[Magdalen] Dumb question about eyeglasses

[Allan Carr]

I got a terrible prescription from an ophthalmologist and redid the test at Costco with better results. The bifocal glasses from Costco are cheap but good enough. 

Allan Carr


> On Jun 23, 2020, at 9:56 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just asking around:
> 
> I'm years overdue for an eye exam and new glasses.
> 
> What I'd like to do is get an exam at a place that has the most up-to-date
> technology, and take the resulting prescription to shop around for an
> affordable deal (quite possibly online) on the glasses.
> 
> What I fear is that I'll go to a place like LensCrafters, get the exam, and
> have to fight off a hard sell on looking at their glasses. I won't,
> because I cannot afford to come out of there with $800 glasses.
> 
> But has anyone done this successfully? Got a very good exam and then
> shopped around?
> 
> Last time I got glasses I like, but it took two tries to get a prescription
> that worked. I went to an independent optician who was phenomenally highly
> regarded, many decades of experience, but I didn't think he had the best
> equipment and didn't get the first exam right. So I spent two weeks in a
> fog before making him redo my exam.
> 
> I've also thought of going to an ophthalmologist, but at this point I think
> I should just get a good exam from an optometrist and be referred to an
> ophthalmologist if there are any concerns.
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA