My wife has a couple of pairs of titanium frames she likes and since they're in great shape, she doesn't want to part with them. They have taller lenses, and it seems many modern frames aren't like that. She had a pair relensed at simplyeyeglasses.com in Florida and it went well. Her concern about buying frames online is she wants to get a well made frame and you can't give them a good looking over from online to see how well they are made. She has a strong prescription and has to buy the 1.74 index lenses and doesn't want to put high cost lenses into a frame that will fall apart, which I understand.
I wanted to get a set of Transitions lenses and she was suggesting I send a frame for a pair I got at 39dollarglasses.com for relensing but since they still carried the frame, it was actually cheaper to just buy a new pair of glasses from them as opposed to relensing. In many cases, relensing is more expensive than buying new glasses, but there are some reasons one might want to do it. Our old school optician, who is the only optician who has ever given her a good pair of glasses in almost 30 years of wearing them, retired, so I decided to try online and have had pretty good results from 3 different vendors(39dollarglasses, EyeBuyDirect, GlassesUSA), and she decided to try online relensing and it went well. Hopefully, I can get her to try to find a full pair of glasses online because with frame prices being as low as they are on some sites, I'm sure she could save some money that way. I just ordered a nice looking, semi rimless frame from CoastalContacts with 1.61 index lenses and all the coatings for just under $45 including shipping and I'm looking forward to seeing the quality of them. If they are good, I've found another shop to buy from and recommend. I will post a review under the Rate Your Experiences section on the blog. RedStickHam On Oct 9, 3:18 pm, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > This question is strictly to satisfy my own curiosity...but unless you have > a very unique set of frames, maybe an antique or something you've had for > decades, why would anyone relens frames, rather than getting all new ones? > I mean, I have some gold antique frames, and a finger-bridge pince nez, but > they're unique. > > With sites like the ones we describe (my own favorite is Zenni), the cost is > negligible, and relensing actually costs more than all new glasses, in many > cases. > > So, unless it's something truly unique, why the interest in relensing? > > -- Chuck Knight > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Charlotte Soto > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > It's like a broken record: I sent two frames for lens fitting with a > > money order to the 39dollarglasses warehouse (50 miles away) on > > September 17 with Priority Mail. Three weeks later, I'm still waiting > > on my glasses and the customer service rep had trouble finding my > > order in their system. > > > With so many complaints about the company, should Glassyeyes.com > > continue promoting the company? The value is great but the quality of > > service is very poor. Over and over again, consumers complain about > > the company ignoring their own guarantee on service. > > > Despite the poor state of the economy, I will DEFINITELY send my lens > > fittings to a local brick & mortar supplier. It's twice the price but > > the turnaround time is usually five days or less. > > > -- > > Check us out at the oft-updatedhttp://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 -- 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
