Hi all, I decided to try ordering from 39 Dollar glasses.com as well as Zenni and here's how my experience went. I live in Canada and the glasses took approximately 2 weeks to arrive for each company; that was the good part. Part of what annoyed me was that both places sent me an email saying how much the order was and then charged me more. 39 Dollar glasses told me this was an exchange rate difference, US dollars to Canadian, but it still seemed like more than it should've been to me. My order from 39 Dollar glasses said they had charged my Mastercard for $88.46 but in reality they charged me $106.07, a difference of $17.61, pretty sure the exchange rate doesn't account for that much difference. Anyhow, I ordered sunglasses from Zenni, I really like them, and they only cost me $36.99 Canadian including all shipping and handling etc. I ordered the Madrid frame from 39 Dollar glasses.com and was really disappointed. The frame had a definite curve outwards so that they curved away from your face when on. From what I could tell of the lenses the prescription was correct, but of course it was hard to tell when they're not sitting properly on your face. Looking at the website again I almost thought the picture of the Madrid frame looked a bit weird, like it really did curve outwards a bit, and maybe it doesn't but it just made me not want to try it again. To their credit the man I spoke to at 39 Dollar glasses was very polite; he said they would replace the same frame free, but I decided I just didn't want to risk that frame again and was going to order a different one. I was told the best way to do that would be to be refunded for the first pair, minus 30% of the cost, and then to reorder. Unfortunately their calculations of that are from the original amount (supposed US dollar amount) of $88.46. Well, minus my international shipping charge of $12.99 too of course, so really they'll put just over $52 back on my card. And I paid $106.07. I don't even want to reorder from them now. Will have to see if I get any more than that with the exchange but not holding my breath. I guess that's the risk you take as their try-on feature only shows you the shape of the glasses on your face (which looked good) but doesn't give you a 360 view of the frames. I never even considered the possibility that the frames would curve outwards; that's not normal in my opinion. I guess I should've taken the straight exchange for the same frame, and tried them again to see if they were better the second time but I just didn't feel good about it. It's funny that I was hesitant about ordering from Zenni after reading a few negative reviews of them, but they turned out to be the better of the two for me.
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