“After 5 visits trying to get my new glasses problems solved, they never gave me a satisfactory answer, only delays and new appointments week after week, they told me they would call me and it never happened. After paying for two new pairs of glasses that I can't use, I have made the decision to get new ones somewhere else. Run away from this place.”
“After 5 visits trying to get my new glasses problems solved, they never gave me a satisfactory answer, only delays and new appointments week after week, they told me they would call me and it never happened. After paying for two new pairs of glasses that I can't use, I have made the decision to get new ones somewhere else. Run away from this place.”
“My loal specsavers is in Atherstone,i phoned to ask about my glasses that had been ordered waited 20 minutes gave up and rang again waited another 10 minutes then gave up”
“SpecSavers are simply useless. The arm broke off of my glasses , the third pair, and when I tried to get the frames to place the lens in they are telling me they no longer make them.
The service with SpecSavers was poor from start to finish and this is just the cherry on the cake. After having two pairs of glasses that were not fit for purpose, I was then presented with a third pair that was marginally better. They took no responsibility for their lack of care to the customer. Short cutting the eye test procedure and lack of courtesy.
I will certainly never darken their door again.”
“I have been trying for a month to have a problem with my new glasses or prescription corrected and I still have no solution.
Terrible experience, I can't continue to use the new glasses.”
“Walked in asked to see titanium frames, young lady picked up plastic frames with titanium arms. Had to tell her they were not titanium frames, she didn’t know. Then asked for a magnifying glass they don’t to them. How do they expect people with glasses to look through a normal mirror. Never going in there again. Waste of time. Train your staff better oh, invest in magnifying mirrors, would help!”
“I started phoning at 10am on a Sunday morning iwas 3rd in line which isn't so bad or so I thought?
But at each time the machine/human spoke the waiting time went up a minute so after it reach 13 minutes and I was caller Number one but still didn't get to speak to anyone I gave up and no j don't have any patience left”
“9:50 appointment in the Wrexham branch, but still waiting at 10:30.
No feedback as to why there is a delay.
So I gave up and booked with vision express, let's see if that's any different.
If I am to spend hundreds of pounds with them I expect a bit of respect.
Even if it's only an explanation as to why there is a delay (maybe someone has not turned up for a valid reason - sickness) and an estimate as to when I would be seen I can then make an informed desion as to wait, come back a bit later, or reschedule.
But no, nothing from any of the staff.
That's me done with Specsavers and I will not be giving them a good review to my colleagues.
What a way to run a business.”
“Tottenham Court Road branch . So I had an appointment booked for 13.20 apparently! I arrived at 13.15 and was browsing and awaiting for my appointment. I ask reception and they told me to go upstairs . On arrival upstairs the optician said you are late ! It took me forever to get there . Offered me an appointment later in the day ?? Appalling customer service . I will take my business elsewhere. I am an old lady and I cannot see hence the need for glasses and genuinely thought it was 13.35 appointment not 13.20 !! There were so many of them ( staff ) standing around chatting on arrival . I spent over 20 minutes browsing trying on different frames and was waiting for them to stop chatting before I approached the reception desk ! Made me late to go upstairs and them denied me a service . I am so upset 😭”
“Excellent service received. My mom broke her frame of her glasses and the help she got from the staff was awesome. The frame could not be fixed. The frame was discontinued but they found a frame which fit the lenses. All in all the service was great.”
“The reading glasses took a month to come out. I had also ordered a lamp from them at a cost of 99 pounds. The lamp hadn’t apparently been packed with the glasses but the lady assured me she would get to me. 5 days later and I’ve heard nothing. My daughter phoned and they had no idea what had happened and were going to look into it. Extremely disappointed with the service”
“People visit an optician because they have problems with their eyesite and I would suspect in a significant number of cases they have difficulty in clearly viewing items close to them. What is the point therefore of having racks of glasses on display with standard non magnifying viewing mirrors adjacent which make it impossible to clearly see what these frames look like on the intending purchaser ? Why can't these viewing mirrors have some degree of magnification. It's not rocket science it's common sense !”
“Collected new glasses. Experiencing significant discomfort with both pairs even though I have been back three times. Now want a refund. Being told I can’t have one as they are “ bespoke” this is not how they advertise nor what I was told at purchase, both say 100 day return/ refund policy. Have been offered new frames but as fitting is the issue I don’t want them as I don’t trust anyone to fit them properly. I need a refund in order to look at other options. Glasses were £400 it’s not a small amount of money especially on a pension but as I need varifocals I have to pay this sort of amount to have something I need to wear every day for a number of years.
I have sent a complaint but it should not be this difficult.
I asked for a refund two weeks ago but was persuaded to try yet another alteration. At that point it was also noticed that the lenses in the 2nd pair were incorrect so they got sent back and I waited two weeks to get them again.
Pick up appointment was with a new member of staff who just asked me if they felt ok. I explained it’s not always immediately apparent if they will be comfortable. Poor girl just didn’t know what to say or do.
I will never go back to specsavers but hope they will eventually do the right thing and refund my money.”
“I'm now waiting 3 weeks for my glasses, they have me a 2 week appointment to collect them but now into my 3rd week waiting , they're saying the frame I've picked is out of stock & have to order them in so why didn't the optical assistant advise me they were out if stock I could have picked another pair , I've been with specsavers for a long time now I'm thinking it's time to change to another optician”
“St Albans Everard. Took 87 yr old husband there. Impatient audiologist, spoke very fast, gabbling. Desperate to sell expensive heating aids, make some money . Wanted us to look at small and faint result of minimal hearing test and take a photo, incomprehensible. Keen to tell us how to claim on house insurance if lost. Said she didn't feel well. Not really the way to deal with old and frail man living in a nursing home. What a waste of time.”
“Its time to leave Specsavers before someone has a serious mis-disagnosis at the hands of these absolute crooks. Take it from genuine people who used to work there, we are all leaving in huge numbers, we have seen the otherside and its zero patient care, no training, poor lens quality, trainees and apprentices everywhere. Not fit for practice. Lets hope the GOC can do something to help Protect these patients and the poor staff before its too late!!”
