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Pennsylvania
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Scam
May 10, 2023

Be careful because after you spend all the time trying to fill a contact prescription, they advertise the lowest rate online ($67 per box for a three month supply), of dalies multifocal (offered 50% discount) and then they charge you the same or more back in the form of insurance for shipping ($179) ha! And shipping ($9.95) which for me was $190 lol. So it actually brought my total up to higher than any other place you can find online. Classic bait and switch.

Date of experience: May 10, 2023
Colorado
1 review
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Placed my order shortly after getting my new prescription. Waited two weeks and still no shipping confirmation. Received an email coupon from them so, I responded asking about my order. I was told one more week. A week later - still nothing. Emailed again and was told this time, it would be two more weeks. At this point I asked to cancel. I called them and cancelled the order and was told I would get an email confirmation shortly. Six hours later, I called back and was told the cancellation would be sent by the following morning. Well, I had to call a third time and threaten getting my bank involved. Magically, the cancellation email showed up while I was on the phone with them.
Stay away from them. It's better to pay a little more from a reputable site than have to be jerked around for a month and then, have to go somewhere else for contacts.

Date of experience: February 23, 2023
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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My contacts were $40 and there were $50 worth of BS fees to get my contacts. Even worse, when I needed to return the contacts the fees are non refundable just the $40 for the contacts. Just BS all around. Definitely go anywhere else to buy your contacts. They advertise lower cost but it is actually the highest price I found without the option to refund.

Date of experience: August 31, 2021
New York
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Deceptive Fees
June 25, 2015

You will notice different processing and shipping fees for the exact same products if you're a returning user vs. a new user. When logged in, they tried to charge me $81 to re-order a prescription. When logged out and entering my prescription information the same exact product with shipping and processing would have been $71. The shipping and processing fees were higher and the price per box of contacts was lower. They would have taken $81 from a returning customer like myself but $71 from a new user. No thanks. Order elsewhere.

Date of experience: June 25, 2015
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Won't honor promotional price
January 27, 2022

I ordered one box of contacts at the promotional price, something I have done previously. The order was accepted and confirmed. Days later, they called and said that they cannot honor that order price as I had previously ordered from them (which it doesn't say anywhere on their website or promotion). They were willing to send it to me if I paid them double the price for "processing." This is totally deceptive and false advertising and bait and switch. They refused to honor the pricing they advertised AND was already accepted in the order. Total scam. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!

Date of experience: January 27, 2022
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I am not sure what is most misleading about this site. Crazy inflated shipping prices or their 6.5% processing fee. But even more alarming is their prices. When visiting their website, google shopping, and amazon I am receiving three totally different prices. I am not sure whats going on with this company but I rather give me business to a honest business.

Date of experience: May 6, 2014
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Bad experience
May 4, 2022

When I placed the order, there was no information about product back order delay or handling fee. But I did not receive my order within the promised delivery window and I was charge a $80 handling fee!

Date of experience: May 4, 2022
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The best online ordering and customer service I have ever received. I was very impressed with how smooth and fast the whole process was from start to end. I felt valued as a customer, given the lowest price online, and received my contacts in just two days with no shipping charge. I am going to be a lifetime customer of OptiContacts.

Date of experience: June 4, 2018
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They were to be on sale but added $40 handling fee. From a male individual and not a COMPANY. I feel like he might me ordering on sale and sending to others at high price from him? Never paid $40+ handling fees. Did arrive but not made in US but from an individual and not company. Would like a business card or to know where he got these.

Date of experience: October 3, 2018
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This is a warning that the pricing OptiContacts advertises is very misleading as they show a price but when you are ready to check out they add over twice the amount for fees and shipping. The FTC should shut this business down!

Date of experience: April 20, 2023
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I spoke with customer service four or five times trying to resolve the issue of opticontacts delivering to the wrong address. They claim to that they delivered to my PayPal address which is different than the address that I had stated on the order the original order that I placed with opticontacts online. I had one customer service rep repeat himself at least 8 times telling me that as soon as they receive the return then they can issue the contacts to my corrected address. I told him I just wanted to cancel and get my refund and they said no we have to wait until we get your contacts back. After much investigation to the wrong address with the post office I found out that they were delivered there. I never received notification or an email that stated that there was a return in progress.

Date of experience: August 21, 2018
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My wife did not notice that there was a $100 processing fee. I asked the person to cancel it when the office opened in the morning. They could not do it, stated that the order had been processed, and there was nothing that he could do about it. I asked the person if he had ever paid a $100 processing fee. He admitted that he never has paid a $100 processing fee when he has purchased items online.

Date of experience: May 1, 2019
Arizona
1 review
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Unethical company.
March 10, 2020

They have hidden costs not disclosed until they ship. They advertise free shipping but never give it. I paid for 3 day shipping and it is now 2 weeks and I don't have them. They assured me they would be here 2 days ago. When I called for customer support, the first time they disconnected me and I had to call back. The high reviews you see when you Google the company have to be a scam.

Date of experience: March 10, 2020
Tennessee
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Shady practices
June 16, 2020

My optician gave me the wrong prescription and I had submitted an order before I noticed the mistake. I had to return my order and they kept a 'handling fee' and shipping charges of over thirty dollars. I was just going to use the refund to reorder the correct prescription, but I will not be ordering from them again and they can stick the outrageous handling fee they charged where the sun don't shine.

Date of experience: June 16, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
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Scam Artists
January 6, 2020

To begin with, most of the contact lens sites are charging enormous handling fees. Opti-Contacts charged us a $38.00 handling fee - seriously? I decided to pay it because the price would have still been decent with the rebate. But that's where the second scam comes in. They list a rebate on the page for the contacts. When you click on the rebate box, it gives you the amount of the rebate if you have a new Rx and if you buy a year's supply - 4 boxes. But it doesn't give you the dates and that rebate had already expired. When I called to complain, they said it was still listed on the website so that people who had already purchased their contacts could still access it. Will never buy from them again.

Date of experience: January 6, 2020
OptiContacts C. OptiContacts Rep
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Thank you for your feedback. We apologize for any confusion, indeed the rebate listed on our website was offered by the manufacturer for orders placed up to 11/30/2019 and this info was listed in the rebate details. As mentioned by our representative the rebate details link has not been removed from the website as customers have 90 days from the order date to submit their rebates. Therefore we cannot remove the rebate and deny customers that do qualify for it the opportunity to apply. Instead we have listed the qualifying purchase dates in hopes there will be no confusion. Please feel free to contact us at anytime with any additional questions you may have. We have a dedicated customer support team here ready to help you in any way we can.
Thank you for choosing OptiContacts.com!

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I just wanted to write a review about opticontacts and say they really do honor their guarantee of matching other online prices within 7 days. I am saving big dollars on my acuvues and never buying from my optomitrist again.

Date of experience: February 13, 2014
Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am not sure how a company like this one is still in business. Did not ship my first order, promised to re-ship with free next day air, a month later and still no contacts. Was forced to have the BBB step in and the company is still not taking action to make my order right. It's a constant fight, and for what?... to save a few bucks. Save yourself the headache and go with a more reputable company.

Date of experience: March 13, 2020
Indiana
1 review
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SCAM
February 24, 2020

Wish I would have read the reviews on this site before ordering. It's been 3 weeks since I ordered my contacts and still haven't received them. The tracking only ever said a label was printed. After weeks I contacted the customer support only to be told they will look into this and get them out. Days later I get an email saying there's a delay and a new label and tracking will be sent to me. Hahaha yeah right! Still no new label, no contacts, only an email reminding me it's time to reorder my contacts! The only quick thing this place does is take your money! What a joke this place should be shut down!

Date of experience: February 24, 2020
Alabama
1 review
1 helpful vote
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4 emails later I still dont have an order update. The last time i ordered from Opti my contacts were on back order and I was never once notified of this. After almost 2 weeks I canceled the order and went to Lens.com and had my contacts in less than a week. Here I am again attempting to give them a second chance and I'm back in the same situation. This will without a doubt be the last time I place an order with Opti. Lens.com is absolutely awesome and I'd rather pay a dad bit more money versus waiting FOREVER to receive updates or products!

Date of experience: May 3, 2020
Texas
1 review
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Easy & cheap
July 24, 2018

OptiContacts reached it to my doctor to get the proper proscription & sent it in the mail within days. They had the best price I could fine on my proscription. I will definitely be using this service again.

Date of experience: July 23, 2018

Overview

OptiContacts has a rating of 2.1 stars from 198 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with OptiContacts most frequently mention customer service, processing fee and free shipping. OptiContacts ranks 26th among Contact Lenses sites.

service
45
value
47
shipping
37
returns
24
quality
31