[Magdalen] Specs advice?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

This time, last fall,  I bought my favorite Silhouette frames 1/2 off on line and had the Rx filled locally. Most of the on- line companies demurred about replacing the lenses if they weren’t “working” and I wear line bifocals and have a specific base curve need so I decided  better safe than sorry. Most local opticians did not want to work with my own frames  or said there was a $100 extra charge but I went to someone I had done business with 20 years ago and they agreed. So far so good. 
Lynn 

On May 26, 2018, at 9:35 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

Yes, I get my exam and prescription from Lens Crafters and order my glasses
online. Exam is free with my optical coverage; glasses are out-of-network,
but 1/3 of the cost was reimbursed. You do need a measurement of pupillary
distance, which was available from the last time I purchased glasses from
an optometrist/optician practice. That measurement doesn’t change much,
even with significant weight loss or gain. My measurement is over a decade
old, and my glasses still are great.

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 11:14 AM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm way overdue for having my eyes examined and new glasses made.
> 
> I won't be going to the venerable Granville Vision Center here in the
> neighborhood like last time. True, the optometrist, Dr. Ernest Watanabe,
> has been doing optometry and running his business for 40+ years, but last
> time I had to go back and insist on a retake of the exam and a remake of my
> lenses; I don't think he has kept up with technological improvements in his
> exam room. And he was a bit short with me for coming back...excuse me for
> wanting glasses through which I can see clearly. I have to say the frames
> have been great, though, and the total price was far less than for
> LensCrafters.
> 
> But what I'd love to do is have my exam at LensCrafters, with their good
> technology, and then take my prescription somewhere else for a reasonable
> deal on good glasses. Has anyone done this? I imagine I'd have to go in
> there with an uncompromising attitude to resist the pressure to buy glasses
> there. I understand one also needs to measure one's own PD (pupillary
> distance) if ordering glasses online, or I'd think they'd do this for me in
> any physical store I take the prescription to.
> 
> I know with new glasses I will be careful to put them in their case at
> night: my current ones developed a tiny ripple in the left lens that took
> me a couple of years to figure out: I had likely set my glasses on my
> nightstand in such a way that the lens touched, or was too close to, the
> base of my IKEA reading lamp, and the hinge just above the base gets very
> hot (as does the metal shade around the halogen bulb). Live and learn...
> 
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> 
-- 
Ann

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