Leaving a 1 star review which is beyond generous! I'd leave 0 star review if possible. This company's customer service is beyond shocking. I raised concerns on the 27th November and received an automated reply saying I would be contacted in 20 days! Yes DAYS! If they really cared about their customers it would not take them 20 days. It is now the 13th December and I am £149 out of pocket because of terrible service and still waiting for a response. I never normally go public with complaints but the public need to be aware of this "customer service". Please take my advise and go elsewhere! I will begin by stating I had laser eye surgery 10years ago with optical express but in recent months my vision has really declined. My issue started on the 27th November when I left the London Westfield store feeling unsatisfied and quite frankly upset. I first visited this store on 25th Nov for a consultation for laser eye surgery. Unfortunately following the review I am not a candidate for laser eye surgery at this moment in time but I am due back for review in a few months. In the meantime I was told I needed glasses and I have also chosen to get contact lenses. On this visit to the store I was initially extremely satisfied with everyone who served me - they went over and beyond to make me feel comfortable from start to finish. On tuesday 27th November I returned to this same store for a contact lens fitting and to chose glasses. Once again I was greeted with amazing customer service when arrived and when I went for the contact lens fitting. When I finished the lens fitting the lady brought me to another employee on the store floor and explained my situation and to please help me with choosing a pair of glasses. I have always hated the thought of wearing glasses and before coming into the store today I read on your website that part of your customer service is to help customers choose glasses that are right for them and their face - for the first time I was a little excited to get glasses! I was told to browse the glasses on display and someone would be with me. After a few minutes of browsing a young man came over and told me he would be helping me today. I explained I am only going to be wearing the glasses for a few month so I wanted an inexpensive pair and that in the past I had worn thin barely noticeable glasses - does he have anything he would suggest? To my shock he then proceeded to pick up the thickest black frame glasses I have ever seen in my life - the complete opposite to what I said. Maybe he misunderstood? So I repeated it was thin I was looking for. Again he proceeded to pick out another pair of grossly enlarged thick black framed glasses and said 'I like these'. He did not say why these would suit me just his personal opinion on glasses he liked. I was frustrated at this point and replied 'no'. With that he said "OK let me know when you need me' and walked away. I watched him walk over to another colleague and sit at a glasses fitting desk and have a chat to his colleague. I was shocked - what happened to the custom fitting and advise from an expert? I was by myself and extremely self-conscious about even trying a pair on and looking in the mirror. I walked back and forth lost for about 10minute when the same young man walked back and asked if I had found anything yet, I replied 'no' and he walked away again! Honestly at this point I felt like walking out of your store and going to Specsavers where I usually get my glasses from as I know I always have good customer service there and extremely helpful staff. But my eyesight has really gone down and the thought of having to wait another few weeks to get a pair of glasses to help me see again was just about enough to make me stay. I reluctantly choose a pair of glasses - not knowing if they suited me or if they were the right size glasses for my needs. I looked for the young man who had been 'serving me' before and he was still sitting chatting. So I had to queue at the main desk for service after a few minutes he eventually came up to the desk and I said I had chosen a pair that I wanted to go ahead with. He brought me to the glasses fitting desk and asked was I happy with my choice and I replied 'somewhat'. He looked at the glasses and said 'is this the best you could choose?'. I couldn't believe what I was hearing - my confidence was low enough and then to be told that! He then proceeded to tell me that he doesn't like these types of glasses - my confidence even lower. All while telling me why he doesn't like these glasses (all personal reasons may I add) he never once mentioned what might suit me better. As my confidence was so low I had no energy in me to ask what should I choose instead. So now I have paid for glasses which I thought were OK when I picked them but now I know I will never want to wear or have the confidence to wear due to his unthoughtful comments. Throughout the fitting my confidence in his ability to do his job correctly was at an all time low. And I can only hope he has ordered me the correct lenses and lenses for my glasses as he was staring into space and watching other people around him half of the time. I also booked in for a contact lens fitting on the 27th nov but there contact lens in my prescription was not available. I was told they would be ordered and I would be invited in for another fitting. On the 1st December I went back to Westfield for my contact lens fitting. When I put the lens in my eyes I felt an extreme discomfort in my left eye and I felt my vision wasn't very clear with the lens. Upon further investigation I was told there was debris on the contact lens in my left eye which was causing the discomfort and that it must be removed urgently. My eye sight was then re-tested and I was told my prescription was wrong and that I need a '1.25' prescription not a '1.00'. I informed the lady I had already ordered glasses in the '1.00' prescription to which she replied that the glasses should still be ok in that prescription. I then needed to learn how to remove the contact lens from my right eye as I struggled with this. I was then told that it would be the same young man who served my on he 27th November. He brought me into a room upstairs told me to take a seat. He then sat down and took out and looked at this mobile phone! After maybe a minute he put his mobile phone on the bin - I felt very uncomfortable to why he had his phone on display. He once again passed a belittling comment about how can I get a contact lens in and not out. He then attempted to show me show me how to remove the contact lens but he struggled himself to explain it. After a very poor attempt he told me to try. I then noted to him it would be impossible for me to remove a contact lens without a mirror - which he had not supplied! He then had to go off and source a mirror. His 'instructions' had left me confused and I really struggled while he offered no support. I then told him to get an optician to remove the contact as I was being tired of trying and no support or proper instructions. He then said he would remove it - there was no way I was letting him near my eye as he couldn't he do a fake demonstration. Thankfully whilst he went looking for the optician I managed to get the lens out. I left the store this time never wanting to return. Following my wrong lens prescription I doubted that the glasses prescription would be right. Thankfully I went to Specsavers that same day for an eye test. And I am so glad I did - the test confirmed I should indeed be a '1.25 not a 1.00'. So now I have spent £149 on glasses that I cannot wear and their "customer service" has not responded to me. All I want is my money refunded I am beyond disappointed and shocked at the staff knowledge in this store and feel the public need to be aware of what they may be greeted with before they spent large amounts of money with this company