Of course, Paul's glasses would fall out of his pocket and be lost forever in a snowbank only one short week after we're no longer on Concordia Plan which pays for glasses. Okay, so we had to get some glasses for this boy in a hurry. He just simply cannot see well enough (and his eyesight has deteriorated enough in the last couple of years) to fudge along with his previous pair of glasses.
A friend recommended Zenni Optical, an online way to order prescription glasses. You can get perfectly decent glasses for $8 or $9, with a flat $5 shipping charge regardless of how many glasses are in the order. We would've tried that, but we figured Paul couldn't make it two weeks without proper glasses. He does have to drive to work, y'know.
Shopko and our eye doctor (both conveniently located close to Paul's place of employment) would require a week before the glasses were in. So we resorted to Lens Crafters. Boy oh boy, you sure pay the premium price for needing them right now.
I think the smart thing for me to do now is to buy a back-up pair of glasses for Paul and for me. I mean, it may be a waste of $25 to Zenni, but good insurance against having to spend that kind of money for an optician-on-demand.
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Erik lost his fairly new glasses biking in the country once upon a time......Walmart is where we ended up. $40....not as good as the other place you mentioned. I may have to look into that for a spare for the biker. Hmmm....the husband could use a spare for similar reasons.
ReplyDeleteWe've used Lenscrafters or the optometrist for ds's glasses. I just thought they were all about the same price. Thanks for the link!
ReplyDeletesounds like you have a better deal, but if you need them same day, check out the eyeglass place in rockford plaza on charles. They are half of what NI Op charges.
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