Getting Eyeglasses
May 3, 2023 14:11:55 #
Get your prescription at Costco or any other optometrist and order online. I use eyebuydirect.com. Last pair I got were progressive lenses and lens and frame were $76. Nice quality frames, too.
May 3, 2023 14:47:07 #
Every 2-4 years when I need a changed glasses prescription I buy a $60 Costco membership. I save enough on glasses to pay for it with more than that left compared to the prices at all the big name glasses places.
May 3, 2023 15:06:21 #
May 3, 2023 17:27:12 #
I turns out that NY State and three other states have laws regulating over-the-counter reading glasses. NY passed their law in 2021, I believe. They can be sold in NYS up to 2.75 strength. 3.0 and stronger can not be sold or shipped to NYS.
May 3, 2023 18:25:33 #
Besperus
Loc: Oregon
There was a bit on 60 minutes a while back. Frames are manufactured by one company in Italy. They make all the frames for every company. There are now new places like Warby. The send you three frames to pick from (plastic). They put the prescription lenses in and send the glasses back to you. Don’t know how long. Ad is on TV. Not the most stylish but costs under $100. I’m next.
May 3, 2023 18:45:14 #
bw79st wrote:
Costco is selling readers from Foster Grant for $1... (show quote)
I live in CT and would be happy to pick some up for you at my local COSTCO
I go there about once a week
May 3, 2023 19:00:11 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
A few years ago I took a chance and did a google search for mail order glasses. I've tried several & I'm very satisfied with the glasses I received. Early on, I took the glasses to my Ophthalmologist and had them check the prescription. The lenses were exactly as prescribed.
BUT - - Nobody's 100% perfect. A couple years ago I went to Costco with my prescription and ordered some glasses. The minute I tried them on I knew they were wrong - and the sales clerk could even tell they were wrong. I re-ordered and wore the glasses for a few days and returned them - they just weren't right. I went back to mail order and was satisfied.
Just yesterday I got a new prescription and ordered sunglasses from Zenni. Total cost including $4.95 shipping was $60. Plastic frame, bifocal and photochromic lenses.
BUT - - Nobody's 100% perfect. A couple years ago I went to Costco with my prescription and ordered some glasses. The minute I tried them on I knew they were wrong - and the sales clerk could even tell they were wrong. I re-ordered and wore the glasses for a few days and returned them - they just weren't right. I went back to mail order and was satisfied.
Just yesterday I got a new prescription and ordered sunglasses from Zenni. Total cost including $4.95 shipping was $60. Plastic frame, bifocal and photochromic lenses.
May 3, 2023 19:16:50 #
mr spock wrote:
I live in CT and would be happy to pick some up for you at my local COSTCO
I go there about once a week
I go there about once a week
That's nice of you to offer! A friend just advised me he is in the works for a trip to see a mutual friend of ours out in New Jersey. I'll get him to stop at a Costco that is on the way!
May 3, 2023 20:09:17 #
jerryc41 wrote:
What's the deal with getting eyeglasses?
I have glasses from my union. Not a bad deal. But I found something better in Brooklyn. The store is a city block away from Maimonides Hospital. The store is simple. All the walls are covered with frames. Pick a frame or two or three. Bring them to the counter with your prescription from the ophthalmologist. In a half hour later you have all three pairs for about $100 each! As for me being a curious sort, I asked. To begin, they buy all the sellout from other stores at discounted prices. Usually, frames are expensive. When you buy Prada or Gucci frames you pay premium prices. This store buys last year’s designer frames. Who cares? No body can tell the difference between last years and this years frames. They have all prescription lenses that they grind to the frame. This is because they have the lens grinders in the store. There are major drawbacks. They don’t do online, they don’t deliver and they close early on Friday, all day Saturday and Jewish Holidays.
May 3, 2023 21:11:34 #
When I needed a slight correction, the glasses were cheap. I DID have a pair for every outfit. Then they started to get more expensive.
Over 20 years, my prescription became less and less until I was 60 when I no longer needed correction, just some magnification. Off to the dollar store.
Then about 10 years later, the prescription was needed because I needed different magnification to read a book vs the computer screen. I think my next prescription is going to expand to distance correction, too.
Aaah, the benefits of ageing.
Over 20 years, my prescription became less and less until I was 60 when I no longer needed correction, just some magnification. Off to the dollar store.
Then about 10 years later, the prescription was needed because I needed different magnification to read a book vs the computer screen. I think my next prescription is going to expand to distance correction, too.
Aaah, the benefits of ageing.
May 4, 2023 06:56:15 #
lenben wrote:
A significant number of eyeglass outlets are now o... (show quote)
Monopolies are great - for the monopolizers.
May 4, 2023 08:12:05 #
It's this way in everything Jerry, I had a broken glass shelf and went to the glass shop; will be 2 weeks sir, What?? for a 8 x 24 I'm still waiting!
May 4, 2023 08:51:36 #
DickC wrote:
It's this way in everything Jerry, I had a broken glass shelf and went to the glass shop; will be 2 weeks sir, What?? for a 8 x 24 I'm still waiting!
My son's glasses - $195 with the exam. It will take about a week for delivery, so he'll order a two-day pair online, just to be sure he has them.
May 4, 2023 15:25:57 #
jerryc41 wrote:
What's the deal with getting eyeglasses? When I w... (show quote)
Probably 90% of the Eyeglass frames worldwide are made by an Italian Company called "Luxottica" they manufacture almost all the so called "designer" eyeglasses. Since they have a virtual monopoly worldwide they can charge what they like. I owned their stock for a while. They made huge profits as a monopoly does. Oakley, Sunglass Hut , Rayban, Pearle vision and Lens Crafters etc all owned by Luxottica
May 5, 2023 09:11:51 #
Old Coot wrote:
Probably 90% of the Eyeglass frames worldwide are made by an Italian Company called "Luxottica" they manufacture almost all the so called "designer" eyeglasses. Since they have a virtual monopoly worldwide they can charge what they like. I owned their stock for a while. They made huge profits as a monopoly does. Oakley, Sunglass Hut , Rayban, Pearle vision and Lens Crafters etc all owned by Luxottica
If you have a pair of glasses that are quality and you like, a number of places will fit new lenses and prescription to them at a reasonable price. I've used LensCrafters for this twice now. They charge $50 but price goes up fast if you want bi-focals, progressives, photochromic and so on.
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