specsavers

I was recommended to Specsavers in Fuengirola by a friend who had an optician business in UK.

When the specs, bifocals, were delivered I found that when I looked down flat surfaces appeared to slope,  Specsavers said that was normal !   Also the reaction to sunlight was not very good and did not work when I was driving.  Specsavers said they were fine but they would not work 'behind' a windscreen.  My wife's 'cheap' glasses from the Philippines work fine and go very dark, even in a car.

A couple of weeks after getting my specs I had an appointment at CARE (Spanish National Health Service).  They gave me a prescription for the specs I needed.  I took it another optician and asked how the prescription compared with my Specsavers ones. They said, "Not bad but you have probably had these for a couple of years."   "NO a couple of weeks."   "Take them back."

Specsavers eventually agreed to replace their specs.  I decided to have the second 'free' pair permanently dark (bifocal sunglasses).   Surprise surprise.  Both the new ones did not make level surfaces appear to slope.

On the point about FREE CHECK UPS.-

First, nothing in life is free.  The customers who buy glasses pay for all the 'free tests.' 

Also one poster here said they  'cheat'  the optician and get a prescription which they then get made up in UK. Well who can blame the opticians charging for tests if they are being cheated !  I expect the Spanish optician don't charge (up front) because in general their customers are Spanish, and honest.