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Prescription Glasses - cheapest possible purchase

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  • kawan2
    kawan2 Posts: 323 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I'm off on hols in December and from the experience of my last trip overseas I discovered (painfully) that contacts and sand don't mix :-/.  

    sonia1963 - Where are you going for your hols? The reason why I ask is that we get our prescription glasses done when we go to Malaysia.

    To give you an idea on the cost, my husband had a new pair with varifocals done. I had a new pair with high index lens. Then the 2 of us reuse our old frames and get the optician to replace the lens with the new prescription. All this lot cost us a total of about £250! My brother who lives in Malaysia thought this was exorbitant and asked if they were made of gold!!

    Totally unrelated, my husband also had a new crown fitted at the dentist for a pricely sum of £50!

    Cheers!
  • rygon
    rygon Posts: 748 Forumite
    if you buy contact lenses from specsavers you can get their £75 range for half price.
    Smile and be happy, things can usually get worse!
  • hi1 im pleased you managed to get the glasses that you wanted but just for anybody else looking there is a company called glassesdirect.co.uk who deal soley online and you just choose a frame and send them your prescription - prices range from £15 to £45 all inclusive!
    hope this helps someone! 8)
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