And speaking of evil eyes....
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osodecanelaLast week, I finally had had enough of my glasses, and reordered some contact lenses. My old lenses are gas permeable and frankly I should've replace them five or six months ago. Currently I can't stand to keep him in my eyes more than an hour or so.
Rather than place the order online, I dialed the 800 number. Sans discount my contacts cost me 35 bucks a lens. There are often 5 and 10% discounts available and I found that if I speak really nicely to the clerk at the other end of the phone, they'll usually find a nice discount for me. this time it was 10%. When I order them, the lenses are actually made to order. I had another reason to speak with a live person this time. Their website states they make/carry multifocal lenses. I'm getting rather tired of reading glasses, so I thought I find out just what a progressive contact would cost. $96 a lens, almost tripling the cost of a pair. That one's a nonstarter for me; I'll put up with a cheap pair of readers. Lord knows, I have enough of them.
My eyes are blue-green. I learned a long time ago never to get un-tinted contact lenses. If you drop them, it's next to impossible to find them. Usually when I order new lenses I get one pair in green, and another blue. This time, with a 10% discount, I thought I'd try a pair in violet too. To my surprise everything arrived today; I hadn't expected it until the end of the week. Unfortunately, when I opened the box, there were three pairs of lenses, all right, but all of them blue and none of the right lenses with my usual tiny black dot, so I know which lenses is which.
So I called them, and was given instructions on how to mail everything back. Three times I said, "if I mail everything back to you now, I don't have any contact lenses to wear." That didn't register with him. He kept right on explaining to me how to send them back. Finally I said, "why don't I keep one pair for my trouble, you send me three pairs that are correct, and I'll mail you back the other two pair." That finally registered with him. He said to wait on sending them back until my new ones arrive.
I did spring for a pair of prescription swim goggles which after the discount ran 24 bucks. We're planning on another trip to Hawaii in November and not needing to wear contacts with a mask and snorkel strikes me as a very good idea.
Rather than place the order online, I dialed the 800 number. Sans discount my contacts cost me 35 bucks a lens. There are often 5 and 10% discounts available and I found that if I speak really nicely to the clerk at the other end of the phone, they'll usually find a nice discount for me. this time it was 10%. When I order them, the lenses are actually made to order. I had another reason to speak with a live person this time. Their website states they make/carry multifocal lenses. I'm getting rather tired of reading glasses, so I thought I find out just what a progressive contact would cost. $96 a lens, almost tripling the cost of a pair. That one's a nonstarter for me; I'll put up with a cheap pair of readers. Lord knows, I have enough of them.
My eyes are blue-green. I learned a long time ago never to get un-tinted contact lenses. If you drop them, it's next to impossible to find them. Usually when I order new lenses I get one pair in green, and another blue. This time, with a 10% discount, I thought I'd try a pair in violet too. To my surprise everything arrived today; I hadn't expected it until the end of the week. Unfortunately, when I opened the box, there were three pairs of lenses, all right, but all of them blue and none of the right lenses with my usual tiny black dot, so I know which lenses is which.
So I called them, and was given instructions on how to mail everything back. Three times I said, "if I mail everything back to you now, I don't have any contact lenses to wear." That didn't register with him. He kept right on explaining to me how to send them back. Finally I said, "why don't I keep one pair for my trouble, you send me three pairs that are correct, and I'll mail you back the other two pair." That finally registered with him. He said to wait on sending them back until my new ones arrive.
I did spring for a pair of prescription swim goggles which after the discount ran 24 bucks. We're planning on another trip to Hawaii in November and not needing to wear contacts with a mask and snorkel strikes me as a very good idea.
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Date: 2011-06-22 04:06 am (UTC)So, maybe this weekend you could call me so we can talk about HI? I want to know what to do with the house? I'd love to talk with you.
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Date: 2011-06-22 01:01 pm (UTC)The optometrist's prescription called for a progressive, no line bifocal lens, my first ever. Well, when the cost of the lenses, plastic frame and protection plan were tallied up I was expected to pay $535. Uh, no. I've been wearing glasses since I was four years of age and never had to pay so much for a single pair. I opted instead for a single vision lens which only set me back $350. When I picked up my new glasses from Target almost two weeks later, I could not see clearly out of them. My eyes began to water and twitch. I switched back to my aging pair of glasses that had served me well all this time.
A Facebook friend had recommended that I give www.zennioptical.com a try. I went to the website, filled in my prescription and selected a progressive, no line lens and a stylish metal frame plus two clip on sunshades (oh so tacky!). Total cost including shipping: $103. The new glasses arrived in less than two weeks and fit perfectly. It took only a couple of days to adjust to the new eyeware, particularly the somewhat lower resting position of the frame on my proboscis. The hardware is sturdy and well made. They even threw in a microfiber cloth and an eye measuring ruler thingy.
I was so pleased with the service and quality I got from www.zennioptical.com that I've gone ahead and ordered a second pair of glasses for backup. At $103 a pop, it's quite the bargain.
They carry contacts, too. You may wish to give them consideration when you're shopping for new eyeware.