OK, I've seen this twice so I'll go ahead and ask. What in the world does WRT mean? Guess I'm not up on the lingo here yet. :)
-- Firewalker On Feb 23, 1:56 pm, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > The first thing to do is to confirm that the glasses were made correctly. > Take them somewhere local (and for the Love of God, don't mention that you > got them online, or they'll give you a false report) and have the > prescription checked against what you ordered. Just say that you got them > "out of town," which is true, and everything should be fine. > > Now, let's make the assumption that there is a problem, and it's not a > matter of "getting used to" a new prescription. Given what you're > experiencing, I see 3 probable causes. > > 1) The lenses were made inaccurately. I doubt this, because Zenni (of all > the online retailers) is renowned for the accuracy of their lenses...but > hey, anything is possible, and mistakes do happen. This error is Zenni's > fault, and the glasses should be remade, at their cost. > > 2) The lenses are as ordered, but were ordered wrong. In this scenario, > the fault would be yours. Again, talk to Zenni and see if there's anything > they can do to help you out...once you manage to get hold of a person, they > tend to be reasonably pleasant. > > 3) The lenses are perfectly accurate, but the doctor's prescription is > wrong. Well, it's time to talk to your eye doctor...it was his mistake, and > you can't see out of the glasses. > > There are, of course, other places it could have gone wrong...but those are > the most likely. Having them checked locally should identify where the > problem lies. > > -- Chuck Knight > > P.S. How did your prescription change, and how different is the shape of > the lenses in the old and new pair? Size/shape makes a difference WRT lens > edge thickness. > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Last year I got a couple pair of glasses from America's Best and > > started wearing them instead of contacts, but they were damaged so I > > wanted something new. With a new year, and a new insurance carrier, > > my wife and I realized that we have one covered eye exam per year at > > no charge. Grand plans, we got our eyes checked, got our > > prescriptions and placed our first order from Zenni. > > > We just got our glasses last week, I got two pair and she got one. > > When I try on my glasses, everything seems a bit distorted. When I > > look at something like a doorway I can tell that each side of the door > > frame bow outward slightly. This is not the case with my old > > glasses. Now, my prescription did change, but not by a lot. The new > > lenses from Zenni are much thicker on the outside than my old lenses > > (which were upcharged for the thinner lenses I think). > > > I'm just curious, do you folks think distortion like this could be > > caused from having the wrong PD, or is the prescription itself at > > fault? > > > The new glasses do provide better vision, but the distortion is > > annoying. When I try on my wife's pair, there is no distortion (but > > they are not the correct strength, so while they improve my vision a > > little bit they do not correct it). Just wondering if I should try > > to order another pair with an adjusted PD, or maybe the thinner lens > > upgrade, or should I get my eyes re-checked? Any suggestions?- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
