I've seen particularly good reviews of the frames at
coastalcontacts.com... Ira seemed genuinely pleased with the results.
They're detailed on his blog from a few months back.
-- Chuck Knight
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Wm. Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm waring a pair from goggles4u as I right this. I've had them about three
> years and the anti-reflection is as good as new. They've also been through
> being hit with a football and wrestling with or being tackled by now 13 year
> old. The lenses are as good as new; no scratches or dis-colorization. They
> are plastic frames though.
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 7:25 PM, GwenGrimm <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, new here, though not a stranger to buy glasses online.
>> I'm, in the market for new glasses, (in fact, I'm in the market for a
>> new prescription, but gotta fined and eye doctor I trust first.) the
>> last time I got glasses online, I bought them from 39dollarglasses.com
>> and was rather disappointed in them. They were all right, just not as
>> good as the one I had got form them before (this was the second time
>> buy glasses online) . And they haven't held up very well, the
>> protective coating on the right eye is peeling at a alarming rate,
>> despite being babied along, and the whole frame feel loose on my face
>> now, I'm always afraid the glasses will fall off, despite trying to
>> tight everything back up. You can say for how long I've had them at
>> the price I got them, that's a good life, but still... if I hadn’t
>> step on the first frame one morning after knocking them of the night
>> stand, I'd still be using them, they were that much better
>> .
>> So, now in this world of the ever-leaner wallet, I want to get the
>> best deal I can, and not put my peeper in danger. In reviewing online
>> store here, I see 39dollarglasses.com and optical4less.com come up as
>> two good choice. It'd take a bit of convincing for me to buy from
>> 39dollarglasses.com again, but I'm not saying no. Just rather hear
>> what others have to say after I explain why it may be a bit different
>> for me then some other who buy glasses on line.
>>
>> Here's my conundrum. I work in a furniture shop, as well as a lot of
>> outdoors work on weekends. In the furniture shop I end up doing a lot
>> of the finishing of then end pieces, as well as modeling rough-cut
>> wood around. And when I'm outdoors I'm doing things like clearing
>> land, fixing buildings, the type of work that you don't want a new
>> pair of glasses have a lens pop out on you, or the frames fall off
>> your face cause the screw won’t stay tight, or something along those
>> lines happening.
>>
>> I'd really like to buy a nice pair of good-looking frames (woman
>> vanity, if I gotta wear the damn things, at least they have to look
>> nice) there are still hardy and then some safety glasses in my
>> proscription for the rough work. I know a lot depends on the frame you
>> pick, but anyone have any recommendation as to which site would give
>> me a better shot of getting good frames (preferably metal) with a good
>> UV & Scratch coating that won't peel or come off to soon, and maybe
>> polycarbonate lenses for the safety glasses? I don’t know if it
>> matters, but my eyes have very different strength prescriptions, the
>> left is much weaker then the right, and I could drive with out my
>> glasses. Thanks!
>>
>>
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