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| - First off (and I'm not necessarily complaining about this...I AM giving this place 4 stars after all), how many people were enticed by the free eye exam w/2 frames for $69.99 deal? Everyone. And how many people ACTUALLY paid that (plus tax)? Nobody. That's what I thought.
Like I said, I'm not complaining because I knew I wanted one of my frames to be made into sunglasses which costs more, but this place does find other ways to nickel & dime you as well. They will talk you in to paying an extra $15 with your eye exam to get tested for glaucoma. I hadn't had an eye exam in 4 years so I went ahead and did this. I have to say, the optometrist who did my exam (as well as the assistant) were very nice. I actually realized when I pulled up to the building I had an eye exam here like 7-8 years ago. They still had my information on file & funny enough, the same optometrist from back then examined me this time (I recognized him & he mentioned it was definitely his hand writing in my file).
The woman who helped me with my frames was nice as well. I mean, yeah, she tried to talk to me into an upgrade here & one there, but I immediately told her I wanted one of my frames to be sunglasses so I think she was a little less aggressive on that front knowing I was gonna spend more than the "standard" deal right off the bat. I STILL thought I had paid too much for everything, but when I got home I called around to compare (yeah, I'm THAT person) & realized that getting RX sunglasses really does cost a lot of $$$ and I probably didn't pay anymore here than I would have at other places (including Walmart & Costco) for all that I got.
I went to pick up my frames today and was VERY happy. I actually called them to see if they were possibly ready a little earlier than expected (I really wanted/needed my new sunglasses), and sure enough they were!
At the end of the day I'm not sure if the savings here is as great as it might first appear, but I certainly don't think you get ripped off. And for the service & quality of the frames I would definitely recommend America's Best...at least this location
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