Two members of our family - 1 adult and 1 child - have seen Dr. Folkers in 2024 and unfortunately here was our experience. Dr. Folkers: - Rushes patients - Talks the whole time. He's funny! But he - Does NOT listen to the patient! (e.g. we said twice at the beginning of the visit what kind of frames we are interested in, but he proceeds to have us try on many others and NONE of the kind we said we were interested in) - Pushes glasses/contact sales (I have been getting glasses for 30 years and never done the whole order orally, with nothing to sign or confirm for "add-ons" such as photochromic or anti-reflective, etc.) - Puts holds on your insurance for... read full review
March 2024
Dr. Folker is very talkative, funny, and friendly. However, if you are considering to get contact lenses, he's not your optometrist. He's geared more towards prescribing and selling glasses. He'll lean you towards his products and I have no problem with that since that's the business he's in. I do feel that he leaned me a little too hard towards glasses more so as contact lenses are not as much of a money maker for him from my benefits allowance standpoint. He's friendly when he's marketing his products and doesn't come off as a hard sell, but I think there is a bit of ulterior motive (not necessarily deceitful) from him to scoot... read full review
February 2022
Did not actually attend appointment as insurance wasn't covered but they were absolutely wonderful and helpful over the phone. I was trying to find an care for a scratched eye and Dr Folkers was very informative on how to handle my issue. He gave me a solution to help that day and offered to see me as soon as he could.Because of insurance differences I will not be going to his office but I recommend anyone available to do so.
Two members of our family - 1 adult and 1 child - have seen Dr. Folkers in 2024 and unfortunately here was our experience. Dr. Folkers: - Rushes patients - Talks the whole time. He's funny! But he - Does NOT listen to the patient! (e.g. we said twice at the beginning of the visit what kind of frames we are interested in, but he proceeds to have us try on many others and NONE of the kind we said we were interested in) - Pushes glasses/contact sales (I have been getting glasses for 30 years and never done the whole order orally, with nothing to sign or confirm for "add-ons" such as photochromic or anti-reflective, etc.) - Puts holds on your insurance for... read full review
Dr. Folker is very talkative, funny, and friendly. However, if you are considering to get contact lenses, he's not your optometrist. He's geared more towards prescribing and selling glasses. He'll lean you towards his products and I have no problem with that since that's the business he's in. I do feel that he leaned me a little too hard towards glasses more so as contact lenses are not as much of a money maker for him from my benefits allowance standpoint. He's friendly when he's marketing his products and doesn't come off as a hard sell, but I think there is a bit of ulterior motive (not necessarily deceitful) from him to scoot... read full review
Did not actually attend appointment as insurance wasn't covered but they were absolutely wonderful and helpful over the phone. I was trying to find an care for a scratched eye and Dr Folkers was very informative on how to handle my issue. He gave me a solution to help that day and offered to see me as soon as he could.Because of insurance differences I will not be going to his office but I recommend anyone available to do so.