[Magdalen] Dumb question about eyeglasses

[Ann Markle]

Just the other day!  I'm sure it depends on which Lenscrafters you go to,
but I had my exam, was asked, "Will you be getting new glasses today?"
When I said no, that was that, and there was no followup whatsoever.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu


On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 12:56 PM 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
>