[Closed] Where do people buy their prescription glasses these days?

If you're near Telford, The Hustler is near Telford too.

Got two for £70 at Specsavers, one quite nice the other a bit Morrissey. But I only wear them at home and on once a week contact lens rest day.

You could get your current frames reglazed with your new prescription from about 15-20 quid. I've used [url= http://www.specsonthenet.com/ ]http://www.specsonthenet.com/[/url] before and they seemed fine.

If you don't by 300 pound glasses, everyone will laugh at you.

I can highly recommend pret a voir (google it). I wanted some Tag Heuer specs. Went to local shop, who wanted about 600. Saved about 300 quid from this on line shop. Great service.

I used [url= http://www.theinternetopticians.co.uk/ ]the Internet Opticians[/url] a couple of years ago, v. cheap, and they've just reglazed the frames for a new prescription.

I go to my optician because on-line doesn't cut it.

From a very attractive (slightly older) lady, who also happens to be an ace optician for my knackered eyes. I have no intention of defecting to the internet.... 😉

I also like the Tag Heuer specs. **** all chance I'd pay the shop prices though.

Specsavers. Always 2 for one. Good service, good choice of frames, I see* no reason to go elsewhere

* Did you see* what I did there?

*And there! 😉

Support your LOS dont drive your local centre-of-the-community Optician out of business.

Pay that £200 extra, safe in the knowledge that your Optician will be skiing this year, in part thanks to punters like you...

🙂

I've used Glassesdirect a few times. I only bought the el cheapo £17 frames so quality not great and I can't complain. I'm sure their better ones would be ..well, better.

Last time I used SelectSpecs. Very nice pair of "proper" specs for £50. All the coatings, nice box, qood frames. Only flaw is they took a few weeks. I'd use them again though.

Dirty Dog sunnies. Contact em directly for a prescription quote. Last pair I had was 120 quid all in for prescription photochromic.

Specsavers

Pay that £200 extra, safe in the knowledge that your Optician will be skiing this year, in part thanks to punters like you...

I got by Tag Heuer's from my local optician, which didn't appear to be that expensive when you factor in the costs of customer service when buying them (I was hours choosing them) the aftercare (snapped an arm - replaced with no arguments, which I've had to have with specsavers etc beforehand)and the fact that you know you've had your eyes tested by the person that's gonna fit them to your head. I'm not sure if I'd go interweb for a glazed pair, just frame only.

Opticians are qualified eye doctors who check for more things than just what your prescription strength is. Why should you not pay for that expertise, you do for everything else.

When you have you're eyes tested, and get the prescription, doesn't this contain all the pertinent information? I'm not sure what the advantage of buying the frames and lenses from the high st over sending the prescription away to be fulfilled is?

I would never buy from the high street, I use a local guy, for a pair of Animal glasses it was £100, that is including fully coated lenses. The frames are very good quality and for the same coated on the lenses, high street shops where asking for £90 (not including the frame!)

There are some great online ones, but you can't have it fitted to your (probably squashed from biking) face.

Opticians are qualified eye doctors who check for more things than just what your prescription strength is. Why should you not pay for that expertise, you do for everything else.

Eyetests are free round your way? 😆

Actually I don't pay for my eye tests, and no on-line glazing service will touch my prescription, so I quite happily go into Holborn once a year. Sometimes I pop in to have a chat with them anyway if I'm going past.

Opticians are qualified eye doctors

Er, in my life, the only times I see eye doctors are in the eye hospital, which I have to attend 3-4 times a year.

Opticians are not doctors (although I once had one who was an eye doctor), but are qualified professionals.

If you just have slightly poor vision which doesn't change, then get cheap specs using a prescription you've paid for. If, like me, you have damaged eyesight in one eye as a result of a sports injury, a consequently changing prescription and are on the cusp of developing glaucoma, you go to your optician and are happy to pay for the privilege.

And, like I said above, it does help that my optician is a milf of the highest order... 😀

Ourman' what happened?

Each to their own, but I'd sooner pay my local optician for the excellent service he gives than blindly order off some bargain website. Its the only set of eyes I'll ever have, & I want them looked after. Properly. 😉

should have gone to specsavers.. does exactly what it says on the tin..

If you have a local Tesco's Opticians they are very good (they are in Peterborough anyway).

2x Pairs designer specs for £120 just before christmas. Very Quick and Good quality lenses.

I now use Eye Deal Optics in Derby, Animal prescription glasses, glazed for £80. Was quoted ~£100ish for some chromatic lenses which I need to check out. The shop owner cycles as well.

[i]should have gone to specsavers[/i]

Not my local one they are useless.

Costco is good esp if you have a prescription thats strong, my lenses cost £110 a pair compared to £300 from vision express . The frame choice isnt great but you can take a frame and get it glazed. I have used specsavers but found the lenses quality not so good

off to the opticians to get a prescription, Shuron frames for £40 odd from framesdirect and then cillaryblue.com for prescription lenses fitted. They do lenses for a lot of big highstreet names and their £30 lens is sold on for upwards of £150, more in independents opticians.

The whole lot would have cost me £300 odd had I bought on the High Street...

I heard that people who work at SpecSavers get to buy one pair of glasses a year at cost price. Someone in my school year needed glasses and one of their parents worked in SpecSavers. The person chose some £250 glasses, the parent paid £6 for them.

Specsavers. Can't afford prescription Oakley's any more.

Glasses Direct. You have to read your prescription, but then you understand it forever. Very pleased. Also keep meaning to buy some cycle-specific from Optilabs, friend has some, also very pleased.

bought my last set off t'interweb (can't recall where) but they have been great and cost 1/2 the price of Specsavers / Vision Express.

Asda

2 pair for 90 quid.

I remember seeing a advertised deal recently. Popped in and the final price was 6 times higher. Spend your money where you want but no one can sell you a bad set of glasses without you seeing it. Literally.

[i]When you have you're eyes tested, and get the prescription, doesn't this contain all the pertinent information? I'm not sure what the advantage of buying the frames and lenses from the high st over sending the prescription away to be fulfilled is? [/i]

When you go to an optician they will give you your prescription. To make a pair of glasses for you they need this, and the prescriptive information. Most high street opticians won't give you the latter.

I get my normal glasses and contact lenses from specsavers. When I bought prescriptive cycling glasses I went online for them because the high street couldn;t cope with my prescription. Once they started making disposable for my dodgy eyes, I just bought normal cycling glasses like everyone else.

I need some new ones, and there are some absolutely hideous 'trendy' designs about atm. At hideous prices, too. 😯

Most high street opticians won't give you the latter.

Pretty sure they have to by law, as it's your personal medical information. They don't want you to, because they want you to buy new specs from themselves, of course, but they have to give you the prescription if you've paid for the test.

When you go to an optician they will give you your prescription. To make a pair of glasses for you they need this, and the prescriptive information. Most high street opticians won't give you the latter.

mine does, the grey area is the PD figure which dodgy opticians claim is not part of the prescription, mine gave it no problem

customer service excellent, but as with anything you pay more

Pretty sure they have to by law, as it's your personal medical information. They don't want you to, because they want you to buy new specs from themselves, of course, but they have to give you the prescription if you've paid for the test.

They have to give you a prescription, the cyl, prism, power bit, but they don't have to give you the pupilary separation, which you need to get the lens centred correctly.

glasses direct will send you a choice of frames without lenses for you to try on, then you send em back and pay for lensed

my current pair came from perfectglasses but there are loads of internet retailers, just check the dimensions of the frames that they sell

some of the high street ones are ridiculous - dollond and aitchison and opticalexpress are really expensive (D&A wouldn't give me the IPD when I asked recently!)