When I first found this blog, and Ira's website I went wild and bought a pair of glasses from Zenni, LBW eyewear, a brick and mortar in N.Y. with a website called Dreamshades, and Googles4U.
Well, I've already raved about the Glasses I got from Zenni with progressives. In Black: http://www.zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=1304&cat=30&page=1 The two pair of glasses from LBW are also great, In clear red with single vision lenses: http://www.lbweyewear.com/Products/PLASTIC/TD/WF-630.html As Sunglasses with dark Green Tint: http://www.lbweyewear.com/Products/SPECIALs/TF-8006.html Dreamshades.com were Persol (my apologies for feeding the Luxottica monster) In the largest size avaible, in Bordeaux, with visible line bifocals. http://www.dreamshades.com/p-21315-persol-po2857v.aspx I had excellent email contact throughout the ordering and shipping process, and while these wound up being the most expensive, they still were at least 150.00 less than buying the identical glasses locally. This leaves us with the three pairs of glasses from Goggles 4 U; All three are very large acetate (Zyl) frames (50mm+ width and 38mm+ Height), The first pair arrived contorted, the technician heated the nosepiece to fold them so they would fit in the case. Unwearable, even after seeking proffesional assistance. Fine, G4U offered a replacement pair at no cost.VI ordered an additional pair with a large lens height with progressive lenses.ery pleased with their customer service at that point. Observations: 1.As best I can tell, the first pair would be optically perfect, if the frame were not bent. (The lenses are large and FLAT, totally destroying the linear curvature of the original shape of the frame, and rendering it unwearable unless the wearer had a hat size of 10. 2.The replacement pair, arrived with surface scratches all over the frames, again the lenses are great...A metal piece fell of the temple when I tried them on the first time though. I can solve that with some superglue, although I don't think that's going to last very long as a fix. 3.The progressives make me "seasick" ( I adapted to the Zenni's in a couple of minutes) I am going to try to wear them today and see If I adjust to this before I make any pronouncements. These frames are also heavily scratched but a better quality than the other two. Look, I've worn glasses since I was 8 (I'm 44) and as an adult have ALWAYS had multiple pairs of glasses. I have had a particular pair of Gucci sunglasses frames that have been re-lensed 2-3 times. I purchased them a DECADE ago and they don't have as many surface scratches as the supposedly brand new ones from G4U. I would complain to customer service, but have no faith at this point that I would receive unblemished and wearable glasses. I think my lesson is learned at this point, and I might be better off with the other providers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
