[Other] [Merged] Prescription Eyeglasses for just over $30 shipped

[xpat]

i dont know how it is where you live, but in alberta there's free eye exams until 18 afaik

[xpat]

great deal, thanks for the post op!

[alkapone]

Big markup on eyeglasses.....much like the matresse story...
Always big deals on these.

Good post.....might try.

I went to Dollarama and on a rotating rack they have reading glasses etc.

Bought one as a spare....for average short/long distance viewing while shopping.
Couldnt believe the quality for a buck. HOW do they do it.

[fakishan]

i dont know how it is where you live, but in alberta there's free eye exams until 18 afaik

well, we're not all under 18

[CSR]

Glasses are not somethign to cheap out on.. keep in mind.

[Coolme]

i dont know how it is where you live, but in alberta there's free eye exams until 18 afaik

hmm... didn't know that. My last eye exam was when I was 17 and I had a couple before that and they were free, so that's where I got the perception that eye exams were free.

[Carebear]

In Ontario, your annual eye exam is free until you reach 19 or once you're over 65. Otherwise, you pay $50 to $75 per eye exam. People with diabetes, cataracts, glaucoma, amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (turned eye), visual field defects, retinal disease and corneal disease will be covered annually. Ocular emergencies like eye infections are not covered.

Some private health insurance policies will allow you to claim one exam every two years, but it is usually an out-of-pocket expense. (I'm not sure if it's something you can deduct on your income tax return, though.)

Of course, I've heard that New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador do not cover optometric services at all, so perhaps it's not so bad in Ontario...

[Coolme]

My glasses are 1.74 and they're plastic. Nikon 5 lenses. Pretty expensive though, but well worth it. Not sure if it's available in a -10 prescription though. (Edit: google tells me -10 is the maximum with these)

So correct me if I am wrong, but a higher index lens means it can be thinner (the lenses) right? and nothing else?

[setell]

Glasses are not somethign to cheap out on.. keep in mind.

Well I'll still rather get the frame from a online dealer and get the lens at the regular optical store instead. Frames are overpriced anyway.

[Div]

That's probably the best compromise.

[ertman]

Well I'll still rather get the frame from a online dealer and get the lens at the regular optical store instead. Frames are overpriced anyway.

It's still hideously expensive to just get new lenses. I lost my glasses recently, and started wearing my old, scratched up pair again. I got one of the 2-for-1 deals at Shopper's Optical last time, and got two pairs of glasses for about $520. I went back there to see how much a replacement pair would be, and they quoted me $460 for one pair. I could just get new lenses put in my old frames, but even that was $260 ($230 for the lenses, $30 "fitting fee" because I didn't buy their frames.)

I checked out several other places, and there were all within $50 of that price.

I wonder if I could send my old frames to one of these mail-order places and get just new lesnes? The hardest part about getting new glasses is finding frames that look decent.

[gabbycup]

The prices look very tempting... but what if they don't fit well? What's their return policy and has anyone tried returning/exchanging?

[gordholio]

If they can ship from the States and be WAY cheaper than in Canada, makes you wonder why we're being ripped off in Canada so much for glasses.

[cko64]

Wow, I paid over $800 for my new glasses from Chinatown, although $500 was subsidized by health benefit. And I thought paying final $312 for all the latest features was cheap. These online optical stores' prices are insane. I am going to order another one (same features) for under $48 USD from Zenni just for the heck of it.

[Ch28]

Sweet deal. The thing that sucks about this is you can't try them on to see how you look with them.