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The Online Optical Store is an online retailer based in the United Kingdom that supplies discount-priced spectacles. It was founded by Daniel Jackson in 2013 joining the existing sector of online retailers.

Overview
In the UK a customer can go to an opticians (shop) on the high street and purchase a fixed price eye examination, from which the optician will issue a written prescription. This can then be used at any opticians to have spectacles made.

A common complaint is that the prices UK opticians charge for spectacles are too high. Such claims about UK prices are common in many areas of retail and services in the UK, see Rip-Off Britain.

The Online Optical Store is able to offer discounted glasses because it does not have high costs such as employing professional optometrists and high rents associated with retail outlets.