To buy glasses online, it helps to be at least a bit of a do-it- yourselfer. Years ago, I already had some understanding of the prescription form. To most people, it's as sacred and mysterious as a prescription for a pharmacy. And though there are online pharmacies, most of us find out about them through spam that sounds too good to be true, and hear about them selling counterfeit or adulterated drugs.
At the same time, more people are buying from online eyeglasses stores, and Luxottica is shooting itself in the foot more and more, especially during a recession. And hybrids are showing up, such as decent local eyeglass stores with good prices. The other thing that may save a lot of money and unnecessary eyeglasses in the long run is being more conservative about putting glasses on kids. If I had a kid who was starting to have trouble seeing the blackboard, I'd first experiment with reading glasses for close work, rather than giving him nearsighted glasses with instructions to wear them a lot in order to get used to them. (I'd also make sure there wasn't anything else wrong with his eyes besides simple myopia.) I'd also make sure there wasn't something causing stress when he's in the classroom. This is analogous to taking a hard look at vaccinating kids at younger and younger ages with vaccines for less and less significant diseases. Qui bono? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
