Damn, I blew all credibility with my first sentence, "I'm WEARING...as I WRITE this."
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Chuck Knight <[email protected]>wrote: > 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! > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
