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    Business ProfileforMuscle Shoals Eye Center

    Optometrist
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 9/12/2013

    Years in Business: 31

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    Overview of BBB Rating

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    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    1112 Avalon Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661-2404
    BBB File Opened:
    8/20/2012
    Years in Business:
    31
    Business Started:
    11/2/1992
    Business Started Locally:
    8/20/2012
    Accredited Since:
    9/12/2013
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    BBB records show a license number of S-722-TA-009 for this business, issued by Alabama Board Of Optometry. The expiration date of this license is 12/31/2024.

    These agencies may include:

    Alabama Board Of Optometry

    1431 2nd Ave N

    Bessemer AL 35020

    (205) 481-9993

    http://optometry.alabama.gov/

    BBB records show a license number of S-B42-TA-728 for this business, issued by Alabama Board Of Optometry. The expiration date of this license is 12/31/2024.

    These agencies may include:

    Alabama Board Of Optometry

    1431 2nd Ave N

    Bessemer AL 35020

    (205) 481-9993

    http://optometry.alabama.gov/

    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Business Management
    • Dr. Barry Basden, President
    • Ms. Tonya Gulley, Accounts Payable Staff
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Dr. Barry Basden, President

    Customer Contact

    • Ms. Heather Davis, Office Manager
    • Dr. Barry Basden, President
    • Ms. Benjamin Kachelman
    Additional Contact Information

    Fax Numbers

    • (256) 767-7374
      Primary Fax

    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    04/17/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    I was refused my appointment on 4/17/2023. The manager ***** told me that I couldnt be seen unless I had a check for 418 dollars for a pair of glasses that i never received from 4 years prior. I had ordered 2 pair of glasses, picked up my first pair and when I went back to get the 2nd pair they said they had been returned. I later realized that they had reported the balance to credit bureaus. So it was also on my credit report for an item that I never received. Ive been to multiple appointments since then and all of a sudden now they are refusing service to me because they want funds for a pair of glasses that I still cant cant! ***** was very rude to me and smart and basically said she didnt care that I couldnt afford to pay that amount today. They did not try to work with me. I cant afford to pay a lump sum amount, and I shouldnt pay anything for products that I will not receive. This is so stressful because I had to take off work for this appointment and Ive been wearing the same pair of contacts for months! This is harsh and cruel punishment.
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    Customer Reviews

    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Marthan E

    1 star

    11/06/2022

    EVERYTIME I try to see through these glasses that are too big and now badly scratched cause they fall off and hit floor ever time I bend over. , I have to RELIVE THE HORROR they put me through., Took 4 months, after they accused me as of stealing my glasses, they didnt set them, EVERYTIME I bend over they fall off my face and One of the lense keep popping out and now my warranty is pass so Im just stuck with them.I originally got my glasses in Florence, I will give credit where it is due. They were fantastic. Even with the no insurance discount and warrenty I paid over $400 I broke them , took to muscle shoals since closer. When I went to turn them in, they were nice and helpful. The girl even glues mine back for me and order me more. Told me 7 to 10 day. I called every week for 8 weeks. No one knew anything. They played the Covid card , Thanksgiving, Christmas , than finally 8 weeks later, ****** answered phone , ) she was a manager said she would check on them. Came back and told me that my lense was in but frames hadd been discontinued. So the next week I went to pick out another pair and ****** ( she was awesome) helped me.Really couldnt find any that I like so she went to back to look and came out with a pair, said they had just came in and I think she said only pair they had, but Im not sure about that. So she ordered them for me. She was hoping my lense would fit but when they came back ( 2 more weeks later) they didnt fit but would go in them. Said that she would order me some lense for me to go ahead and take them so I would have some glasses, I had been without and for over 2 month So a couple more weeks later the lense came in and I had to take the frames up there to put in. Took them in and was told they would be ready that day but I had to go to work so it was the following week before I could make it back. When I made it back they accused me of picking them up. Pulled up some one at least 20 years younger then me on camera

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