[Magdalen] Dumb question about eyeglasses

[Ann Markle]

Glad this thread came up.  I'm a member of BJs, which also has optical.  I
may go get my glasses there.  I've had trifocals for some time, but may get
single-vision and use reading glasses for reading (which I often do,
anyway).  Last time I got "big glasses," in homage to Rachel Maddow, but I
may go back to my little rimless ones.  I'll definitely get transitions
lenses,  though, as I love not changing out to sunglasses.

Ann

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


On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 2:53 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> 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
>>
>