Many of the places online use a "generic" frame...it's often the same frame as a designer brand, but without the label.
Let me tell you this story. I got my first pair of online glasses at the start of last year...my ophthalmologist complimented me on them, and with a little conversation, he let loose that they looked like they cost about $250. Quite nice, stainless steel, flex temples, half rim frame. I got them at Zenni...for $8 + $5 A/R coating. http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=691&cat=20&page=1 http://www.chuckknight.com/pics/me.jpg He heard the word "online" and virtually snatched them off the table...he wanted to test them, because he'd heard about the online thing, but none of his patients had tried it. He went ahead and tested the lenses against the prescription I ordered. They were, and I use this term quite precisely, a *perfect* match for my written prescription. They ran the tests 4 times, because apparently a *perfect* set of lenses is a very rare thing. He wanted all the information about it...3 of his nurses now have pairs from Zenni, and they recommend it to some of their patients. I've had 5 pairs ...I had 3 checked by this man, and they were all absolutely perfect. I definitely think I "get what I pay for." -- Chuck Knight On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 11:59 AM, PghGuy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ira, thanks so much for your thorough response. I suppose that the > quality of frames can't be too bad on the inexpensive sites. What is > attractive about paying so little for glasses is that even if they > aren't the greatest frame material, you didn't lose that much money in > the process. And they might turn out to be pretty good. My fear is > that the inexpensive sites might turn out to be analogous to the > "dollar store" I mentioned. A dollar store -- where an item actually > costs a dollar -- is a great value but they have brands that are > completely unknown and whose quality is clearly somewhat below > recognized brands. I often get food from them and while the taste > isn't the greatest, it's still good solid food, at least to someone > like me who doesn't have a palate. However, glasses aren't a $1 bag > of chicken chunks; they're very important articles. I realize that > glasses are marked up at other stores but they are known brands. I > have to wonder where the brands at 39dollarglasses, for instance, come > from. So I'm still unsure. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
