thread: Has anyone ever taken back glasses?

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  1. #1
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    Mar 2006
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    I did. My glasses were suppose to be for driving. They actually made my vision worse at night and I nearly had an accident. I took them back and had my eyes tested somewhere else who said I had perfect vision!

  2. #2
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    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
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    i've had goggles all my life (well, all but about 11 months) and have taken several sets back, even as a kid! i knew when things weren't right - and i would always make sure they were right - headaches just make things so much worse. i've even taken contact lenses back

    i know that some of the chain stores can be a bit more exxy, but i love the fact that the shop i go to has my whole history of glasses. i love that, when i was living interstate and lost a contact lens, they could call up the script in another store. and i LOVE that they are great with helping to swap lenses when i'm not happy with them!

    sigh - i need to get my eyes checked again!

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Aug 2007
    Sydney
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    Hi Sam, I was thinking of you. So what did you do? Have you taken them back? What was the verdict?

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
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    Hey I can update now as I went to the optometrist today

    Bear with me this is interesting

    Turns out that my prescription was right BUT I am a freak with one ear a bit lower and due to that my glasses didn't sit straight and I wasn't looking through the lens at the correct spot and causing issues with my astigmatism. This was causing me to feel sick and tired (besides the usual reasons for me feeling so ). Also I was seeing black writing as brown and it was haloing a bit.
    I had no idea that my ears were uneven because I was never told. I assume that every other place I've gotten glasses for has adjusted them for it. Also they said because of the newer trend of narrower frames that's something that they need to get more spot on than they used to when frames were rounder and a bit bigger.

    So I have to try them out for 2 weeks and see how they feel.

  5. #5
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    Aug 2009
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    Lucky! I've lost my glasses somewhere in my black hole of a house and I miss them! Can't seem to find them anywhere.

    Good to know that they will exchange or fix if not right as I need my eyes retested soon. Crossing fingers I'm not legally blind in my right eye now

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Aug 2007
    Sydney
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    Well there you go. Who would have thought that an unnoticeably wonky ear could cause so much trouble.