Glasses Buying Cost Cutting Plan Article Discussion Area

Steve_xx

sandy2 wrote: »

I´m sure the cost of the glasses also depends upon the cost of the frame. so I suspect that in reality the cost I would pay would certainly be higher. As a matter of interest how long does it take these days to get a prescription pair made up in UK, when we were there it used to take a couple of weeks. A friend of mine has just reurened from UK with a new pair of varifocals which cost her 400pounds.

I think you are avoiding answering the question I put to you. To reiterate it: do you still think, in the light of what I've told you about the Specsavers offer, that varifocals in the UK are "horrendously" priced at £69? By the way, this is inclusive of both the frame and the lens and in addition to that it is inclusive of the fitting.

It may take a few days to make them.

Your friend may well have returned from the UK with varifocals costing £400. There are variants within the lens type and there are variants in the prices of frames. If you choose a Chanel frame you will pay for the name.

EdGasket

I have noted Spex4less already, Any others recommended?

I just need single lense glasses for reading and another pair for distance. My prescription is quite strong at +5 diopte/sphere (+ another diopte for close work) and several sites I've looked at won't accept more than +3 diopte which is strange? Spex4less look OK as they accept up to +6 sphere.

GRM

buglawton wrote: »

Yup... all the tips we keep seeing about bargain online glasses just don't apply to complex prescriptions.

-12 CYL here - latest pair cost £446 last month.

Februarycat

GRM wrote: »

-12 CYL here - latest pair cost £446 last month.

I paid a similar price for my last pair, I think when you need a complex prescription it should be free

Steve_xx

Februarycat wrote: »

I paid a similar price for my last pair, I think when you need a complex prescription it should be free

When you say "free", who do you expect will foot the bill for your proposed free spectacles?

Mrs_Arcanum

As someone who needs varifocals I am very wary of on-line specs. I just wish I could have just one pair from such as Spec Savers at a cheaper price. They do this for NHS prescriptions. I always end up wearing just one pair rather than both.

Steve_xx

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

As someone who needs varifocals I am very wary of on-line specs. I just wish I could have just one pair from such as Spec Savers at a cheaper price. They do this for NHS prescriptions. I always end up wearing just one pair rather than both.

If you are age 60 or over, Specsavers will give you a 25% discount if you would prefer not to have a second pair.

Februarycat

Steve_xx wrote: »

When you say "free", who do you expect will foot the bill for your proposed free spectacles?

I was joking

Mrs_Arcanum

Steve_xx wrote: »

If you are age 60 or over, Specsavers will give you a 25% discount if you would prefer not to have a second pair.

Only 52 so a way to go yet. At least I always get free eye tests as my father had glaucoma.

EdGasket

I ordered some specs from Spex4less and also a pair from Specs-by-Post.
Spex4less charge a whopping £40 to go from a 1.5 standard lens to a 1.6 index thinner lens. Specs-by-Post only charge £10 for this and overall the glasses were a third of the price of Spex4less despite similarly priced frames.. Why is that? What do I get for the extra cost of using Spex4less (maybe they should be called Spex4More lol)? It could be quality, we shall see. In the past I used a cheap company (now not trading) and I could see no difference between their glasses and Specsavers which cost 5 times as much.