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Just last month-- private independent optometrist office: Eye exam = $135, Frames $70, lined bifocals w/scratch resistant lenses = $100. Total = $305
HUGH markup on frames and special 'hi-tech' lens coatings at most private optometrist as well as the big chain stores .
They'll usually try to up-sell customers everything they can get away with, too, if you let them.
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more than velcro tennis shoes
phug jo bidumb inflation
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Campfire Kahuna
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Isn’t gophergunner in the eyeglass biz? LOL Yes
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Jag should give you a free exam and demo pricing on frames.
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no prob Yepp...
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Costco. They'll do the exam and make the glasses for a LOT less than what some are paying. At least the Costco here will. Last time I got some, they said buy the 1st pair and a 2d pair is $50, even for prescription sunglasses.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Check out zenni.com for cheap frames and lenses. I've had good luck with them. I bought top of the line Hoya lenses and ti frames and after insurance it was around 350. The Hoyas are noticeably better, but the zenni's are plenty fine for 60 bux.
I would not buy something that runs on any kind of primer given the possibility of primer shortages and even regulations. In fact, why not buy a flintlock? Really. Rocks aren't going away anytime soon.
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^^^ Yep, Costco is where we go also. Consumer Reports did a review of eyeglass suppliers several years back and Costco got the highest scores for satisfaction and accuracy of the lenses matching the prescription. We’v always been very pleased with their service.
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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Whatever you do, go to a competent optometrist, not one like America's Best or Stanton Optical.
I bought some glasses from America's Best and had to take them back 4 times before they got them right. They are only a couple of miles away, but kept telling me that my vision was better, crisper, than I thought and I was either confused and just wrong.
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Get em free from the Optimists boxes I see on the sidewalk on my way to the burger line.
Me
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My wife got a new set ordered today from Costco. Progressive lenses and transitions $260
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I use Zenni Optical online. Have multiple pairs and sunglasses too. $90 for this last pair but half that was upgraded coatings and such. Titanium bendy flexible frames. First pair I bought were just to have backup to my $300 eye doctor glasses. I liked the cheaper online ones better, could see better with them. Have to upload a prescription under a year old.
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Amazon:
3 pack, anti computer glare reading glasses
$19.99
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$50 copay for eye doc.
$300 budget, for safety glasses, from work.
I can get a couple pair, normal looking frames, bifocals, Under budget.
Haven’t had personal glasses in decades. Those are the glasses I wear, if I buy personal ones they look the same.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Just had an eye exam and got a year supply of contacts for $180
Haven't priced glasses in years. Got a pair somewhere I think
DON’T BE TOO PROUD OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TERROR YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED. THE ABILITY TO DESTROY A PLANET IS INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE.
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Check out zenni.com for cheap frames and lenses. I've had good luck with them. I bought top of the line Hoya lenses and ti frames and after insurance it was around 350. The Hoyas are noticeably better, but the zenni's are plenty fine for 60 bux. The Hoya lenses have AR coatings that are harder to scratch than glass. They’ll last you way more than 5x longer than the Zenni’s and be cheaper in the long run. I still for the life of me can’t figure out how in the hell so many folks allow for someone to make them a set of Polycarbonate lenses. Poly is the “least clear” lens-making material on the planet. Trivex is every bit as impact resistant as Poly, but, it’s almost as good as the human eye can’t detect for clarity.
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I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Those are Birth Control glasses. Ain't NOBODY going to get their bean snapped wearing those things! If you want the good looking Walmart Glasses, they'll cost you a whole $9.00
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell
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Campfire Tracker
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If you have 10% or more VA disability they are free from the VA, so is the exam.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Check out zenni.com for cheap frames and lenses. I've had good luck with them. I bought top of the line Hoya lenses and ti frames and after insurance it was around 350. The Hoyas are noticeably better, but the zenni's are plenty fine for 60 bux. The Hoya lenses have AR coatings that are harder to scratch than glass. They’ll last you way more than 5x longer than the Zenni’s and be cheaper in the long run. I still for the life of me can’t figure out how in the hell so many folks allow for someone to make them a set of Polycarbonate lenses. Poly is the “least clear” lens-making material on the planet. Trivex is every bit as impact resistant as Poly, but, it’s almost as good as the human eye can’t detect for clarity. I don’t have Bose speakers either.
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Check out zenni.com for cheap frames and lenses. I've had good luck with them. I bought top of the line Hoya lenses and ti frames and after insurance it was around 350. The Hoyas are noticeably better, but the zenni's are plenty fine for 60 bux. The Hoya lenses have AR coatings that are harder to scratch than glass. They’ll last you way more than 5x longer than the Zenni’s and be cheaper in the long run. I still for the life of me can’t figure out how in the hell so many folks allow for someone to make them a set of Polycarbonate lenses. Poly is the “least clear” lens-making material on the planet. Trivex is every bit as impact resistant as Poly, but, it’s almost as good as the human eye can’t detect for clarity. I don’t have Bose speakers either. 😁😁😁😁😁👍👍👍
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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