First off, your prescription is hardly that strong We have members here who
have much stronger corrections...and they buy glasses, online, successfully.
The trick is to provide the dispensary with accurate information...and as
much of it as you can. You have your PD and your prescription, so you have
all the information you're going to need. Check the dimensions of your
current frames and stay somewhat close to that...certainly for a first pair.
Accuracy. My own glasses, though nowhere near as strong as yours, are an
*exact* match to my prescription. My ophthalmologist tested them for me,
and was shocked that they got the axis exactly right...usually this is where
any lab can mess up, from what he was telling me. He also told me that he's
tested quite a few pairs this year...most were within tolerances, but mine
were the only pairs (he has tested several pairs for me) this year that were
absolutely perfect...well, at least through the first 6 months of this year.
After your first successful pair it gets easier to trust the online
merchants.
My usual suggestion is to skip a few coffees this week, and save the
pennies. When you have about $10 or $20 saved up, go someplace and buy the
least expensive pair you can, as a practical test. There are retailers that
sell complete pairs for as little as $7.95... Do pay the extra couple of
dollars for the anti reflection coating, though...it's a very nice extra.
You really can get a darned nice pair of glasses for $8-20.
Oh, and let me just say that I practice what I preach. I'm wearing a pair
of $8 glasses, as I type this, and they work great.
-- Chuck Knight
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:57 PM, KF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Like a lot of readers (I'm guessing) I heard about buying online just
> recently, after reading the Slate article. It was a godsend — I'm just
> out of college, and trying to make ends meet is hard enough without
> trying to work in contacts (expensive) and glasses (even worse). Just
> days after fretting about the price of new glasses to a friend, I read
> the article, and got excited. I even coughed up the money for an eye
> exam, which was long overdue, because I knew that glasses were an
> option.
>
> I mentioned my plan to the optometrist I saw — and she was skeptical,
> to say the least. She said that if I were looking at a low power
> prescription, that would be one thing, but that mine was just too
> strong and the risk of a bad pair too high. (I'm -4.25 in one eye, -5
> in another.) Then, speaking with the women in the front of the office,
> getting my prescription — let alone my PD — was like pulling teeth. I
> walked out of the office with both, but felt a little sick and
> stressed out about the whole thing.
>
> Have people have good (or bad) experiences with high prescription
> glasses bought online? Any tips or tricks? I have a couple of pairs on
> Goggles4U that I was interested in but now I have cold feet.
>
> I appreciate the help (and the service this web site provides!),
> K
>
> >
>
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