The largest contact lens retailer in the US. We spend every day trying to make vision care a little less of a pain in the astigmatism with 24/7 customer care, fast & free shipping, and millions of contacts in stock ready to ship!
1-800 Contacts (1800contacts.com) has 2,347 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.1 out of 5.
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1800contacts.com
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Vision & Hearing
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2026
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I made an order on 9/20/2021, It is now 7/1/2022 TEN MONTHS LATER and they still refuse to process and send out the rebates check. I have been in contact with them this entire 10 months and they have been unhelpful and unprofessional about this order. I don't recommend to use their services.
Response from 1-800 ContactsJul 13, 2022
Hi Alice,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We do apologize for any confusion with our rebates policy.
Unfortunately, we didn't receive any further information from you about this situation. Without that context, we cannot speak to why that rebate hasn't been delivered or what is causing the delay.
We'd be happy to look into this further for you. Please contact us anytime at 1-800-266-8228 or online at www.1800contacts.com/contact-us. We have live agents available 24/7 to help.
JB
Jessica B.
They trump up the price match
They say they honor price matching but the agent I got price matched incorrectly and refused to help me further so I just bought them much cheaper from lens.com.
Response from 1-800 ContactsJun 29, 2022
Hi Jessica!
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. Our customer's feedback is the best way we know how to improve and we'd definitely like to make this a better experience in the future.
We are so sorry for the trouble you had placing a price match order. Unfortunately, we didn't receive any further information from you regarding that order and so we cannot speak directly to that situation.
We do want to clarify that our price matching policy is still in effect and we are always happy to set that up for any customer. As you know, there are some rules with price matching that we must adhere to. You can learn more about our Best Price Guarantee here: https://www.1800contacts.com/best-price-guarantee
With that in mind, if something was miscalculated in your price match, we would be more than happy to adjust that for you. Please reach out anytime at 1-800-266-8228 or online at www.1800contacts.com/contact-us. We have live agents available 24/7 that are ready to help.
JB
Jason B.
Just a suggestion...
Just a suggestion.... But maybe don't change my order to something that i didn't order, and then proceed to accuse me that i didn't in fact order them, when i have a confirmation email showing that i did... and on top of that, refuse to correct the mistake.
Furthermore, they then just tried to up-sell me on what i originally ordered but for a full year, AND tell me they'll now get here in 2 weeks. That's way too late. I ordered these a month ago so i could have them on vacation. Now i'm out of contacts, or stuck using these overpriced contacts i didn't order, because i know that they constantly rip. (I've worn contacts for 20+ years, and the ones they sent me are garbage).
And now will have to wait 2-4 weeks for a refund, for items i didn't... purchase.
There's no excuse for trying to make a customer feel like they did something wrong, when the mistake was made by the customer representative who completely changed my order without permissions. Just a suggestion. They are usually excellent on response, feedback, and swiftness of customer service, which i still quite admire. But there's no excuse for this lack of customer service. You can do better than this.
Response from 1-800 ContactsJun 17, 2022
Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate all the feedback we receive.
We are so sorry for the experience you had with receiving your lenses. You absolutely should receive what you ordered. Thank you for providing additional information about your order.
After reviewing your account, we'd be happy to clarify what happened and find a solution for you to make this right. Please give us a call at 1-800-266-8228 or chat with us online anytime at www.1800contacts.com/contact-us.
TI
Tina
Customer service is abysmal
Customer service is abysmal. Stay away. I never had problems ordering contacts, but now their prescription verification system is unreliable. I uploaded a new prescription and they reached to my doctor. They claimed my doctor sent them an expired prescription as verification. I contacted my doctor who said she never received a verification request. I called customer service who was not able to assist me. I ended up cancelling my order since I spent an hour doing the work that customer service should be doing.
Response from 1-800 ContactsJun 17, 2022
Hi Tina,
Thank you for leaving us a review! We are so sorry for the confusion with your order.
Unfortunately, we did not receive any further communication from you regarding this order. Without additional context it's difficult to address what caused the miscommunication. It's possible that the doctor on your order was not properly updated during the ordering process which would explain why your doctor didn't receive anything as it could've gone to an old doctor's office. That's only a possibility though, we would need more information from you to investigate properly. Regardless, we do apologize for any confusion we caused on our end.
We would be happy to chat with you and find a solution for you. We have live agents available 24/7 at 1-800-266-8228 or online at www.1800contacts.com/contact-us.
MA
Matt
Best for contacts.
Best for contacts.
AZ
AZ
Stay away!
I ordered contacts on May 25. Two weeks later, still says "preparing to ship". I contacted customer service last week and they stated contacts were on back order but ASSURED me I would have them by June 8th. Come June 7 and site still says "preparing to ship" so I contacted customer service again and she tells me the center that they were trying to ship out of did not have enough stock so she would try to have them shipped from a different location and then after they were shipped it would be another 1-3 business days. Needless to say the first agent I spoke with lied and what they tell you cannot be trusted. I should have read the many negative reviews before I even ordered. Also nowhere on their site did I read that prices were in US. I sure found out when my credit card was charged with exchange rate. I cancelled my order and am awaiting a full refund. Will never order from here again and will be sure to tell others about my experience.
SM
Shannon M.
Not trustworthy with your credit info!!!
Ordered from them before, all okay.
Placed order in cart, DID NOT confirm purchase and yesterday they called my daughter to place the order. She is NOT on the account and does not have permission to use the card on file.
Now it will take about 2 weeks to get my $350 back to my credit card. Thank God I can dispute the charge if anything goes wrong.
Will NEVER use their services again. Beware with info you provide them. Should be illegal if it's not...
EDITED TO ADD...
I read the response and hopefully, YES, you are in the process of rectifying the situation your company created. Stop pushing sales, focus on customer service, and none of us would be here reading this right now.
Response from 1-800 ContactsJun 1, 2022
Hi Shannon,
We're terribly sorry for the experience you had with ordering your daughter's contacts. Just to clarify, before we place any orders or make any changes to your account we always verify that the person we are speaking with is either the owner of the account or listed on the account through a series of questions. This is required by law for us to remain HIPAA compliant. We never release, or use, information on an account unless we are able verify the identify of the person we're speaking with.
With that in mind, we understand that this is a frustrating situation and according to your account it looks like we're in the process of rectifying this situation. Again, we do apologize for the trouble, and if you'd like to discuss this further we have live agents available 24/7 at 1-800-266-8228 or online at www.1800contacts.com/contact-us.
SG
Staci G.
Awful Experience
They have my money … I still don’t have my lenses. I’ve been promised delivery which wasn’t made. I’ve been promised follow up from 4 different people which hasn’t happened. Will NEVER use them again. Still don’t know when I will receive my order.