On Mar 21, 11:11 pm, garyinla <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings. > > One of the holdbacks/concerns of potential customers to online > eyeglass stores in my opinion, is the issue of how to ensure that a > customer's progressive rx is properly filled for the particular frame > purchased online. > > I have no optician training but my understanding is that the > customer's fit in a particular frame will vary frame by frame, as to > where the center of the eye is in the frame, from top to bottom. And > that where the progressive lens should be centerered in the frame will > therefore vary frame to frame, customer to customer. > > Right now, some online eyeglass stores do not sell progressive lenses > for this reason. Other ones do, but will not provide a refund on > progressive lenses for this reason. > > I am a progressive lens customer and i want to know myself how I can > order eyeglasses online with a progressive lens rx with any assurance > that the eyeglasses will work well for me. It seems to me to be a > crapshoot if no measurement info is given to the online store before > they prepare the lens in the frame and mail it to me. > > And unlike a PD #, theres no single measurement that covers all frames > for this issue, it varys frame to frame, based on the size of the > frame and how it happens to fit on the customer's face and also how > the nose pads/bridge is adjusted on the customer. > > What would seem to me to be a good idea is to have the frames shipped > ot the customer with just the demo clear lens and then have the > customer mark where his pupils are centered in the frame, and then > mail the frame back to the online store to have lenses installed. > > I dont know if any online store will work this way and if anyone has > tried to do this before. > > If anyone has any opinions/ thoughts/ suggestions on this topic pls. > reply.
I am a first time progressive wearing guy and a first time glasses owner. This group was a tremendous help. I was very happy to see that when my glasses arrived from Coastal, they were equipped with a sticker applied to the lens so I could position my pupil when I was fitting the frames which made the job a lot easier. I was unable to convince Zenni to make me glasses because of a larger than normal pupil distance variance. I'm still not convinced that Coastal got that part correct, but otherwise I'm happy with the transaction. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to glassyeyes+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
