Mr.Optix - Thiruvanmiyur
25 03 2008Well , here’s free publicity and advertisement for this shop. (Well , not in the strictest of terms. Not those many people read my blog. 
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This shop is just below Mercy Thiruvanmiyur. Well, why am I writing this post for no reason ? Well, there is a reason. (Read the post below this if you want some continuity to the story.) So, I went component shopping to Mercy and for a change got them in less than half an hour. Whoa!! Some record that.
So I decided to check out this shop just below Mercy. I wanted the cloth you use to clean your spectacles. So I enter the store, ask for one and ask how much. This lady hands me one and says ,”No charge”. I am like, what ? She said she could charge me if I bought the cleaning liquid or something and honestly I didn’t want it. I wanted 2 of these actually. But now that they gave it to me free of cost, I was not going to ask for one more. (I am a man of principles you see.) So, I just took the one cloth and walked out after thanking her. I was stunned because people in Chennai normally take you for a ride. I went in actually expecting to have to bargain till I got it for say 10 Rupees or slightly more. Now, I know these things don’t cost maybe more than 5 rupees or maybe even lesser, but you don’t expect anyone and particularly in Chennai to give you anything for free. There’s always strings attached.
So, I decided I am going to write a post on these guys as a token of thanks. Next time you want to buy optical related stuff, do give these people a visit.
They also replace the nose pads of spectacles and tighten screws for free.
I was just about to say what Marc did. Even when the frame gets bent out of shape,( like it does often, for me) they fix it free of charge.
Humanity prevails!!!!!
Yeah indeed that cloth is cheap, so she would have gave to you for free, or may be on a second thought you are one smart looking guy, and its seems quite obvious to happen
@Marc,
Yea, Bala told me as much. But does ‘they’ refer to this shop alone or all opticals in general ?
@Srividya,
‘they’ is again ambiguous, but I am going to asshume/ushume (how do people manage to hiss while saying that ?
) that it’s all shops in general.
Lawrence and Mayo, here I come.
@Aravindh,
Quite true. And I look that kind that can be cheated too. (Only the other day the Poorvika guy thought he could convince me that 13100 - 300 is 13000.
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@Gowtham,
Cheap, Yes. Your alternate reasoning, No.
You can never tell. They might have recognised your inherent greatless and decided to render all services free, only for you.
@Marc,
greatless ~ greatness.You must have meant my inherent large build.
Hey, don’t make fun of me. I weigh just over a ton.
Oh, and to test your rather improbable theory, I am going tomorrow to ask for a Ray-Ban.
Elitist.
I wants microfibre cloths too! I’ll buy that lens cleaning fluid too
@Marc,
Panakkaara payya.
@George,
What are you gonna do with it ?