I bet you'll be surprised at how well the online lenses work out -- though none of us will be. ;-)
You have a mental image of someone grinding lenses in a back room, but really they're just blank lenses that are cut to fit the frames taking into consideration your PD and any "twist" they need for your astigmatism. Progressives are a slightly different process, but along the same lines. It ain't rocket surgery any longer. - Ira On Sep 1, 11:03 am, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the online retailers allow you to buy the whole pair of > glasses, or just the frames with the "sample lens" in them. I am > familiar with Zenni's policy...which is to sell frames only, for half > the listed price. > > But, I have to ask the question, why do you not trust online retailers > to make your prescription? Is it just unfamiliarity with the process? > > Let me make a suggestion. Online glasses are SO inexpensive, that I > suggest for you to go ahead and get a pair made...the additional cost > *with* lenses will be minimal. If you like the lenses, then GREAT! > If you don't, then the optometrist can use the existing lenses as a > pattern to make the "brick and mortar" lenses, just as you had > planned. > > -- Chuck Knight > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Ish<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Ira, great job with this site. > > > I'm wondering if I buy glasses without Rx lenses, would I be able to > > take them to an optometrist to get the lenses done? I don't really > > trust online retailers to make my perscription. > > > Thanks > > > Ish > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
