I have to disagree here. I have ordered almost 20 pairs from various on-line retailers and have only had a problem one time with quality (which was quickly fixed once I let the issue be known). When I am telling someone about the option of buying eye-glasses online I bring out my collection and ask them to pick out the brick and mortar pairs that I paid $300-$500 and they are always unable to do so. I think the quality and styles available on line are just as good, if not better than in stores. I know that I wouldn't put cheap glasses on my eyes and ruin my vision just to save money, as Ira has mentioned in his many blog posts before.
I can only speak for myself on the experiences Ive had with helping people buy online for the first time. I would say more than half are happy with their glasses, but the rest just can't deal with the fact that they got great glasses at a low price. I have had people bring their glasses to the optometrist for inspection to make sure the lenses were correct and were genereally happy with the glasses, but yet because they paid so little for them they were inferior. I asked this lady at work who has ordered a pair for herself why she doesn't get another pair on line, as she was ecstatic with the first pair, but she insists that paying full price at the store is the only way to go for quality. I asked her if something was wrong with her pair, and she said no, but "I only paid $30 for these, how good can they really be" On Apr 1, 6:10 pm, powrwrap <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 5:23 pm, "J. Evan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > When we really look > > closely at the discount frames and lenses, are we really seeing the > > same level of quality as what we had paid hundreds of dollars more > > for? Or are we just selectively choosing what we consider unacceptable > > given the comparatively cheaper prices? > > What makes the B&M frames better? Why do you think they are higher > quality? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
