Maybe I would feel differently if I didn't prefer utilitarian wire- frame glasses anyway. But after a lifetime of paying hundreds of dollars each for glasses that corroded, came unscrewed, had lenses fall out, weighed a ton, got scratched up, took days or weeks to acclimate to or required several revisits and/or relensings before they stopped giving me headaches, and did I mention cost hundreds of dollars, I am completely off of B&M opticians forever.
I always thought it was me, and the opticians did nothing to disabuse me of that belief. The new glasses would make me dizzy and give me headaches. They would fall off my giant Irish head. They would corrode at the temples (I still have scars). They would be too small so I would put too much stress on the hinges and they would disintegrate. I must be difficult to fit, I must have toxic skin, I must have some neurological problem, I must be weird, that'll be $400 please. I now have eight pairs of glasses, seven from Zenni, one from O4L. Progressives, computer glasses, reading glasses, single vision distance glasses, sunglasses (one progressive). All eight of them COMBINED cost less than the last ONE PAIR I got from a B&M optician. Each has fit me perfectly (if I can measure my own head, why couldn't the optician?). None have required ANY acclimatization. For me, online glasses are not "just as good." They are infinitely better. As a glasses-wearer for more than 50 years, as someone who wears glasses all the time except when sleeping, whose quality of life is intimately bound up with how well my glasses are serving me, the last year has been a profound change for the better. The glasses I wear most are the most comfortable, lightweight, corrosion-free glasses I've ever had. I have specialized glasses for all sorts of situations that I never could have afforded before, and they are all without exception comfortable, optically perfect, and (I'm told) attractive. So I don't agree with you. And by the way, the Hyundai Elantra is currently Consumer Reports' top- rated small car. It gives up nothing to the Civic, the Corolla, or any of its other in-class competition (small economy cars), including fit and finish, safety, and reliability. There was a story about a tortoise and a hare... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
