# Should I buy this Groupon for LASIK surgery at the Laser Eye Center?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-this-groupon-for-lasik-surgery-at-the-laser-eye-center/603146 "2011-11-16T18:00:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-this-groupon-for-lasik-surgery-at-the-laser-eye-center/603146/1 "2011-11-16T18:00:41Z")

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I’ve been considering getting LASIK for a while, and although I have already read a number of reports/advice threads about it, I was surprised to see this come up on Groupon recently: $1,950 for complete surgery (“up to a $4,200 value”) at the Laser Eye Center.

Now, I don’t know anything about the Laser Eye Center and if I do go through with this surgery I specifically didn’t want to go looking for bargain basement deals, since I consider my eyes pretty important, ya know? And normally I use Groupon for stuff like restaurant coupons and event tickets… I wouldn’t have expected to use a coupon for freakin’ surgery. But these are the times we live in.

Does anyone have experience getting LASIK from the Laser Eye Center specifically? Is this a good deal or not?

By the way, there are 2 days and change left before the deal expires. Also, the terms state that if you go for a consultation and they decide you aren’t a candidate for the surgery you will be refunded. That leaves the unspoken implication that if you _are_ a candidate, you are pretty much committed to go through with it at that point (or at least you can’t get your money back if you don’t).