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New glasses? The unsightly world of optometry retailing - Michael West (michaelwest.com.au)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Joshi@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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Have you ever walked into an outlet like OPSM, Specsavers, Bailey Nelson, or Laubman & Pank for an eye test and left feeling like you’d been gently pressured into spending $500 on a pair of glasses?

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[B]osses impose onto optometrists a variety of targets – whether its “converting” eye tests into sales or increasing rates of certain types of tests.

This type of pressure is reportedly causing many optometrists “significant moral distress” and some are starting to fight back.

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[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I’m super confused as to how your glasses were this much. Unless you chose every option possible, chose the most expensive frame, lense type , etc, typically zenni is the place to go. I got mine for like $20 for the second pair, and I want to say it was like 50 with poly carb on the first. This doesn’t sound right at all that you paid so much.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Multifocal, polarised & transition. It came out to $294USD, which is just shy of $500AUD.

[–] iamjackflack@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That’s crazy. Prob like $600 from any luxottica based eye place around here. Mine were always 300 plus

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

As mentioned above, they're $700AUD from the local shop (specsavers), and for a $200 discount mum's not interested in international internet ordered spectacles in case there's any issue.