It is a mistake to add them together because it assumes your eyes are equidistant from your nose when they aren't. Some sites have room for the two different PD's and others you need to add it in NOTES or look to their FAQs to see how they like to deal with that somewhat common situation.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:20 AM, kaliree <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > I ordered some prescription sunglasses from 39DollarGlasses about two > months ago. I had just gotten an updated prescription and I have been > eager to try out buying glasses online. I made sure to get my PD at > the doctor's office, so I thought nothing could go wrong. Of course, I > was wrong about not being wrong. > > The sunglasses arrived quickly and everything seemed great, but when I > put them on, something just didn't seem right. I am myopic, and while > the close to medium range of my vision was sharp, the long range of my > vision was fuzzier than my current nine year old prescription. I > thought that maybe I needed some time to adjust, but even after a week > it was the same. > > I sent them back to have $39 examine them, but they claim that they > were properly made. I double checked the prescription that I gave to > them, and it is correct. The only number I may have screwed up is the > PD. $39's site only had a text field for a single PD number, but on my > prescription I have two different numbers, one for the right eye and > one for the left eye. I assumed (and this is the only assumption I > made) that I should add the two numbers together and give the total to > $39 as my PD. Was that a mistake? Should I have specified the > difference in my PD for each eye? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I want to buy a pair of regular > glasses in addition to a correct pair of prescription sunglasses, but > even at these prices I can't afford to make mistakes. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
