A few years ago I purchased glasses and contacts only to be hit with sticker shock. Yes, stickers shock. After insurance and discounts were applied I ended up dishing out $700.
Fast forward to this year I was in the market for a new pair of glasses and figured I couldn't go wrong with hitting up Foreyes Optical. Ummm, yeah well when the guy told me I would be looking at paying $228 for a pair of glasses I looked him in his face and said, "nuhh huuun".
Before I go on let me give you a little more insight. I have a very strong prescription, which would call for high index lenses because they are thinner. I also go the extra mile and get anti reflective coating on my lenses because I'm on the computer at least 15 hours out of the day.
I came home, got online and started researching online optical sites. I came across a few that were ridiculously expensive, one that was inexpensive and the glasses looked cheesey. Then I stumbled on Zenni Optical. I researched for reviews and they seemed to have gotten a lot of good reviews across the board so I figured why not give it a try.
The website allows for you to upload a picture of yourself so you know what the frames look like on you prior to purchasing. If you choose to be lazy like myself then you can always use one of the six models on the right hand side of the site to get an idea of what your frames look like.
I ended up picking out one pair as a test. If I love them when they get here then I will buy two more pair just to have options. Anyway, I got high index lenses, super hydrophobic (water resistant) anti reflective lenses all for $65. Yes, $65. That sounds a whole lot better than $228.
It took almost a week to make the glasses. I will follow this post up with another post when the glasses get here, hopefully sometime this week.
Stay tuned for more thrifty finds.
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