Do you wear
glasses? Is the expense wrecking your budget? Even when your insurance states
vision coverage. It seldom covers the real expense of getting new glasses. My
insurance does pay for the exam. Most insurance does, but it doesn’t pay for
the other tests your doctor might want. My doctor took snapshots of my eye with
his brand new machine to check for diabetes-related degeneration. I never had
diabetes, nor does anyone in my family.
By the end of my appointment, I had a bill of $480. No bifocals either,
I picked out the cheapest frames and refused the special UV coating.
My daughter
took advantage of her paid vision exam, and ordered her stylish new glasses
from Coastal
Eyewear. The first pair were free; she paid about $20 for postage, which
beat my $480 dollars. Have you been thinking about buying glasses online? Glasses
USA will ship your first pair of glasses at 70% off, but you have to apply
for the newsletter to get the coupon. The starting price for frames is $38.50.
The reason we
buy glasses in expensive stores is to try them on to see how we might look in
them. Warbyparker.com
will let you order up to five frames to test. Return the unused ones in a
postage paid box. Glasses cost $95 with free shipping.
Do you only
need reading glasses? Instead of picking them up at the local drugstore, pick
from over 500 frames at PEEPERSPECS.COM.
A pair usually runs $21, and if you buy two pairs, you get free shipping.
Good
Housekeeping recommends Glassesshop.com
for the best bargain. An average single vision pair with anti-scratch and UV
protection runs about $46.88
Eyeglasses.com receives high ranks
from Top
Ten Reviews of online eyeglass companies for service and styles, but tends to
be more expensive.
Most online
companies don’t offer bifocals or progressives. Be careful, which one you go
with because not all can correct astigmatism. According to Good Housekeeping
test, Warbyparker and Glassesshop can.
The ones I
listed offer the lenses and frames. Some sites offer frames only. Accidentally,
broke your glasses, Glassesshop will replace broken frames within 90 days of
purchase.
Do your
research. Do get a current eye exam; don’t order off an old prescription.
Remember online sites mainly deal with single vision and reader glasses only. Your
insurance might limit you to specific optometrists, but your flexible medical
spending account might cover it. Often when I tried to take advantage of
specials the optometrist had, I was told my insurance wouldn’t cover it because
it was too cheap. So remember my $480 glasses, insurance paid $120 on them. I
paid the other $36O, less than six months later, I lost them.
This time I’ll
order my glasses online.
The woman at the Starbucks drive-thru had the cutest glasses. She wrote down the Online carrier for me. zennioptical.com
ReplyDeleteI have a difficult prescription so I don't think any of these are an option for me. I absolutely feel your pain with the cost of glasses. I'm sure I need new ones and am not going to consider it until I see if I have money leftover in the flex plan this year. The thing is, the flexible medical spending account is still my money, you know? It saves on taxes but it's still costly any way you figure it.
I saw Zenni online, but it wasn't a top scorer. That could have been because of cost, shipping or no live chat option.
DeleteWow! Really amazing collection of beautiful frames. I like it.
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Great post on online eyewear shopping !!
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