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<blockquote data-quote="SaskiaKC" data-source="post: 2054227" data-attributes="member: 487111"><p>You get it, then. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Thank you for posting. I have worn glasses since I was 7 years old. I am near-sighted and have astigmatism. </p><p></p><p>These new glasses came through a voucher program that only a few optometrists and opticians participate in. It seems great in theory but in practice -- in my case -- it has been nothing but a headache. Four months to even get the voucher, then another few weeks to get a voucher that would actually cover an eye exam and glasses; then three more weeks to wait while the glasses got made (they failed the first lab test so had to be redone -- at least that's the story I was told). And they charged me $58 for anti-glare coating that didn't even exist for the first 40 decades of my glasses-wearing experience. </p><p></p><p>You did great to take your prescription to a different optician. I have been saving up for a few years now for an eye exam and new glasses but every time I start saving something else comes up that I have to pay for that wipes out the savings. So I was so glad to hear of this voucher program. it worked great for the neighbor who told me about it but for me it has just been a mess and now to have glasses I can't wear ... </p><p></p><p>The optometrist who prescribed these told me I need to have cataract surgery right away and turns out the surgeon she recommended is somehow connected to her opticians' clinic so maybe collusion of some sort? Like I am really going to trust my only pair of eyes to a strange surgeon and maybe lose my sight altogether! </p><p></p><p>Don't think so. Hopefully my old frames will continue to hold together .... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Hugs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SaskiaKC, post: 2054227, member: 487111"] You get it, then. :) Thank you for posting. I have worn glasses since I was 7 years old. I am near-sighted and have astigmatism. These new glasses came through a voucher program that only a few optometrists and opticians participate in. It seems great in theory but in practice -- in my case -- it has been nothing but a headache. Four months to even get the voucher, then another few weeks to get a voucher that would actually cover an eye exam and glasses; then three more weeks to wait while the glasses got made (they failed the first lab test so had to be redone -- at least that's the story I was told). And they charged me $58 for anti-glare coating that didn't even exist for the first 40 decades of my glasses-wearing experience. You did great to take your prescription to a different optician. I have been saving up for a few years now for an eye exam and new glasses but every time I start saving something else comes up that I have to pay for that wipes out the savings. So I was so glad to hear of this voucher program. it worked great for the neighbor who told me about it but for me it has just been a mess and now to have glasses I can't wear ... The optometrist who prescribed these told me I need to have cataract surgery right away and turns out the surgeon she recommended is somehow connected to her opticians' clinic so maybe collusion of some sort? Like I am really going to trust my only pair of eyes to a strange surgeon and maybe lose my sight altogether! Don't think so. Hopefully my old frames will continue to hold together .... :) Hugs. [/QUOTE]
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