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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Well done. What would you like to discuss?
OAP perks of course
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.
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.
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.
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.
No, not a mug, just a young-un!!!
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
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.
Yeah, but surely you wouldn't want to swap your life for the alternative of poverty + a free pair of varifocals.
So I failed at the first hurdle then?
LMAO!
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.