No way am I giving up on the online thing! After my experience with G4U I tried Zenni and had much better results. I hope to have that review up within a few days.
On Nov 29, 9:27 pm, "Chuck Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might try one of the other retailers. The 5 listed at the top of the > main GlassyEyes page are all known to be generally reliable. > > G4U tends to be one of the good ones...I'm sincerely sorry to hear that you > had such a problem. > > My own affinity for a certain retailer is well known on this forum...they > have a bit of a delivery delay right now, but the quality of their glasses > is known to be excellent. And, their prices are exceptional. > > In my own experience, this online thing *does* work, and it works *very* > well. With a few occasional exceptions. Sorry to say that yours seem to be > the exception. > > -- Chuck Knight > > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Miscellaneous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Goggles4U has an enormous selection of frames at very good prices and > > I love that they offer both a 360-degree view and a try online > > feature. I wish more sites did this. That is the good. > > > The bad: > > > After browsing through their extensive inventory, choosing a selection > > of favorites and running them by my friends, I placed my order with > > Goggles4U for one pair of glasses. > > > When I received my glasses a few weeks later, I was disappointed to > > find that they were broken. Whoever installed the lenses cracked the > > left side of the frame clean in two in the process, didn't even get > > the left lens in all the way and bent the nose pieces. It was so bad I > > couldn't believe the glasses were mailed to me. > > > I contacted customer service and was told the glasses would be > > replaced. I was disappointed again a few weeks later when I received > > the replacement glasses. The frame wasn't broken and the lens was > > seated better than the last pair, but it was clearly visible to my > > naked eye (sans glasses even) that the left lens was not properly > > fitted in the frame. Additionally, one of the screws on the right side > > of the frame was not original/matching--the glasses were red but the > > screw was unpainted, installed upside-down and not long enough. > > Again, I couldn't believe they mailed these. > > > I understand that perhaps Goggles 4 U could have corrected this if I > > had contacted them again. However, if they can't bother with a little > > quality control, I am not inclined to give them a third chance. > > > Do I sound bitter? I guess I am a little bitter. I was really excited > > by their selection and prices and was looking forward to having a few > > nice-looking pairs of glasses without spending hundreds of dollars, > > but I don't think I will order from them again. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
