Re: Poor quality from Zenni
Some of Zenni's frames are exceptionally nice, and some are less so.
This is true for any brand and any retailer. Strangely, at Zenni, the
quality and price seem to have no direct correlation.
Zenni is renowned for two things -- exceptional price, and exceptional
optical quality. They're known to get your prescription not just
within tolerances, but absolutely dead smack perfect, and countless
on-list reviews have proven this. They have the occasional mistake,
but what company doesn't?
Re: Buying from China
While I would prefer to buy from a local retailer, the difference in
cost is impossible to ignore. Given equal quality, I can't justify
paying 20 times more. Well, 19 times, actually...I did the math.
Forget about nice, or attractive. Had I been able to find *any* pair
locally for around $100, I would never have tried the online option.
Local places are pricing themselves out of the market, and they don't
seem to realize it, or even care!
-- Chuck Knight
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Chalo<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Lucille wrote:
>>
>> I ordered two pairs of glasses. My order took 5 weeks to arrive.
>> [...]
>> I've heard some people comment on poor quality with Zenni optical, but
>> both of these glasses look fine. They're actually more flattering
>> than my other glasses that I've paid top dollar for.
>
> I got my latest glasses from Zenni just yesterday. I was so happy
> with the cheap sunglasses from my last order that I ordered another
> pair with no tint. $8 for the glasses, plus $9 for the strong
> prescription surcharge, plus $5 for shipping, equals $22 total.
>
> They are great glasses and the frames seem to be the equal of any
> other plastic frames I have owned. I got regular index lens material
> which resulted in slightly better optical quality than my latest high-
> index lenses. The mostly clear plastic frames (with black front
> surface) do a good job of minimizing the lenses' apparent thickness.
>
> I am happy to buy made-in-China glasses at appropriate prices after
> paying a skilled local optometrist or ophthalmologist for his expert
> service. If my previous fantastically expensive glasses had done
> better at meeting my expectations, I might never have discovered
> discount prescription glasses online.
>
> Chalo
>
> >
>
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