Originally Posted by
Owd Yella
Their remit was for personnel to travel up to an hour for the appointment but, of course, you have to collect them as they will not post them.
Returning to have them checked and fitted is absolutely essential.
I used to get mine from Kelvin House and collect them from RMC. Travelling to London was of course paid for.
Then they outsourced to Specsavers. I collected my new specs and was preparing to walk out the shop as I expected that, like Kelvin House, they would work. No, I had to have them checked. I put them on and then realised I could not see the end of the shop 30 feet away. As I didn't need distance correction they were a load of b*ll*cks.
So, that's 2 journeys and clearly you can claim ...oh no, of course not!
If that be true, you can claim tax relief of the whole mileage costs or, if by train, for the train cost. OK, only 20% or 40% back but better than nothing.