That is good that your optometrist is willing to work with you on it and if I had one like that, I'd probably order a pair through their office if they had a frame I liked and use online for backup glasses. I did have a good optician who was old school, could do lenses by hand if needed, would take time with the patient to adjust the glasses, and stood behind his work. When my wife's frame broke 6 months later, even though it was out of warranty, he gave her a frame of equal value for free and another time when the factory coatings flaked off the lenses, he gave her a discount on new lenses. He had worked for the optical chains and got tired of their business practices, so he and his wife opened a little shop and he did very well getting most of his business by word of mouth. Sadly, his health went into decline, so he was forced to retire. I haven't found another one like him since so that's why I'm going online.
I've heard many stories of shops just taking the customer's money and handing them the glasses without doing adjustments, checking them, or anything like that. If that's the service we're going to get, might as well go online and save money. RedStickHam On Sep 21, 9:48 pm, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > I just came from my eyeglass place and my optometrist thinks ordering > online is great. I just found out I need progressives (argh!) so he > told me specifically when I am ready to order my glasses to come to > the store and he will sit down with me to make sure I get it right. > Of course I ordered my first pair through him since I have insurance, > but I would have paid full price since I like the place so much. > > On Aug 26, 8:12 am, cherubie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > While researching "online glasses", this board popped up: optiboards. > > I'm not sure how well-known it is, but it has several interesting > > threads regarding online glasses and the optician's view in it. This > > is an interesting > > thread:http://www.optiboard.com/forums/showthread.php/37086-Anyone-thinking-..., > > with angry opticians bashing buying glasses online. > > > I'd like to get people's opinion on it. Personally, I find it ironic, > > because most of them are claiming "ethics" or "liability", but it all > > comes down to money. These opticians call online glasses "crap" > > without ever trying them, and many of the posts are concerned with how > > to keep their sales, and how to charge for services such as PD, > > fitting, adjusting, etc. If you've ever had problems getting your PD > > from your optician, this thread lists all the reasons coming from > > THEIR SIDE. They have reasons from "we need the glasses to get the PD" > > or "I personally think it's wrong" blah blah blah, but in the end, > > they all see it as a waste of their professional time, and want to > > charge anywhere from $10-$30 for it. > > > BTW, I'm not in any way trying to promote the board or its content, I > > just find it interesting and wanted to see other's views.- Hide quoted text > > - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
