Counterintuitive contact lenses on the web?

Dean Butler's challenge to the British Contact Lens Association over online contact lens compliance poses some interesting questions.

One the one hand it could be argued that if a wearer buys their contact lenses online they have less interaction with an optical professional and are therefore less well-versed in care and hygiene. They are not quizzed over how they look after their lenses or given a telling off for overwear. They are not checked for sign of overwear or infection. Many contact lens websites do not insist on seeing an up to date prescription allowing those with prescriptions over two years old to buy lenses at their will.