Target Optical

My eye shop downtown closed so I had to find a new place. I checked out the eyeglass place on Gulf to Bay, but I didn’t like their selection of frames. I had used Costco before, but their doctors changed several times on me and I wasn’t crazy about their selection and service.
While in Target one day, I checked out their eye center, I liked the frames I found and they were having a sale.
It has been over 10 years since I purchased a new set of frames so I wanted to get it right. I asked a lot of questions and the employees who helped me answered all of them. I was told to make an appointment when I was ready.
I did try to call and set an appointment and no one answered, there was an option to leave a message, but honestly I never leave messages. I decided to risk it and went in anyway. They were able to schedule me almost immediately.
Dr. Herring did my exam. She was quick and thorough, they all were.
Jim helped me pick my new frames and found a rebate on my contacts as well as helped me out with another discount with my car insurance. Now, getting an exam for contacts, glasses, buying frames and transition lenses is not cheap. I would’ve spent at least $ 125+ or more if he hadn’t helped with all the discounts.
I liked my experience here and it’s convenient as I go to Target regularly.

Target cares about one thing… Target. They have overage exam separate from those who would fit you for glasses, not at all uncommon. They will treat you like crap if they find out you are not going to order glasses from Target and refuse to fill your new prescription in your existing frames which is pure blasphemy. It’s like cutting keys as far as fitting lenses into your existing frames, there is no justification for forcing you to buy new frames from them beyond their need for profit. They also work diligently to make it hard for you to have adequate information to purchase anywhere else. If you are expecting that this business will conduct themselves in a professional manner, think again. They have a definite problem with the idea that you could possibly take your business elsewhere and you probably should. I would not ever recommend this business simply because they are clueless and my prescription proved by the eye doctor did not even have a working phone number on it. It was a disconnected phone number. They do not care about how they fail, but they certainly care that you are smart enough to go elsewhere because they are downright childish in the effort to provide you with information that nobody else in the world can provide you with eyewear that will be properly fitted. Turn away and don’t look back, they are not worth your time and certainly not worth your money.