Something about the optical store

April 24th, 2010 by Randa Nahl Leave a reply »

Eyeglasses made its first appearance over 800 years ago. With its later development, it has been found that eyeglasses bear a corrective function in protecting and enhancing people’s eyesight. Generally, people who want to get a pair of fit eyeglasses must go to an optical store, for a optical store can provide its consumers a series of services.

To fill a prescription, a consumer can receive a set of standardized examination from an optical store, such as to exam the condition of cornea, retina etc. After that the opticians of the store will provide him a personalized prescription. Then the consumers can choose the lenses, frame of his ideal glasses in the very optical store.

Some consumers complain that the price of eyeglasses in optical stores is too high. In fact, it is not true. The reason is that all the service in optical stores is standardized.

On the one hand, consumers will receive those exams mentioned above, and this will increase the cost of clinical equipments. On the other hand, the glasses in optical stores are of high quality. In this sense, it is incorrect to say optical stores charge too high.

It is easily to find that there are local optical stores and national stores around the country. People may say the latter is better that the former ones. The truth is that local optical stores can provide its consumers regional services, and national optical stores are generally powerful chain stores, enjoying an advantage of low cost and standardize model.

Generally speaking, optical stores provide almost the same products. Consumers can find their ideal optical products from high-end designer models to general ones.

In addition to eyeglasses, sunglasses can also be found in any optical stores. If one is fashion-fancied, and nearsighted, he can also visit an optical store.

Related pages – How to get your prescription, How to read and enter prescription

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