13 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

 

You lived in Thailand for 10 years and still can't pronounce farang. How can they trust you?

 

   "Trust me" to do what ?

What do they need to trust me about ?

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   "Trust me" to do what ?

What do they need to trust me about ?

To let the machine pick the right lenses.

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

To let the machine pick the right lenses.

 

   Its the people operating the machine that I have concerns about .

The staff come across as just inexperienced shop assistants who want to sell some glasses

They recommended  Playboy frames with the Playboy logo on it . Which shows how unaware they are  , an 11 year old walking round school with playboy glasses on !!!!!!!

 

41 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Two points,

1. This equipment is really easy to use, took me around 5 minutes to learn to use it with no instructions.

 

 

   So I can go into the shop and use these machines within five minutes with no instructions or trainning ?

   I will go into the shop and do the test myself then 

 

 

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

 

2. This equipment is about 10 years out of date, all done by computer now, looks into a device, watch a cartoon tractor cross the screen, and out comes a printout with your prescription on it. Just needs someone to press the start button.

 

   Could you post a link to one of those machines ?

I asked in a different shop today and they said that those machines can just detect irregularities , but you would need the old style eye checker to get an in depth review and to decipher what type of lenses are required 

On 3/5/2025 at 8:15 AM, Harrisfan said:

To let the machine pick the right lenses.

 

   The shop assistant encouraged me to purchase expensive bifocals (which I thought would be unnecessary) and she also suggesting I get a delicate ray-ban style frames .

   I went into another shop and the competent assistant said bifocals were unnecessary and she also suggested I buy "indestructible" frames , imported from Norway and they are bendy .

   So, well done to me far asking about , otherwise I would have got some delicate bifocals with a Playboy advert on them .

   Would have been rather stupid to get the first glasses offered