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Did you actually pay for an eye exam or was that a service the shop offers their customers?
I'm not in canada, so I don't know how it works there, but I think this is a crucial difference.
I also assume you've been to a private Optician shop, not an official health care provider?
All eye care in Canada is private. As far as I know I’ve never heard of anyone offering eye exams for free. It’s usually $150-$200. For some people the government covers the fee, but it’s still a private practice and they get their money. Zero reason they can withhold the prescription.
Your healthcare doesn't include ophthalmologists? Like eye doctors?
Where I live opticians usually do the test for free or for a small fee (maybe 20€) with the expectation that you buy your glasses from them.
If OP paid $150-200 they have every right to be pissed off.
Germany by any chance? I‘ve two pairs of glasses and never paid a cent for testing.
Correct. In Canada your eyes and your teeth are not part of your body apparently. They are not covered by health care. (Routine stuff anyways, some surgery’s could possibly covered, not 100% sure).
Free test with purchase of glasses, and obviously not giving out prescription, is completely reasonable. Unfortunately that is not what’s happening in Canada.
It was actually 220 :/