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Classic man

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:02pm

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:02pm

Stephanie86 wrote on Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:29pm:

But at the risk of incurring the wrath of the original OP, please why would anyone bother to try and order prescription glasses from UK, when nearly every small Spanish town boasts at least one very highly qualified independent optician (not Specsavers, although I use them myself), all of whom ar...

...e more than capable of producing prescription spectacles? And most of them have websites.............., ssorry , just curious.

Stephanie, you will not incur any wrath from me just a simple explanation.  It's a matter of cost, or rather it was and has been for a number of years.

I have used these people for quite a while and had no reason to change.  They could not be bettered in price in the UK or Spain because I tried.

If you can tell me where to get a pair of gold rimless specs to my prescription for under 25 quid please let me know, because I will be needing them.

That's all. Simple really.

Stephanie86

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:20pm

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:20pm

I can understand that. Unfortunately I can’t help you, but has been said variously above, the situation is now completely different and virtually every item bought from a UK supplier will be subject to import charges, extra paperwork etc.

Carol066

Posted: Mon Mar 1, 2021 9:12am

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Posted: Mon Mar 1, 2021 9:12am

Classic man wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:18pm:

I actually think it's protectionism on the behalf of Spanish opticians.  But hey ho , there's nothing I can do about it.

It's a shame they don't know the difference between single prescription and graduated/Varifocal.  I spent nearly a day trying to educate them.  Nothing is so dumb as those that don't want to know.
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I thought of sending them to the UK for someone to bring over, but that won't be happening either.

extraoptical.es or search gafas online. Spain does cheap online glasses just like the UK,  Do an online search. Saves all the hassle

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Posted: Thu Mar 4, 2021 3:48pm

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Posted: Thu Mar 4, 2021 3:48pm

Classic man wrote on Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:48pm:

I thought I was doing it the easy way, from my settee.  I sent my Spanish prescription which was very thorough and identified the beginnings of a cataract and I thought that was that, then this can of worms opened up.

Unfortunately the nearest Specsavers I know is in Torrevieja and I don't go there very often.  Hence the online ordering.
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Theres a new-ish SpecSavers nr La Zenia 

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