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Валерия Сафьюллина
4 days ago
I had a very disappointing experience at this store today.
When I arrived, the employees who were not busy with other customers did not ask if I needed help. I was only approached after about 10 minutes, when I had already been looking at frames on my own. I came specifically to choose a new pair of glasses, so I expected at least some basic assistance from the staff.
When they started showing me frames, no one asked whether I might need a smaller or larger size. I am not an expert in frame sizing, and I do not think customers should be expected to figure that out on their own. That is exactly the kind of thing store employees should be helping with, so it was strange that nobody even mentioned it.
After I chose the frames I liked, I was given a price estimate with insurance applied. The final price came out to around $600, which was shocking, because on the website I had already selected the exact same frames and the exact lenses that work for me, and with insurance my total there was about $260. When I brought this up, I was told they supposedly could not give me the same price as online, but no one gave me a clear explanation why. That makes no sense to me. If I selected the same frames, the same lenses, and used the same insurance information, I do not understand how the price could go from about $260 online to around $600 in store. That kind of difference feels completely unjustified.
On top of that, the employees tried to tell me that the frames I chose supposedly required “special” lenses because of the brand, which honestly sounded ridiculous. Then, when I showed them the lenses I actually wanted, I was told that my prescription supposedly required different lenses. Overall, this felt much less like honest professional guidance and much more like an attempt to upsell me into paying for a far more expensive option.
In the end, I ordered my glasses online instead, and I am much happier with that decision. I will not be returning to this store.