For what it is worth, after doing lots of reading in this group and elsewhere, I went to a Cohen's Fashion Optical in Rochester, New York (the one at the Marketplace Mall) to obtain an updated prescription, having lost my old glasses and having found the old prescription weakening anyway. I'd called them first, mentioning that there had been numerous advertisements on the Web (which I'd also seen) for a $20 prescription, and they confirmed it would be $20. The lady at the store, the optician I think you call it, was quite nice and agreeable about it even though I'd not printed out any coupon (browser problems and no working printer). They charged me $20 instead of a "usual" fee of, I think, $40.
After I went home, I discovered that the pupillary distance was also needed, and wasn't on the prescription form. I went back and the clerk there immediately measured it manually with a ruler, coming up with 64mm, then (after I'd politely asked for a slightly more sophisticated method) 65mm, using some kind of gewgaw that had me looking at a lit spot inside it (it looked like an odd sort of binoculars with an LCD readout). They were very agreeable about it. I almost felt bad about not buying a frame from them. :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
