Dailies Total 1 Contact Lenses- $100 EFTPOS Card When You Buy 2x90 Pack

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  Pacolito on 30/11/2016 - 14:15

  Can attest to the premium quality (and cost) of these lenses. Interesting offer, thanks for posting OP.

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  zoecot on 30/11/2016 - 14:22

  so… we cannot order online as we need to ask for a promo card?

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    Associatedelectriccurio @ morecontacttime.com on 30/11/2016 - 14:49

    Correct

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      pro on 30/11/2016 - 15:02

      +1

      Anyone have any promo cards they can snail mail?

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  dmorg78 on 30/11/2016 - 15:19

  By far the best contact lens I have ever tried (trialed them for 5 days). Absolutely unaffordable for daily use in my case.

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  Wolfy on 30/11/2016 - 17:27

  +1

  "Hurry into your Optometrist today!" … are we back in the 90s where you had to go to an Optometrist to actually buy glasses or contact lenses.
  I presume they want to keep the premium price, which mostly negates the $100 back.

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    Associatedelectriccurio @ morecontacttime.com on 30/11/2016 - 18:39

    I presume with that comment that you have no idea the active role of an optometrist in managing the community's eye health.

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      Wolfy on 30/11/2016 - 18:49

      I have worn glasses or contact lenses for almost 40 years, I have a very good idea about the inflated prices that bricks and mortar Optometrist's charge compared to buying virtually identical or exactly identical items online.
      I make routine visits for eye tests and health checks then politely decline (the often uncomfortably hard sell) the offer to purchase in-store.

      Purchasing from such shops does little or nothing to enhance the community's eye health but does cost significantly more.

      To use your own idea: compare it to a visit to the Dr becasue most would suggest they enhance the community's health just as much, have the same level of training and similar overheads.
      A Dr visit is bulk billed but comes without any pressure to purchase in-store, optometrist visits are also bulk billed but there is generally always the expectation of on-selling their own in-store products.

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        Associatedelectriccurio @ morecontacttime.com on 30/11/2016 - 19:13

        Using your example of a Dr practice, by law medical practitioner can't prescribe and sell the medication they prescribed at the same time. Hence, even if they want to do it, they are forbidden by law. Therefore, no 'pressure to purchase in-store'.

        Now am I advocating optometry should be the same? No, because I believe that we should offer the glasses and contact lenses in store because both of these require exact prescription to be determined, adjusted if necessary, and finally dispense to patient. Some prescription are simple and can be made to order online to save cost if necessary and if the patient knows what they are doing. I'm not saying online store are bad, what I am saying is that if you go that way and your glasses don't turn out the way you want, don't complain to the original optometrist.

        Brick and mortar store cost a lot more to run than an online store and therefore can't compete on their price without compromising quality. What they can compete on is customer service and the availability of someone to help you if you have any problem with your glasses or eyes health. If we get the glasses wrong, we pay to get it done properly or you get a refund. Online store can't do complicated prescription or fits.

        If the online store get the glasses wrong, they'll say to go and talk to your optometrist and sort it out. I have seen patient bringing glasses that have purchased online that failed basic optical standards (AS 2228), such as prisms that out of tolerance which induce headaches and straining to patients.

        TLDR: if you want cheap glasses, buy online and YOLO. If you care about your vision and eye health, go to an optometrist and support their practice.

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        Wolfy on 30/11/2016 - 20:30

        @electriccurio:
        I can't imagine any reasonably sane person would purchase glasses online at a fraction of the price, then complain to the original optometrist. The places I buy my glasses online offer a 12m or lifetime warranty/guarantee - any problems, that I notice myself or advised by optometrist, I send them back at their cost and they are replaced free of charge. Even without the refund/warranty/guarantee, I can order 4 to 8 pairs of online glasses for the same price or less than shop purchased ones.

        Before buying glasses online, I had to wear the same glasses for 3-4 years, now I buy a new pair every year.
        Since they are new/unscratched and match my updated prescription each time, I feel it's much better for my eye health and it is very much better for my vision.
        Added benefit is i have multiple styles and if I misplace a pair I have backups on hand.

        The nature of boxed Contact lenses is that they are exactly the same product if purchased in shop or online. If my fit or prescription was not ideal, I would expect to complain to the original optometrist and expect them to advise the adjustments required and then purchase the next box as advised. It might be that if I purchased in-store the new box would be free, but the online cost-savings outweigh that small advantage of direct purchase.

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      pro on 30/11/2016 - 18:55

      He said to buy glasses and contact lenses, not have a prescription or health check.

      I had my prescription updated 4 months ago. I will not be visiting again just to get this deal. OPSM sell for $140 a box, and a quick search online has found them for $115 from Australian online stores, and no doubt could be cheaper elsewhere.

      Disappointing - I may have been a convert to these if they opened the incentive.