I called and got a last-minute eye appointment today at the only local optometrist shop that takes our stupid insurance. Apparently the last time I had been there was November 2006, I thought for sure it was last year. But anyways - I am more blind - as I suspected - and needed a stronger prescription. I also got a prescription for contact lenses at the insane "fitting fee" of $59.00 (which took all of thirty seconds) which I plan to order a box online for a lot less money. Bob was in the car with a miserable toddler, and when I sent him in to pay - I warned the sales guy that Bob would have a heart attack when he saw the bottom line, regardless of what I ended up with.
When Bob went in - he accused the salesman of being "worse than a used car dealer," and that he'd "magically increased the total," in the time I'd gone out the car to tell him to go in and pay, and that he could "find the same thing cheaper somewhere else." At least the man just said, "Yeah, probably," and let him go.
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It's always the same. No matter what. You can't get around it. Without the insurance, it was over $600.00. We spent $306.00, including that $59.00 "fitting fee," so my glasses were realistically only $240.00ish. That's not that bad.
