AndyR

Managed to lose my glasses today (oops) and I kinda need them to read etc, so typing this is VERY hard

I've noticed you have Specsavers over here and I could get the bus to the Albany store tomorrow, but just wondered if they still do the 1 hour processing like they did in the UK?

I'm going to ring tomorrow AM anyway but just need my mind putting at rest thats all

Thx!

pricklykina

They haven't been here long so haven't a clue...did you check out their website?
Do you just need reading glasses or prescription glasses in general?
If reading glasses, then many recommend the Warehouse!

AndyR

Yeah I looked on the website but they don't say, but then again the UK site which definitely does 1 hour processing doesn't say on the website either.

Not had chance to ring them yet as I spent the afternoon in a panic running around trying to find them but will call tomorrow

Its prescription unfortunately

AndyR

I'll answer my own question here after ringing them today.

Glasses take 10 working days apparently! :O

Oh well.

Vicky86

If you mean you need new Reading Glasses? I've got the information that there are different strength of Reading Glasses.

minky

Hubby ordered some takes about 2 weeks as they are made in Melbourne has ordered vari focals

Robbo25

You may find it better to order on the internet if you can somehow get by until they arrive.

Jan n Neil

They havn,t really caught up here yet

AndyR

Thanks all.

I'm managing with a spare pair I got before I left the UK, they are the wrong prescription but I never had time to get them replaced but they will do for now.

Thx all!

AndyR

Well, I had an appointment with Specsavers in Albany yesterday. Excellent opticians really, very happy with them.

$60 for the eye test, got 2x complete frames at $249, plus had thinner lenses in 1 as I have a high prescription. Told me it would take 1-2 weeks for them to come in, and after that I have 30 days if I don't like them, plus if I want thinner lenses in the other pair as I only paid for 1, to just come back and pay the difference and thats it

Very happy!

kiwinow

If you're like me and keep losing them, so you need a stash of inexpensive alternatives at work, home and in your car - Briscoes have a nice range of coloured specs, as do many of the chemists. They are a bit dearer than The Warehouse, but much prettier. I now have a blue pair with diamantes, a green pair with Maori designs, and a red pair (missing in action at present).

Beeka

I found many opticians here are out to rip your off - just like in England.

When you see the massive special deals (2 for 1, 50% off, etc, etc) you start to question their original markup! I still spent hundreds on my first pair of glasses over here. I'm thinking specifically of OPSM and Carlisle Mason.

Anyway I've been working on vision improvement exercises which means I outgrow my lens prescription every few weeks. I've been getting my specs online from America for $29 US all inclusive - and they are just as good quality as the basic lenses at your local optician. In fact, it's impossible for me to tell the difference.

This link has a $10 coupon, otherwise they are normally $39 - still, a HUGE saving on high street opticians: 39 Dollar Glasses. They always arrive via Intl shipping in 7 days.

AndyR

What's a vision improvement exercise?

Jan n Neil

They are a rip off it gets on my tits, i had a mate in the UK a dispensing optician who would make any pair for mates for 25 quid, he said the dearest frame was only 15 quid to him