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ASA orders Specsavers to pull CL web advert

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Specsavers has been ordered to remove an online promotion for a free contact lens trial from its website by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Specsavers has been ordered to remove an online promotion for a free contact lens trial from its website after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint that the advertisement was misleading.

The website promotion with the headline 'Contact Lenses Go Free' did specify that a current prescription would be necessary and that the promotion excluded coloured contact lenses.

Another stipulation stated: 'If you've had a contact lens check recently you may still need an eye test.'

The ASA adjudication stemmed from a complaint from a customer that they were excluded from the free contact lens trial as hard lenses were not available as a part of the Specsavers promotion.

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