VERY Cheap glasses and specs - made to order.

glassesdirect_company_representative

honeyD wrote: »

I bought a pair of glasses from Glasses Direct a couple of years ago and was happy with the specs and only paid £24.
Ive now had my eyes tested again and need new glasses so went back to their site to get the same ones again but with new lenses that I need, yet I cant get them for anywhere near £24. I think it was nearer to £50 so I am looking around to see what other companies make them cheap since I cant afford to pay so much and the optician glasses werent very nice.

Hey HoneyD.

I've PM'd a reply to you.

Pssst

GD Rep...can you say when/if your company will be providing for slightly higher scripts eg upto -10.00??

Thanks

lolly5648

ASDA Opticians do George glasses for £50 with extra thin lenses 1.74 plastic (and I think 1.8 index glass) thrown in or designer ones for £70 - or 2 pairs for £90 of either price. They cater for all scripts.

http://www.asda-contactlenses.co.uk/glasses_home.jsp

Thanks to kennyjosiah for the post on the grabbit board.

glassesdirect_company_representative

Pssst wrote: »

GD Rep...can you say when/if your company will be providing for slightly higher scripts eg upto -10.00??

Thanks

I'm sorry to say that we don't currently have any plans to increase the strength of prescriptions that we dispense to. The limit at the moment is +/- 8 when you combine both sphere & cylinder.

Sorry I don't have any better news for you.

UKoap

Moneybags55 wrote: »

This thread seems to feature lots of first (and only) posts saying how great certain sites are, a bit fishy if you ask me.

My local Boots has a small selection of Sunglasses at half price at the moment. I always expect the high street to be so expensive (usually use glassesdirect) so I thought the price tags were the reduced prices, not so! The big names may be overpriced but there are offers to be had.

Used Boots this week and was charged £63 for prescription readers (including £25 frame). Varifocals would have been £130,

Catmeow_3

Hi Natc,
The same thing has happened to my VERY expensive optician purchased glasses on more than one occasion (plastic bit breaking). In fact I took them in on one occasion to an optician locally and paid £7.50 per plastic bit to have them replaced (they had to replace both as the new ones were larger) only to have those tear within a couple of weeks. I took them elsewhere and paid £5 per plastic bit this time and have had those for about 3/4 years now. So it can happen whatever you pay for your glasses. Difference being my glasses were several hundreds of pounds (complicated prescription - the frames weren't very expensive), where as your glasses were cheaper than my first repair to begin with and with a free repair kit! Lucky you.

jazzyman01

This is a long thread! Can anyone give a general update on the cheap, quality glasses providers? I have to wear mine most of the time as I am short sighted. Need to replace them so any help would be appreciated.

Patr100

Read the article:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/health/cheap-glasses

Happy_Boy_2

Just had my rimless glasses reglazed with Ciliaryblue,£40 including all postage and packaging. I am highly delighted with them, every bit as good as the ones i got from a well known major High Street store. It's an absolute rip off what these High Street stores are charging for the same service.

I would just like to thank MoneySavingExpert for the advice which i found here and also a very big thanks to Ciliaryblue who i chose to do my reglazing. If anyone is after a first class speedy sevice, i would not hesitate in recommending Ciliaryblue. I am sure that other reglazers mentioned here are probably equally as good, but i can only speak from my own experience with Ciliaryblue who i found to be excellent.

The money i have saved by visiting this forum will make this Christmas a little bit Merrier.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to one and all. especially everyone at Ciliaryblue. :beer:

John.

kaaloo

I've been wearing glasses all my life and have purchased many many specs in my time.

I have been ripped off each time as I like to get hi index lens which easily add £150 on to the price of a frame. If you wear glasses all the time like me, you need to get a decent pair and my average spend has been around £300 each time.

Anyway - having searched the net, I came across ciliaryblue.com and thought I'd give them a go - amazing service.

I ordered online and paid via visa. My email was acknowledged immediately (Sunday). I received a prepaid case to return my glasses for reglazing on Tuesday. I posted them off the same day and they received them the following day (Wed). Today (Friday) 7.30am received the glazed spec's - super thin 1.67 with MAR. I'm really impressed. I did have a £15 nhs voucher so the price is a little bit more if you dont.

Also another tip if you are after designer specs - dont buy from the high street. I tried on a few armani frames in the shops found one I liked, noted the model and ordered off the net. Massive savings.

Very happy!

Regards

K