Comments on: The Simple Dollar’s Guide To Eyeglasses http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/ Simple, applicable personal finance advice for the modern world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:03:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kelly Bergstrom http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-528546 Kelly Bergstrom Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:03:37 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-528546 There may be no option but to buy another pair. However, I think it's still worth it. My husband had to buy new glasses last year. No designer frames, just a sturdy good looking frame with progressive no-line bifocal lenses. Cost was almost $600.00/pair. I just heard the same story from someone at work. So I ordered my glasses from Zenni. I bought 2 pairs-rimless clear and plastic frame sunglasses-both with progressive lenses. Total cost-135.00 for BOTH pairs. I'd have to buy 9 pairs/year to equal the cost from my local optical shop. I've also purchased glasses in the past from Vision World-which were of lesser quality than the glasses I ordered from Zenni. Do look around though, there are several other on-line retailers. One I'm also considering ordering from is 39dollarglasses.com. They have some awesome looking frames. There may be no option but to buy another pair. However, I think it’s still worth it. My husband had to buy new glasses last year. No designer frames, just a sturdy good looking frame with progressive no-line bifocal lenses. Cost was almost $600.00/pair. I just heard the same story from someone at work. So I ordered my glasses from Zenni. I bought 2 pairs-rimless clear and plastic frame sunglasses-both with progressive lenses. Total cost-135.00 for BOTH pairs. I’d have to buy 9 pairs/year to equal the cost from my local optical shop. I’ve also purchased glasses in the past from Vision World-which were of lesser quality than the glasses I ordered from Zenni. Do look around though, there are several other on-line retailers. One I’m also considering ordering from is 39dollarglasses.com. They have some awesome looking frames.

]]> By: Samuel R. Cartier http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-489696 Samuel R. Cartier Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:57:30 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-489696 I purchased rimless glasses from Zennia optical co.I did find the price attractive. Now,a problem as accured,One of the lenses broke at the nose hook. Ichecked with Zennia,they don't replace lenses, so what are my options. I purchased rimless glasses from Zennia optical
co.I did find the price attractive.
Now,a problem as accured,One of the lenses
broke at the nose hook.
Ichecked with Zennia,they don’t replace lenses,
so what are my options.

]]> By: GR http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-441017 GR Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:53:02 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-441017 One point: Ophthalmologists are actually significantly less trained than optometrists when it comes to matters of glasses, contacts, etc. Training in ophthalmology tends to focus more on surgery, whereas optometry focuses on refraction (glasses). One point: Ophthalmologists are actually significantly less trained than optometrists when it comes to matters of glasses, contacts, etc. Training in ophthalmology tends to focus more on surgery, whereas optometry focuses on refraction (glasses).

]]> By: Melissa http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-111696 Melissa Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:11:12 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-111696 I usually wear contact lenses except at night because my eye doctor says it's best to give your eyes a break from the contacts. I have to wear the monthly contacts because of protein buildup. It has occurred to me that it would definitely be cheaper to just wear my glasses all the time - - instead of contacts. My only problem with that is that I don't like wearing glasses. And because I live in Florida, I'd have to also buy prescription sunglasses. The real question here is how much I'm willing to sacrifice to save money???? I usually wear contact lenses except at night because my eye doctor says it’s best to give your eyes a break from the contacts. I have to wear the monthly contacts because of protein buildup. It has occurred to me that it would definitely be cheaper to just wear my glasses all the time – - instead of contacts. My only problem with that is that I don’t like wearing glasses. And because I live in Florida, I’d have to also buy prescription sunglasses. The real question here is how much I’m willing to sacrifice to save money????

]]> By: Game http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-48727 Game Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:58:43 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-48727 Trent, Will the online glass stores bill my insurance? Is insurance a hassle compared to buying from my doc? And, um, you know Sam's club is a walmart venture right? Trent,
Will the online glass stores bill my insurance? Is insurance a hassle compared to buying from my doc?
And, um, you know Sam’s club is a walmart venture right?

]]> By: well trained, thank you http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24591 well trained, thank you Fri, 11 May 2007 04:02:21 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24591 "An ophthalmologist is significantly better trained than an optometrist" Opthalmologists spend a majority of their training in treatment of eye disease, including surgery. Optometrists spend significantly more time than ophthalmologists in their training in diagnosing refractive (think glasses Rx) conditions. “An ophthalmologist is significantly better trained than an optometrist”
Opthalmologists spend a majority of their training in treatment of eye disease, including surgery. Optometrists spend significantly more time than ophthalmologists in their training in diagnosing refractive (think glasses Rx) conditions.

]]> By: lorax http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24574 lorax Fri, 11 May 2007 02:29:13 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24574 Yeah, laser surgery isn't for everyone. From what I've heard a significant number of patients come back with double vision or halo vision at night. I couldn't find it straight off, but IIRC it is 1 out of 10, with something like half of those correctable with a second session. There's a risk/reward tradeoff here. Besides, glasses can protect your eyes from branches while you are poking though the woods looking for mushrooms. :) Yeah, laser surgery isn’t for everyone. From what I’ve heard a significant number of patients come back with double vision or halo vision at night. I couldn’t find it straight off, but IIRC it is 1 out of 10, with something like half of those correctable with a second session.

There’s a risk/reward tradeoff here.

Besides, glasses can protect your eyes from branches while you are poking though the woods looking for mushrooms. :)

]]> By: surprised http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24562 surprised Fri, 11 May 2007 02:05:43 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24562 I have been reading your site for about a month now and to this point have found it rather informative and interesting. However, I do have to comment on this post about eyeglasses. You recommend that your readers only go to ophthalmologists for glasses because "an ophthalmologist is significantly better trained than an optometrist" I am an optometrist who has all the respect in the world for the training of an ophthalmologist. I just think you should think about the focus of their training: DISEASE. They are eye surgeons. I'll stop there. Think about it. I have been reading your site for about a month now and to this point have found it rather informative and interesting.

However, I do have to comment on this post about eyeglasses. You recommend that your readers only go to ophthalmologists for glasses because “an ophthalmologist is significantly better trained than an optometrist”

I am an optometrist who has all the respect in the world for the training of an ophthalmologist. I just think you should think about the focus of their training: DISEASE. They are eye surgeons.

I’ll stop there. Think about it.

]]> By: Marta http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24514 Marta Thu, 10 May 2007 22:04:16 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24514 How timely! I just got my eyes checked today. I love the nail polish tip - I've had many loose screws so hopefully I'll remember that the next time it happens. Thanks! How timely! I just got my eyes checked today. I love the nail polish tip – I’ve had many loose screws so hopefully I’ll remember that the next time it happens. Thanks!

]]> By: Rich Minx http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24412 Rich Minx Thu, 10 May 2007 13:49:20 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24412 Good advice, thanks. I've been wearing glasses since I was four. I considered forking out for laser eye surgery just to be done with it but apparently my eyes weren't compatible with the procedure, so back to the glasses it is... Good advice, thanks. I’ve been wearing glasses since I was four. I considered forking out for laser eye surgery just to be done with it but apparently my eyes weren’t compatible with the procedure, so back to the glasses it is…

]]> By: Trent http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24315 Trent Thu, 10 May 2007 04:00:52 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24315 I do buy glasses online, but usually in parts. I do price comparisons with Sam's Club first, though, because Sam's Club sometimes comes up with great deals on frames. I do buy glasses online, but usually in parts. I do price comparisons with Sam’s Club first, though, because Sam’s Club sometimes comes up with great deals on frames.

]]> By: Lissa http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24312 Lissa Thu, 10 May 2007 03:41:55 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24312 I'm surprised that YOU, of all people, haven't investigated purchasing eyeglasses online. I stepped up to bifocals this year during my routine exam, and my son had to have bifocals as well (congenital eye problems). Because the in-store price for just the lenses on mine was $210, I started looking on the net and found www.zennioptical.com. I read tons of reviews and most said the glasses were fine, so long as you were very careful when ordering because the customer service after the sale isn't great. I took the chance and purchased 3 pair of glasses (1 progressive bifocal, 1 line bifocal and one for reading) for $134 total! I figure my savings at about $500 for the three pair of glasses I had to purchase. I have been wearing my glasses for about 3 months now and have no complaints at all with them. I’m surprised that YOU, of all people, haven’t investigated purchasing eyeglasses online. I stepped up to bifocals this year during my routine exam, and my son had to have bifocals as well (congenital eye problems).

Because the in-store price for just the lenses on mine was $210, I started looking on the net and found http://www.zennioptical.com. I read tons of reviews and most said the glasses were fine, so long as you were very careful when ordering because the customer service after the sale isn’t great.

I took the chance and purchased 3 pair of glasses (1 progressive bifocal, 1 line bifocal and one for reading) for $134 total! I figure my savings at about $500 for the three pair of glasses I had to purchase.

I have been wearing my glasses for about 3 months now and have no complaints at all with them.

]]> By: ceej http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24305 ceej Thu, 10 May 2007 02:56:28 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24305 I'd been wearing glasses for about 25 years, so I got Lasik 2 years ago. It was costly, but between contacts, exams, glasses, frames, etc, my eye surgery will pay for itself in savings in another year. Do the math: it may end up saving you about $800/year, like I did. I’d been wearing glasses for about 25 years, so I got Lasik 2 years ago. It was costly, but between contacts, exams, glasses, frames, etc, my eye surgery will pay for itself in savings in another year. Do the math: it may end up saving you about $800/year, like I did.

]]> By: chris http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24294 chris Thu, 10 May 2007 02:46:11 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24294 How crazy, I just got my eyes checked today (nationwide vision). I pay a 100.00 a year for vision insurance through work and today I got an eye check up for $9 bucks and to top this, I also got a FREE pair of NEW glasses, my insurance paid up to 120, and I paid NOTHING. Awesome. These are just back up but free can not be beat. Thanks Trent, you are becoming a reading habit by the day. BTW, I just got Getting Things Done on CD from our library. I am excited about listening to it. Chris How crazy, I just got my eyes checked today (nationwide vision). I pay a 100.00 a year for vision insurance through work and today I got an eye check up for $9 bucks and to top this, I also got a FREE pair of NEW glasses, my insurance paid up to 120, and I paid NOTHING. Awesome. These are just back up but free can not be beat.

Thanks Trent, you are becoming a reading habit by the day. BTW, I just got Getting Things Done on CD from our library. I am excited about listening to it.

Chris

]]> By: kim http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24271 kim Thu, 10 May 2007 00:17:58 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24271 I have an inexpensive pair of glasses. They have given me only one problem. I had a screw that was always coming loose - even with the nail polish. I was ready to trade them in for a new pair. As a last ditch effort, I went to a small locally owned optical shop for advice. The man there replaced the screw with a longer one and attached a teeny tiny nut to the end. Problem solved - for free! I have an inexpensive pair of glasses. They have given me only one problem. I had a screw that was always coming loose – even with the nail polish. I was ready to trade them in for a new pair. As a last ditch effort, I went to a small locally owned optical shop for advice. The man there replaced the screw with a longer one and attached a teeny tiny nut to the end. Problem solved – for free!

]]> By: Louise http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24257 Louise Wed, 09 May 2007 23:30:01 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24257 What happened to my comment? It was here two hours ago. What happened to my comment? It was here two hours ago.

]]> By: HardwareGuy http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24256 HardwareGuy Wed, 09 May 2007 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24256 This guy goes through how he ordered cheap eyeglasses over the internet and saved a bundle. http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2006/11/from-3mew-eyeglasses-stores-are-for.html This guy goes through how he ordered cheap eyeglasses over the internet and saved a bundle.

http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2006/11/from-3mew-eyeglasses-stores-are-for.html

]]> By: Louise http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24242 Louise Wed, 09 May 2007 22:16:45 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24242 <a href="http://www.wisebread.com/eyeglasses-stores-are-for-suckers-readers-tip" rel="nofollow">This page</a> and the blog it links to are great resources for low cost frames. Another idea is to check out reading glasses. I managed to get some awesome designer frames for under $100 with lifetime warranty against breakage because they were marketed as [grossly overpriced] reading glasses. This page and the blog it links to are great resources for low cost frames. Another idea is to check out reading glasses. I managed to get some awesome designer frames for under $100 with lifetime warranty against breakage because they were marketed as [grossly overpriced] reading glasses.

]]> By: david http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24240 david Wed, 09 May 2007 21:57:35 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24240 Might want to check out www.eyeglassesdirect.com as well, incredibly cheap and my friend loves the glasses he got from there. Might want to check out http://www.eyeglassesdirect.com as well, incredibly cheap and my friend loves the glasses he got from there.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/comment-page-1/#comment-24236 Jamie Wed, 09 May 2007 21:30:08 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/05/09/the-simple-dollars-guide-to-eyeglasses/#comment-24236 http://www.framesdirect.com/ I haven't been able to order from them yet, but they usually list some really good prices... http://www.framesdirect.com/

I haven’t been able to order from them yet, but they usually list some really good prices…

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