Foolproof online eyeglass shopping on the cheap
Posted by bobodod on 13 March, 2008
In the last six months, shoppers have shared some very positive experiences buying eyeglasses online. LifeHacker.com championed an excellent HowTo by Matt Haughey over at 43Folders.com:
How To: Buy Cheap Eyeglasses Online
Near-sighted blogger Matt Haughey stopped paying $500 for new eyeglasses and started shopping online for specs at much lower prices—around $50 or so. Over at the 43 Folders weblog, he explains what measurements you need, how to choose from the wide variety of glasses sold online, and what to expect from the whole experience. Anyone else had success or failure with online eyeglasses purchases? Let us know in the comments.
Adventures in $40 eyeglasses [43 Folders]
Specifically tackling re-lensing, BoingBoing.com linked to an article marking the first attempt at completing the process entirely online:
Ira, the blogger behind the Glassy Eyes blog, is one of my heroes. He writes about online companies that sell prescription eyeglasses. I now buy all my prescription eyeglasses online and save a bundle.
Today, Ira writes that he is sending in a pair of cherised, but badly scratched, eyeglasses for re-lensing. If he reports back with good results, I’ve got some vintage eyeglass frames I’m going to get re-lensed.
13 March, 2008 at 16:11
I found a great website that explains all the info needed about measurements, prescriptions, measuring PD and general stuff about maintaining glasses at stingyspecs.com.au in their ezines. All their frames are $39 each, I just got myself a pair of reading glasses cheap $69 complete (frame and lenses) as and I was able to follow all their instruction on measuring my own PD as well!