it’s their choice
I recently took my son to have a new pair of eyeglasses fitted before he heads off to college. I also asked for a copy of the prescription from the optician with the intention of having my son order a spare pair online.
Strangely enough, the optician was not too keen to part with the pupillary distance reading. PD is the distance between the pupils of the eyes, center to center, measured in millimeters. This reading is required to ensure correct eyeglass fitment.
Apparently opticians are increasingly reluctant to part with your PD reading. It’s a growing trend as many opticians are finding that their customers are taking their prescription to have their eyeglasses made online very inexpensively at places like ZenniOptical.com, and they don’t like that!
So many opticians are realizing this so they’re charging for the prescriptions or part of. Sure they can charge for their eye test service but they should have their customer’s interests at heart and not withhold their PDs or their prescription.
The customer should be allowed to choose who makes their eyeglasses and if they can save money and find a bigger selection of trendy frames to choose from, I say why not?
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