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dbtx on Nov 28, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Great American Eye Exam Scam

Yeah, that expired proper prescription wasn't for toric lenses like I (supposedly) had decades ago. That first time they didn't even tell me the lenses had to be inserted at some correct orientation, and I don't remember seeing the marking on the lens, either... though they did tell me the lenses would cost a bit more. What was the point?

raverbashing on Nov 28, 2019 [–]

Oh wow

Yeah, that takes a while, even with someone explaining it to you

theoretically they should rotate to match the axis if they're slightly out of position, but if it's way out of position it won't.

Not to mention manufacturers have different ways of indicating this (with different degrees of weirdness)

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