Specsavers crazy or what

[Dingbat]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

i forgot about the digitally impaired ,i meant post a cheque ...

Do they still do Postal Orders?

Have you considered how much frames cost to manufacture? It’s pennies. You only pay for the name and the optician’s markup.

Same with lenses. Most are mass produced, and only the extreme prescriptions cost more to make.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Don’t take this the wrong way, but try renewing your driving license online - just got mine back today (I’m 70 next month), and I applied for it last Thursday.

Mine went through without any problems whatsoever. Only issue was that I apparently can’t drive 7.5 ton vans anymore.

[Carth]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Don’t take this the wrong way, but try renewing your driving license online - just got mine back today (I’m 70 next month), and I applied for it last Thursday.

Originally Posted by Dingbat

Mine went through without any problems whatsoever. Only issue was that I apparently can’t drive 7.5 ton vans anymore.

Did mine online almost 3 years ago, bit of a kerfuffle with the photo but eventually sorted ok . . and yes, they 'stole' my 7.5 too.

[Carth]

I'm back this morning, too late to edit the post above,

I'd been in bed about 30 seconds when I remembered I hadn't done my (happy 70th) renewal online, I'd had to go down the 'forms from the post office' route.

Hopefully, now DVLC have all that info safely tucked away in a box somewhere, I can actually renew online early next year.

I'm not looking forward to it

Don’t worry - it was a morsel of micturation…

Since I had no details to change, and used the previous photo (it was only two years old, as I lost the previous previous one), it took about thirty seconds…

[Carth]

I'd held on to my paper license as long as possible

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Carth

I'd held on to my paper license as long as possible

Still have mine.

Originally Posted by Carth

I'd held on to my paper license as long as possible

I still have mine in our filing cabinet (along with my first UK black passport (with the corner cut off) that was issued in 1981 - I didn’t need one before, as my RAF 1250 (ID card) was sufficient for overseas travel).

[Taf]

Originally Posted by Carth

Varifocals, wife has those but I've never fancied them, probably from years ago seeing people bob their heads up and down to adjust distance view to close view . . probably things are much better now but still don't fancy trying them

Look forwards for distance.
Look down for reading.
No bobbing head at all.

I got used to them in just a few minutes, though I was told not to drive or run up and down stairs "for a few days". I use an older pair for screen use, as that part of the prescription hasn't changed.

Their use will become mandatory for drivers of all ages with vision problems as the rules become stricter.

[Carth]

There'll probably be a lot less (fewer? ) drivers once everyone has to buy electric vehicles

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Carth

There'll probably be a lot less (fewer? ) drivers once everyone has to buy electric vehicles

i've got a trans car it's diesel but identifies as electric

[Carth]