Report on two pair of eyeglasses: I ordered from Zenni on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The glasses came via USPS today, Tuesday, Feb. 2 about 10am. Under two weeks. Not bad. That included time for them to send me a well-worded email (in response to the note I included on my order) and to get my response, before they even started production.
So far the glasses seem excellent. I got the 3411 frameless in clear with lens shape 235 in bifocal for music reading glasses. These seem to be the famous disappearing glasses, just what I wanted. The only problem there is that the bifocal portion is a bit smaller than optimum for my purposes. But it will work and is what they said it would be. (I may spring for another pair that is reading alone in that prescription as it would work for music and computer.) The other pair contains progressive lenses and is frame 4527 in a subtle metallic blue. Only time will tell how well they hold up, but currently all looks excellent. Looks like three cheers for Zenni!!! On Jan 20, 2:25 pm, mandy <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, everyone's testimony helped, and I have just finished placing my > first Zenni order. I had my "second opinion" refraction yesterday, and > the experienced optometrist was most helpful, giving me a special > prescription for bifocal music reading glasses and the regular one for > progressives. My correction is currently far less than it used to be > (who knows what's going on with aging eyes!) and for one each of > bifocals and progressives, my order total was just over a hundred > bucks with shipping cost. At the local shop it would have been quite > close to a thousand. > > I still didn't have information on exactly the material that will be > used, but the issue became less relevant as my nearsightedness has > backed down to -4.75 OD and -2.50OS. The technician in the > ophthamologist's office 3 months ago had prescribed -6 and -3. In her > defense, I would say that there probably has been some change in my > eyes in the intervening time. Hope my repeatedly-self-measured PD is > accurate. > > Anyway, will report results sooner or later. Hope your orders are > successful. > > Cheers from Mandy. > > On Jan 19, 9:55 am, Bullet875 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have also had wonderful luck with Zenni! I now have 30 pairs of > > glasses because of Zenni and sites like them...lol. My children each > > have 5-7 pairs as well (they'd have more as well but they can't decide > > on more frames...lol). I have not received a bad pair from them. The > > only company I have had issues with is goggles4u...ordered from them > > because I wanted glass photochromatics. One pair was spot on and the > > other had the infamous double vision problem. I didn't send the bad > > pair back only because I like the frame and will have them relensed > > when someone has a sale (most likely $39 Glasses). > > > On Jan 17, 1:19 am, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > This is actually my second time purchasing glasses online. My first > > > time I tried Eyebuydirect with their buy 1 get 1 free sale, and was > > > very disappointed with them. One of the glasses had the wrong > > > prescription and the other was advertised incorrectly with a lens > > > height of 24mm when actually it was 28mm. I decided to not make > > > another purchase there again. > > > > Because of my experiences with Eyebuydirect, I decided to look for a > > > dealer with a good reputation of having lenses of the correct > > > prescription. I constantly read on the forums that Zenni lenses are > > > spot on with prescription. > > > > So on Jan 1, I order these frames, costing me less than $20 with > > > shipping > > > included:http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=1656&cat=14&page=1 > > > > On Jan 11, I received an email that my packaged was shipped > > > On Jan 14, I received my glasses. > > > > My initially response, these glasses are great! The prescription is > > > perfect. The dimensions are exactly as advertised.In addition, the > > > frames are far more sturdier that I thought they would be for $8. The > > > only thing that was bad was that on the top and bottom of temple arms, > > > there were some white streaks of paint I don't believe were part of > > > the design because they were asymmetric. But that is such a small > > > detail, because since it is on the top and bottom of the arms, it is > > > almost impossible for someone to see it. > > > > Another thing if someone decides to order the same frames as I, the > > > bottom corners of the lenses pop inward slightly such as these > > > frames:http://zennioptical.com/cart/product.php?productid=290&cat=22&page=1 > > > But the lenses are still surrounded by another rim unlike the example. > > > So it isn't noticeable from the front and from the side it is only > > > about a 1 mm difference compared to traditional glasses frame. > > > > Overall, I am very happy with my Zenni order, the glasses surpassed my > > > expectations and were only $20 including shipping! I would look toward > > > them again for a second purchase. -- 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. 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