, my question is then, if I went to another optician, would they know I had had a test at Black & Lizars 18 months ago and try to charge me? Is there like an NHS database or is it just the shop records they are going by?

I usually take a look at who is offering free tests, go there, get my new prescription, and then go somewhere else if necessary for the actual glasses. Shop aboot a bit ken?

Also - if you need your glasses for work, your employer might be obliged to contribute to your specs cost.

[Lucky Rathen]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

I thought you were entitled to a free one every year, but I could well be wrong.

Nit. Every two years until you are 60.

http://www.nhs24.com/content/mediaas...aminations.pdf

Originally Posted by Afro Droid

I usually take a look at who is offering free tests, go there, get my new prescription, and then go somewhere else if necessary for the actual glasses. Shop aboot a bit ken?

Also - if you need your glasses for work, your employer might be obliged to contribute to your specs cost.

Absolutely. I did that last time, I got my eyes tested at B&L, then took the prescription and bought a pair of specs online for a fraction of the price I would have paid in B&L. However they did fall to bits after a few months so this time I might try something a little bit more expensive than the £27 I paid last time.

[Bigsby]

Taking things a step further, about ten years ago when I was still a student I actually bought the frames from a shop in Banchory, then got Specsavers to put the lenses in. The guy in Banchory took a major strop about it, but he was advertising the cost of the frames, didn't say anything about being forced to pay for his extortionate lenses. And Specsavers demanded to see a receipt before they would do it, so seemed to be frowned on in general.

[Lucky Rathen]

They sell designer frames in TK Maxx with just glass in them, which you can then take to an optician to have lenses put in. One of my exes bought a pair of CK frames for like £15 from TX Maxx in Glasgow. I don't know if she ever got lenses put in them like, we split up shortly after

[Lucky Rathen]

I got my last pair here.

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They were cheap as fuck but as previously mentioned, fell to bits pretty quickly. A couple of months ago I was out drinking in the Moorings wearing them, when I woke up in the morning one of the lenses had fallen out and was nowhere to be seen. Presumably it fell out in the Moorings and I was so pissed I wore them all night and didn't notice there was no lens in them.

[Jeanette]

Just go to a different opticians and say you think you had your last test about 2 years ago!

I don't think there's a database because when I moved back to Glasgow, D&A couldn't look up details from when I went to the Aberdeen branch.

D&A were pretty good.

[drahcirv1]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

A couple of months ago I was out drinking in the Moorings wearing them, when I woke up in the morning one of the lenses had fallen out and was nowhere to be seen. Presumably it fell out in the Moorings and I was so pissed I wore them all night and didn't notice there was no lens in them.

Was this a drunken attempt to bring the monocle back into fashion?

[Original Spies]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

They sell designer frames in TK Maxx with just glass in them, which you can then take to an optician to have lenses put in. One of my exes bought a pair of CK frames for like £15 from TX Maxx in Glasgow. I don't know if she ever got lenses put in them like, we split up shortly after

Thats superb. It means people who don't wear glasses can wear swish fashionable glasses without the world looking like a fish tank.