Budget Buster- Eyeglasses

[NeverlandClub23]

December of '08 I had an eye exam ($80) and got a pair of glasses for almost $400 at Lenscrafters (frames were $100) and that was with $100 off. Within 2 months my glasses started to have little icicle cracks all along the outside of the frame. I took the glasses back and they told me it would be $200 to replace thm. I dealt with it until a couple of weeks ago (and by this time the cracks have pretty much grown to cover the entire lense). I wear my glasses the entire time I'm at work and some at home. I went back for an eye exam (showed my dental insurance card which I found out online gives me $5 off on eye exams) so paid $75, went home and ordered a pair of sunglasses and eyeglasses with anti-reflective coating for a total of $125 from www.39dollarglasses.com (and I got 4% back with Sunshine). Each pair was about $40 but I paid extra for the anti-reflective coating and my prescription strength required the lenses to be thinned out so that was an extra $20. They only use polycarbonate lenses. I got them less than a week after ordering too. They're great glasses [quality of frames and the clarity of the lenses] and I'm sending in my original frames to be fitted for lenses through them for $39. I would've never known about getting glasses online without the DIS!!

Oh, and if you really hate the way the frames look on you (which I know what styles look best on my face but I think some people don't like the idea of not being able to try them on) you can ship them back and they will recut the lenses into a new pair for you or refund your money minus 30% so you're not completely at a loss if you don't like them.

 

[deerhart]

DD6 got her first pair of glasses in December. The doctor strongly recommended polycarbonate lenses, thinner lenses and to cut down on the "coke bottle" effect. Just the lenses were $140 per pair of glasses. So with frames, I ended up paying about $440 for two pair. I figured she'd need a pair and a spare! I was shocked by the polycarbonate lens price, but I didn't go for the cheapest frames either. I wanted the frames to be good quality that would stand up to the abuse of a 6 year old.

I have those lenses because I have very thin frames and regular lenses would not work in them!