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Williams Optometrist - Selly Oak

★☆☆☆☆

without doubt just horrible

During a normal visit to upgrade my prescription I was advised my prescription could not be upgraded that I had cataracts and given a leaflet for emergency services at the Eye Hospital stating I may experience the sudden onset of loss of sight, then I was referred to then QE. It took one year for an appointment where the surgeon told me I had no need to worry, and that I had 20/20 vision and that I should change my opticians. The optician who refused to upgrade my prescription and frightened me for one year with the expectation that my retina would detach. I have been a customer for almost 20 years. Can you imagine being given this information to find out it was groundless.

Posted by NULL
on January 19, 2019

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