>From the description, "The three color options in classy black, matte
black and light green may apply to fashion loving youth mainly. "
Might they have sent you the flat black frames, as a second accident?
You did say that your glasses have a flat finish.
-- Chuck Knight
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ian C <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, my first experience with Firmoo has been a long one.
>
> I ordered these glasses quite awhile ago. Before Christmas. I can't
> remember the exact date, but I actually posted a thread on here
> looking for info about Firmoo the day before I ordered them.
>
> Firstt of all, throughout this whole tale the communication from their
> support department has been very good. Well, considering they can
> hardly type english it has been very good. I can get the just of
> what they say lol.
>
> First of all they sent the completely wrong pair of glasses. As in
> someone else's order. They figured this out a few days before it was
> supposed to arrive and sent an email (those glasses arrived 3 days
> after that). Along with that mistake, there was a problem with my
> order as well, and they were just getting them shipped out the same
> day they sent that email. So... they shipped the wrong order to me,
> and were close to 2 weeks behind getting my actual order out. So it's
> been over a month to get my glasses.
>
> Now, to make up for this error they did give me a free credit for the
> value of the pair I ordered. So I get my glasses, and a free pair
> basically. So I consider that an acceptable resolution to the
> problem.
>
> I can't say I am overly impressed with the frames. The hinges
> appear to have been painted black with what looks almost like spray
> paint to match the rest of the frame. So all of that paint is
> flaking off. The rest of the frames almost have an appearance like
> there was no finishing done on them. EG rough ends etc. They aren't
> HORRIBLE, but compared to frames I got from Zenni for the same price,
> the Zenni ones were clearly better.
>
> This is the model I ordered with a brown tint:
> http://www.firmoo.com/eyeglasses-p-1211.html
> . They are more of a flat black, and rough looking. No gloss to them
> at all. Again, the ones I received looked like an unfinished version
> of the one in the photo.
>
> On the plus side, I really wanted this style frame and they were the
> only ones that had it in the dimensions I needed (temple length is too
> long on the other sites for this style). And they do look good, just
> not exactly what I was expecting. The lenses are great, and so is
> the tint. AR, antiscratch, and tinting were all very reasonable
> rates. The frame appears to be fairly durable.
>
> I will update the review when I see how things go with the ordering/
> shipping process on the free pair I am getting. But I definitely
> can't give them high marks on that process based on my first order.
>
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