Free Glasses

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I went to the opticians today for my free eye test, and they gave me free glasses AND sunglasses. I expected to pay, especially as they were designer specs, but no, they were free. Saved me a couple of hundred quid as they were varifocals :)
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  • PictoPicto Posts: 24,270
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    Free is my favourite price.
  • chattamanukchattamanuk Posts: 3,397
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    I went to the opticians today for my free eye test, and they gave me free glasses AND sunglasses. I expected to pay, especially as they were designer specs, but no, they were free. Saved me a couple of hundred quid as they were varifocals :)

    Well done. What would you like to discuss?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,983
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    Well done. What would you like to discuss?

    OAP perks of course :D
  • AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    You can't get free glasses, if you're getting them on the NHS then you get so much off the list price. I think it's something around the £50 mark. Or is there some other way of getting them that I haven't explored?

    Also, I'm pretty impressed with an Optician that can do your eye-test and produce two pairs of vari-focal lenses and fit them into your chosen frames on the same day. The last time I got my new glasses, about a month ago, I had to wait up to a week for the lenses to be properly fixed into the frames.
  • crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    I thought this would be about the free McDonald's Coke glasses!!
  • crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    Azagoth wrote: »

    Also, I'm pretty impressed with an Optician that can do your eye-test and produce two pairs of vari-focal lenses and fit them into your chosen frames on the same day. The last time I got my new glasses, about a month ago, I had to wait up to a week for the lenses to be properly fixed into the frames.

    Agreed. No-one gets their glasses the same day as their eye-test. OP please tell me how I get them free. I'm on IB and still don't get them free.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,983
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    Azagoth wrote: »
    You can't get free glasses, if you're getting them on the NHS then you get so much off the list price. I think it's something around the £50 mark. Or is there some other way of getting them that I haven't explored?

    Also, I'm pretty impressed with an Optician that can do your eye-test and produce two pairs of vari-focal lenses and fit them into your chosen frames on the same day. The last time I got my new glasses, about a month ago, I had to wait up to a week for the lenses to be properly fixed into the frames.

    Of course I didn't get them today. The prescription has to be made up. 10-14 days although I agree, it should be quicker for OAPs.
  • crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    Of course I didn't get them today. The prescription has to be made up. 10-14 days although I agree, it should be quicker for OAPs.

    You're an OAP then? I've still got 15 years to go. :cry:
  • alan29alan29 Posts: 34,612
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    I went to the opticians today for my free eye test, and they gave me free glasses AND sunglasses. I expected to pay, especially as they were designer specs, but no, they were free. Saved me a couple of hundred quid as they were varifocals :)

    Where from. I have just paid £270 for a pair of varifocals. It would have been more but I laughed in the salesgirls face when she suggested "designer" frames - AS IF.
  • HypnodiscHypnodisc Posts: 22,728
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    Agreed. No-one gets their glasses the same day as their eye-test. OP please tell me how I get them free. I'm on IB and still don't get them free.

    You get them free on Income Support, Income related JSA, Income related ESA, Pension credit guarantee credit or named on a HC2/HC3 certificate.

    Every 2 years you get a free voucher for glasses (up to £40 or so IIRC- so you can get 1 pair of glasses from Specsavers etc.) and a free eye-test.
  • VinnienetVinnienet Posts: 2,100
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    I work. I pay for everything. I must be a mug!
  • crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    Hypnodisc wrote: »
    You get them free on Income Support, Income related JSA, Income related ESA, Pension credit guarantee credit or named on a HC2/HC3 certificate.

    Every 2 years you get a free voucher for glasses (up to £40 or so IIRC- so you can get 1 pair of glasses from Specsavers etc.) and a free eye-test.

    I'm not on any of those and our family income is too high for me to qualify for a HC2 or HC3.:cry:
  • Dragonlady 25Dragonlady 25 Posts: 8,587
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    Vinnienet wrote: »
    I work. I pay for everything. I must be a mug!

    No, not a mug, just a young-un!!! ;)
  • IgnazioIgnazio Posts: 18,695
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    OAP perks of course :D
    Nonsense and you know it.
  • HypnodiscHypnodisc Posts: 22,728
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    I'm not on any of those and our family income is too high for me to qualify for a HC2 or HC3.:cry:

    It's a shit deal really, you would think IB would qualify - but I don't think you get free normal prescriptions on IB either!

    Which is crap because you do get them on JSA/ESA/IS :confused:
  • calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    OAP perks of course :D
    IM a pensioner and have to pay for my glasses. the full price too.
  • crazychris12crazychris12 Posts: 26,254
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    Hypnodisc wrote: »
    It's a shit deal really, you would think IB would qualify - but I don't think you get free normal prescriptions on IB either!

    Which is crap because you do get them on JSA/ESA/IS :confused:

    No you don't. I've to pay for all my prescriptions cos my wife works part-time now so we're just over the cut-off point for a HC2.
  • denzldenzl Posts: 871
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    Vinnienet wrote: »
    I work. I pay for everything. I must be a mug!

    Yeah, but surely you wouldn't want to swap your life for the alternative of poverty + a free pair of varifocals. ;)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,983
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    Ignazio wrote: »
    Nonsense and you know it.

    So I failed at the first hurdle then? :D
  • calamitycalamity Posts: 12,894
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    Vinnienet wrote: »
    I work. I pay for everything. I must be a mug!
    like you I pay for everything , and dont work now..my old aunt on the other hand gets everything , free dentists, glasses and gets extra money for having arthritis. this is because she gets income support I think they call it.
  • Jane Doh!Jane Doh! Posts: 43,307
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    So I failed at the first hurdle then? :D

    LMAO! :D
  • CaxtonCaxton Posts: 28,881
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    calamity wrote: »
    IM a pensioner and have to pay for my glasses. the full price too.

    So do I but I expect that is because I have worked damn hard all my life and put money in a private pension scheme to provide for my retirement.

    But then, look at a scenario, if I was female around 21 and had four children after shacking up when and if I felt like it with every guy in sight, and had no idea who their fathers were and didn't care, I too might qualify for free specs and most other things free too. That is our wonderful benefits system.
  • Red WhineRed Whine Posts: 1,086
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    If you go to Vision Express they can make up a prescription in an hour, so it is possible.
  • Pisces CloudPisces Cloud Posts: 30,239
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    Caxton wrote: »
    So do I but I expect that is because I have worked damn hard all my life and put money in a private pension scheme to provide for my retirement.

    But then, look at a scenario, if I was female around 21 and had four children after shacking up when and if I felt like it with every guy in sight, and had no idea who their fathers were and didn't care, I too might qualify for free specs and most other things free too. That is our wonderful benefits system.
    I'm sure you'd rather be comfortably off though, and able to afford to buy whatever glasses you like, instead of living on the breadline and not having much choice of what the voucher affords.
  • IgnazioIgnazio Posts: 18,695
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    So I failed at the first hurdle then? :D
    Well you took me in - so you're not a complete failure.:o:D
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