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Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by rhizome » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 12:30 AM UTC

Declanomous wrote: post #64

rogerdpack wrote: post #50

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Last time I ordered from (them or their competitor) they asked for PD (pupillary distance) is that enough or are the prescription ones still better?

Pupillary distance is basically the horizontal location of the pupils. The issue is that pupils can also have a vertical offset from the center of the lens as well. Accounting for PD alone is sufficient for some people. I'm not a doctor, so I'm not qualified to recommend one option over another. It is something you may want to ask your own doctor about though.

Are there any magic words to account for this that I/we can use when getting a new prescription?

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by Spooky23 » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 12:35 AM UTC

eikenberry wrote: post #63

nyolfen wrote: post #45

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warby parker frames look trendy but they're pretty low quality cheap plastic frames, and they're dramatically overpriced compared to comparable glasses from zenni or similar

So you're saying that the glasses from all these places are cheap/poor quality? That is disappointing.

If you're total price shopping, yes.

If you want a specific frame for some reason, it's a good value. I bought a pair of Oakleys from glasses.com ( a luxottica online outlet) for a savings of about $50 from retail. I think the high index lenses were cheaper too. But if you buy $8 glasses, they are going to be junk.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by int_19h » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 12:44 AM UTC

Arcsech wrote: post #11

Glasses are a total racket. Purchasing your glasses online is many, many times cheaper than going to Lenscrafters or basically any other brick & mortar store in the US. I've been buying online for years and they're every bit as good as usual ones. You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend, or ask your optometrist. If they refuse or tell you how evil buying gla…

I had overall good experience with Zenni. One downside is that their rimless frames are not particularly sturdy; but then, for the price that I pay for them, it's still cheaper to just order a new frame.

I didn't have any problems with tint, fishbowl, or other optical abberations. This is with -4 correction on both eyes.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by dirkg » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 2:09 AM UTC

Buying glasses in Asia or online is so much cheaper than the scam run by Lenscrafters, most optometrists in the US. Its sold as a designer product where you spend $$$ on frames, the glass material with fancy treatments, and they charge you maybe 5-10x the actual costs.

I have ordered from Goggles4u, Zenni etc and these places must have razor thin profit margins, they always have coupons and its dirt cheap, never had issues with the quality of the lenses. You can always go to any optometrist/Costco etc and get the lens checked out to confirm.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by zimzam » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 2:10 AM UTC

telesilla wrote: post #41

Arcsech wrote: post #11

Glasses are a total racket. Purchasing your glasses online is many, many times cheaper than going to Lenscrafters or basically any other brick & mortar store in the US. I've been buying online for years and they're every bit as good as usual ones. You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend, or ask your optometrist. If they refuse or tell you how evil buying gla…

I agree that mid-lower-range shops are a racket: however, don't discount the luxury and privilege of high-end options of dedicated professionals. My glasses cost in total almost $1000. I wear them almost every waking moment, they are exceptional designer hand-made frames from France with Zeiss lenses and Japanese transition technology, and the optometrist is top-of-the-line who also does an eye cancer check each year…

Every eye doctor I've been to in the last decade has done an eye cancer check, I think that's standard.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by fma » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 3:00 AM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #100

Arcsech wrote: post #11

Glasses are a total racket. Purchasing your glasses online is many, many times cheaper than going to Lenscrafters or basically any other brick & mortar store in the US. I've been buying online for years and they're every bit as good as usual ones. You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend, or ask your optometrist. If they refuse or tell you how evil buying gla…

Unless you're completely price sensitive or completely brand or specific style dedicated, I think this is totally wrong. I tried a number of different companies online during off years (I have insurance that pays for glasses every two years). Warby Parker, Zenni, glasses.com and a few others. Warby Parker glasses were junk. With the exception of glasses.com, adjustments required paying or scamming someone into adjust…

Same here. I get my prescription through insurance and go to Costco for glasses.

Great customer service, frame selection and very competitive pricing. I can buy $10 glasses online or $60 from Costco.

I spend the extra money for the quality and service. It is, after all something you use everyday.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by antisthenes » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 3:15 AM UTC

PascLeRasc wrote: post #26

Arcsech wrote: post #11

Glasses are a total racket. Purchasing your glasses online is many, many times cheaper than going to Lenscrafters or basically any other brick & mortar store in the US. I've been buying online for years and they're every bit as good as usual ones. You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend, or ask your optometrist. If they refuse or tell you how evil buying gla…

Warby Parker ( https://www.warbyparker.com/ ) makes some really nice "luxury" glasses, even though they still cost less than the cheapest pair you'll see in a typical store. They'll even send you 5 frames to try on at your home.

I don't like a single style they offer. 95% of them seem to be those plastic hipster frames which look terrible on my face.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by saghm » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 3:16 AM UTC

kazinator wrote: post #90

Arcsech wrote: post #11

Glasses are a total racket. Purchasing your glasses online is many, many times cheaper than going to Lenscrafters or basically any other brick & mortar store in the US. I've been buying online for years and they're every bit as good as usual ones. You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend, or ask your optometrist. If they refuse or tell you how evil buying gla…

I get mine in Japan, e.g. from Jins. That's brick-and-mortar: personal service, ready in 30 minutes. Around 8000 yen, frames and lenses. (Not the thinnest lens, no special coating, but very good.) > You do need your pupillary distance, but you either measure this yourself with the help of a friend I have a fool-proof way to do this yourself. Use a mirror and a ruler. Place the ruler on the mirror and stare with your…

> I have a fool-proof way to do this yourself. Use a mirror and a ruler. Place the ruler on the mirror and stare with your left eye into that same eye's mirror image, such that the ruler's 0 tick is centered on the pupil. Then, open your right eye and close the left. Stare into your right eye across the ruler and note the millimeters. Flip back to the left eye to make sure you haven't moved from zero.

Damn, that's really clever. How did you come up with that?

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by syedkarim » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 3:35 AM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #102

eikenberry wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're saying that the glasses from all these places are cheap/poor quality? That is disappointing.

If you're total price shopping, yes. If you want a specific frame for some reason, it's a good value. I bought a pair of Oakleys from glasses.com ( a luxottica online outlet) for a savings of about $50 from retail. I think the high index lenses were cheaper too. But if you buy $8 glasses, they are going to be junk.

I've been wearing the same $6 frames from Zenni for the last five years.

Re: One Dollar Glasses – Help for 150M people

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Dec 03, 2016, 3:35 AM UTC

Spooky23 wrote: post #102

eikenberry wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you're saying that the glasses from all these places are cheap/poor quality? That is disappointing.

If you're total price shopping, yes. If you want a specific frame for some reason, it's a good value. I bought a pair of Oakleys from glasses.com ( a luxottica online outlet) for a savings of about $50 from retail. I think the high index lenses were cheaper too. But if you buy $8 glasses, they are going to be junk.

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