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HotHotHeat · 05-29-2009, 03:37 PM

So I've been back and forth to my eye clinic the past couple weeks to get fitted for my first pair of contacts. The upfront cost for the fitting was $60. It included a lesson on how they work and a 'trial' pair, aka, one pair of month long lenses. Today I went back for my follow up appointment and got the OK from the doctor that these were the right contacts for my eyes. All is fine. Now my plan was to find out which contacts these in fact were (they never told me during my initial appointment) so that I can place my order from clearlycontacts.ca, as they are much, much cheaper than these eye clinics. I am then informed that they 'don't give out that information'. Hello and welcome to WTF land.

Can they do this? As a patient, do I not have the right to know this information?

05-29-2009, 03:37 PM	#1
HotHotHeat Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Victoria, BC Exp:	My optometrist is withholding information from me... So I've been back and forth to my eye clinic the past couple weeks to get fitted for my first pair of contacts. The upfront cost for the fitting was $60. It included a lesson on how they work and a 'trial' pair, aka, one pair of month long lenses. Today I went back for my follow up appointment and got the OK from the doctor that these were the right contacts for my eyes. All is fine. Now my plan was to find out which contacts these in fact were (they never told me during my initial appointment) so that I can place my order from clearlycontacts.ca, as they are much, much cheaper than these eye clinics. I am then informed that they 'don't give out that information'. Hello and welcome to WTF land. Can they do this? As a patient, do I not have the right to know this information?