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Vision Express Reviews

3.0 Rating 633 Reviews
48 %
of reviewers recommend Vision Express
3.0
Based on 633 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier, Own Driver, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time
Over 7 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 33%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 75%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Telephone, Email, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In
Under An Hour
Customer Service
3.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
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Vision Express 1 star review on 11th November 2022
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Vision Express 1 star review on 19th January 2022
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Vision Express 1 star review on 26th November 2021
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Vision Express 1 star review on 3rd August 2020
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
newmarket gave false advice, and very close to another visit to correct it
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Posted 6 years ago
I've always been a Specsavers customer but for convenience I changed to visions express in Tesco roborough. Bad choice. I've had an appointment booked and confirmed by text, which I took time off work for at the end of the day. I arrived and was told I was half an hour late and had now missed it. Turns out someone had clicked the wrong slot but somehow sent me the text for the slot I had agreed to. I was given lenses by the optician who knew I wear them all day and every day. I went back after a month to say my eyes were dry as anything with them and could I try something else. They passed me over to a trainee who was in her final year of study. Fine by me. She told me I shouldn't have been given these lenses for the time I wear them for! She suggested I try a set of dailies and a set of weeklies. Brilliant. I arrived to collect once I got my text and was only given dailies. I asked where the weeklies were and was told they don't give out two types of trial lenses at once!! Ok. So I tried the dailies and went for the check up. I said I liked them but still wanted to try the weekly to compare. So I was given weekly ones to try, and went for the check up after trying for a while. I said these are fine but I'll go with the daily ones. The optician hadn't saved any info on the fit of the daily ones on my check up for them! So guess what. I had to trial them AGAIN. I was furious. But I did, and went for the check up. Finally all was ok and was changed over. Except I wasn't. I waited and waited. Almost 2 months for delivery. Finally they arrived and were the OLD style lenses!! I went back to the shop and was told they can order the ones I was supposed to have. I agreed. Eventually they arrived a week later and I swapped lenses. I checked the price of the new ones were £21 rather than the £28 I'd been paying for the awful dry ones. This was all before Christmas. I've noticed tonight I am STILL paying £28. I am now done with vission express. I'm moving back to Specsavers. I've had enough. It is a total joke. I never had any of this with Specsavers!!
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Posted 6 years ago
Trustpilot reviews Categories Log in Sign up For companies profile image of Nigel Davies Nigel Davies United Kingdom Review of Vision Express Nigel Davies Nigel Davies 1 review Star 1 Star 2 Star 3 Star 4 Star 5 3 days ago Dreadful customer service I booked an appointment for a contact lens check at the Tesco Extra Wrexham branch of Vision Express. When I arrived I was told that there would be a delay as the technician was there to repair a lamp. Fair enough. However, 15 minutes later I was annoyed to see another patient called in for their immediately as they arrived. At the same time a technician came out to reception to say that "it's all sorted" and left. After waiting for half an hour I decided that I'd waited long enough and said that I was going to cancel my appointment, only to be told that the technician was still there. What has made this even more annoying is that I have subsequently sent 2 emails of complaint to customer services but have not received a reply in spite of their 48 hour promise. Finally, the advertised phone number for their customer services isn't recognised! I would not trust my eye care to these people.
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Posted 6 years ago
Very disapointed. Booked my first test online, waited 5 days. day before the test appintment was cancelled because of optisian sickenss. bokked another one online, day before called to check if it`s still ok. Lady who anserwe the phone, there is no sppoitment booked for me... just sad.
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Posted 7 years ago
Staff at Lincoln seemed incompetent and unhelpful. During the eye test the optician asked which of the two images is "rounder", I don't think this is the correct question. I think using the correct language during the questions is important, so that they get the correct information. He also asked questions then immediately prompted me with his own answer to the question instead of waiting for mine. (I was not even being slow) I think these factors invalidated the eye test. I didn't think the resulting prescription was right but they wouldn't take any steps at all to review or verify it and didn't seem to want to help, they just wanted me to take it as-is or leave. I left without getting the service I came for. I'm shocked that the service at Vision Express Lincoln doesn't meet a baseline level of acceptability and that the staff seem to be slightly arrogant when the flaws described above are clearly visible even to us with poor vision!
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Posted 7 years ago
The staff at the Maidstone store are so rude. Never experienced anything like it in my life. Made to feel very unwelcome and disatissfied with the service. I will never be returning as I think the service is appalling. Couldn’t fault the eye exam itself, just the staff once I came out. It seems as though no one wanted to bother to help me. Lost a loyal customer.
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Posted 7 years ago
Firstly I booked online appt for this Sunday online for my toddler nephew. I walked a mile and a half only to be told that there are no appointments with optician on Sunday and that minimum age for the test is 4yrs. I can't see anywhere on the website regarding ages. It just says under 16. Also Sunday slit was open to book into online.
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Posted 7 years ago
Spent 150£ on 2 lenses who got chipped in 4 months of use. Poor quality, expensive. Will never buy again from them. Neither recommend. Keep away, save your time and money going somewhere else.
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Posted 7 years ago
A young scruffy looking assistant wound me up so much. Rather than attend to my daughter with ASD that has a hole in her retina and was suffering from a unexplained issue with her eye, they were more interested in getting me to sign a form, (that was already signed) I am no longer welcome in the store, I say good riddance!
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Posted 7 years ago
Had a contract for contact lens with tesco and then vision express took over and my monthly payment increases from £9.33 to £19.80 that is an increase of 112% within 3 months when i contacted them the attitude is like it or lump it, so off i went. Plenty of opticians out there
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Posted 7 years ago
One lady member of staff at their Bath office was so impatient when i went to collect my glasses and told her they felt too loose even after tightening them and then i also found out that they made me pay full price for designer glasses but then gave me the demo ones on the floor that everyone had been trying on including myself. No wonder they felt loose! Will not recommend them or ever use them again! I was left furious!
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Posted 7 years ago
I waited2 weeks for my appointment at tesco lee mill. Eye test and contact lense, I buy my lenses on line and have done for 20 years. I was informed by the optician that I needed the packet so she could check the size, I have never been asked the size before as I buy else where and only needed a new perscription and eye check. She refused to do my eye check. It was a complete waste of my time, as I could of gone else ware with no problems. with better service.
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Posted 7 years ago
Vision Express took over local Tesco opticians in the King's Lynn superstore and as a previous Tesco customer I got an invite for my eye test from them. First impression was very good, certainly the person who conducted the eye test was thorough and helpful. Unfortunately, the wheels fell off when it came to actually purchasing the glasses. Not only had the prices rocketed but the selection of frames was very limited. In particular the aviator-style frames I like weren't on offer - although when I went back about a month later they were in stock. I bought a pair of reading glasses and a pair of varifocals at a total cost of £251. The reading glasses are fine but the varifocals are useless - they're OK round my house but the range of focus is way too restricted for driving. I've been back twice and various adjustments were made that gave a slight improvement but in the end I've gone back to the glasses Tesco supplied for driving. With the VE lenses nothing is in focus over about 40 metres, with the old Tesco lenses everything is clear out to probably 100-150 metres - the VE glasses are simply too dangerous to use. It's now over the 60-day return period so basically they've taken my money and not provided the glasses I need.
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Posted 7 years ago
11 week wait and counting for glasses. 2.5 week wait and counting for a reply from customer services email. No reply from customer services 'manager'. No one answers the phone. No communication from VE despite trying to chase up these glasses many times. Staff in store are rude and unhelpful. So far I feel like I've been ripped off of over £500 and don't know what to do.
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Posted 7 years ago
Wrong prescription and bad quality varifocals.
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Posted 7 years ago
Do not use Vision Express. They are absolutely awful. Ordered some Glasses, was then told no lab to fit lenses but the glasses would be delivered in 10 working days which was already a stretch. 4 weeks later, 1 visit to find out what was going on, 1 telephone call a week later to find out what was going on. and still no glasses. A whole bunch of sorry's with absolute no follow through to solve the issue. Making matters worse Manager said he would look into it and call me, he never replied and still no frames. Absolutely awful. Use another opticians please and spare yourself the pain. Oh and my 1 star rating is too generous. Very poor- Doesn't even cut it. To V.E. Perhaps you should lessen your TV ad spend expressing how wonderful you are and put your resources into a little substance.
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Posted 7 years ago
Very poor customer service. I've paid for three month membership which was completely messed up. Nothing could be sorted by the phone, had to go directly to the store. Customer service people need serious training on how to get things done. Wouldn't recommend, it takes time and nerves to get rid of them. Very incompetent sales people.
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Posted 7 years ago
if there was a rating lower than 1 star, it would be for Vision Express. they are deficient in service, respect for the customer and their products are probably FAKE replicas and very poor quality. I had two bad experiences as a customer when I acquired contact lenses and glasses. the soft toric lenses of their own brand, are very uncomfortable, after a couple of hours they dried my eyes and irritated them, I been using lenses over 20 years and these have terrible oxygenation. not satisfied with that. without my authorization Vision Express, debits from my account without my authorization 2 months payments that were already payed. Refunds took 4 months after discussing several hours on the phone with employees who did not cared what happened to you. At the same time, together with the lenses, I bought BVLGARI lenses of £ 400, which after 1 year had gone through two microfractures, I took this to ask for an answer regarding the quality of the product, my spectacles were retained for two weeks without any call to pick them up, despite my several call requesting abut what happened with them. no mails or call. I went to his point of sale and the advisor told me that there was nothing to do for my glasses AND He THROW THEM IN A VERY DISCORTED WAY IN HIS DESK. the glasses were never sent to quality control for two simple reasons: I never received an email despite my phone requests and the employee refused to let me see the answer of the supposed center that had controlled them. When I asked him to let me see the document with the answer regarding with that supposed check, he crumpled the letter in his hand and he did not let me see it. this gives me to think that the products they sell are not original because they are not responsible and never send them for review, also one of their managers refused to sign and seal the BVLGARI guarantee model because their company's policies, in theory They handle everything with their own invoices and do not send any item for proper control to their original sellers. for good stay away from this scumbags !!!
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Posted 7 years ago
Contacts lens always late delivery never on time bad fir eyecare
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Posted 7 years ago
What an absolute disgrace. Booked eye test 3 weeks ahead and received no phone call with the exact time of the appointment. Trailed to store to find out why they have rang and the excuse of a man said we have been busy. Is that an excuse for not carrying out your duties.He proceeded to check on computer and said were don't have you down.And suggested I come the week after. Sorry but I've waited 3 weeks already fool. Then he just kept repeating, not a problem, not a problem. Another customer before me also walked out in disgust as they had cocked her appointment up too. Avoid Vision Express in Tesco Dragonville as they lack professionalism and haven't got the least bit clue what they are doing. Rubbish I have complained tho the ceo
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Posted 7 years ago
Vision Express is rated 3.0 based on 633 reviews