New glasses? The unsightly world of optometry retailing - Michael West (michaelwest.com.au)

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Have you ever walked into an outlet like OPSM, Specsavers, Bailey Nelson, or Laubman & Pank for an eye test and left feeling like you’d been gently pressured into spending $500 on a pair of glasses?

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[B]osses impose onto optometrists a variety of targets – whether its “converting” eye tests into sales or increasing rates of certain types of tests.

This type of pressure is reportedly causing many optometrists “significant moral distress” and some are starting to fight back.

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[-] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

First time I ducked into a Dresden opticians for an eye test they straight up told me; "Nope, you don't need new glasses." Instant loyalty from me, and since then they've done it twice more.

They also manufacture their frames independently from recycled plastic so they're not beholden to Luxottica.

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