Cheapest place to get glasses?

thegirlintheattic

Where is the cheapest place to get glasses on the high street?

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

From an independent - that is, if you want them to last more than about a week and a half, anyway.

worried_jim

Don't know about the high street but I just got a new pair of prescription glasses last week delivered for £17.95 from http://www.glassesdirect.co.uk/ They are fab.

elsien

Boots opticians aren't too bad (they've just taken over our dolland and aitchison) - I think their cheapest were about £40 and they were quite helpful and happy to offer suggestions with a bit of choice at the cheap end.
I ended up with a pair from vision express for £30 but they're not very nice plastic things - I only need to wear them occasionally at night when driving so it doesn't matter what they look like.
Our only independent optician only seems to do expensive designer frames.

spike7451

Chemist.Mine has a rack of glasses of various strengths & a self test chart,got a couple pairs for work at around a fiver each,and they dont look like old NHS ones either,they've modern stylees...

Lily_The_Legend

I'd recommend Asda. I've got my last two pairs from there. The tests were thorough and glasses were very reasonable in price. And they don't charge extra for thinning the lenses down. I think my last pair were about £50. I used to go to Specsavers and they cost me about £300! :eek:

thegirlintheattic

Thanks. Guess I'll try ASDA as I need my lenses mega-thinned (very strong prescription). Self-test charts are no good for me.

thegirlintheattic

Lily_The_Legend wrote: »

I'd recommend Asda. I've got my last two pairs from there. The tests were thorough and glasses were very reasonable in price. And they don't charge extra for thinning the lenses down. I think my last pair were about £50. I used to go to Specsavers and they cost me about £300! :eek:

Just looked on the website and that seems a very good deal, worth the hours drive. Do you have to book an appointment?

CrazyCat

I just got a pair through from www.goggles4u.co.uk.

Took a couple of weeks to come, but they're exactly as they looked on the website and very comfortable. Not bad for £9.99!

Lily_The_Legend

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Just looked on the website and that seems a very good deal, worth the hours drive. Do you have to book an appointment?

Yes you need an appointment, I had mine on a Saturday. Think it took a week or two for them to make up the glasses, but again I picked them up on a Saturday (I work during the week). Looking at the website, they are open Sundays too, didn't realise that.