Monday, June 11, 2007

Inexpensive prescription glasses and sunglasses - why pay $$$ to your local optician?


I wanted to buy a pair of prescription sunglasses and shopped around the usual places -> Lenscrafters, Sears Optical, Pearle Vision, etc. The prices ranged from $200 to $400. That was the cost of whatever frame I picked plus $90 just for lenses. I looked around on the web and found several websites that would let you order prescription glasses and ship it to you. The following were the popular ones I read reviews for online:
  1. Zenni Optical - Glasses start at $8.00 plus shipping!!!
  2. 39DollarGlasses - Just like the name of the website, prices start at $39 plus shipping. You can find some coupon codes online that will bring down the price.
  3. GlassesUSA - Glasses start from $18.00 with free shipping.

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