Reglazing glasses cost cutting discussion area.

punksluck

I have been told by my optician that I am very photo sensitive which means I constantly squint in any sunlight. As a consequence, I have alway had to have transitions reactor lenses fitted so that they can go dark when I'm outside. I have been going to my local specsavers for the past few years and even they have charged me well over £200 for just my lenses because of my high prescription. Can anyone recommend anywhere that sells these lenses cheaper - maybe an online retailer?

HKB33

Hi punksluck, I have had transitions, thinned down (1.65 index I think) with all the coatings that cost me less than £100, I had a pair recently, bought a frame, Bench for £15 from eyewear-warehouse on ebay and they then gave me a discount code to use to get 10% off the lenses with ciliaryblue. I've used them many times before and a big fan of reglazing, so got a pair of glasses for just over £100 that would have cost at least £250 on the high street, bargain!

dianeio

HKB33 wrote: »

Hi punksluck, I have had transitions, thinned down (1.65 index I think) with all the coatings that cost me less than £100, I had a pair recently, bought a frame, Bench for £15 from eyewear-warehouse on ebay and they then gave me a discount code to use to get 10% off the lenses with ciliaryblue. I've used them many times before and a big fan of reglazing, so got a pair of glasses for just over £100 that would have cost at least £250 on the high street, bargain!

Hi would you mind sharing the discount code for Ciliaryblue, please

HKB33

Dianeio, et al, the ciliaryblue discount code is RECB83, I think this runs on a monthly basis, so may finish end of May!

punksluck

HKB33 wrote: »

Hi punksluck, I have had transitions, thinned down (1.65 index I think) with all the coatings that cost me less than £100, I had a pair recently, bought a frame, Bench for £15 from eyewear-warehouse on ebay and they then gave me a discount code to use to get 10% off the lenses with ciliaryblue. I've used them many times before and a big fan of reglazing, so got a pair of glasses for just over £100 that would have cost at least £250 on the high street, bargain!

Thanks for the heads up. I ended up going to Eyewear Glasses in the end as they sold me a pair of varilux transitions reactor into a sunglasses frame for a third of what my optician charged me last time and the best thing was that because I live quite close to where they are based they came round to fit them properly for me, although I did have to wait about 3 days for them to arrive . It was like having servants coming round and making a fuss of me - now I know how the other half live!:j

The reason why I went with these guys was because I was informed by someone on a consumer forum who had bought from Ciliaryblue before that the lenses he got given weren't the genuine transitions but a cheaper alternative which don't react as quickly - although their prices are quite cheap.

c9off

Would like to thank all in this post for the information - having learnt about Cilaryblue here, I used them to re-glaze my sunglasses with a revised prescription. They gave me a special price for coated/polar lenses, sent the packing box, reglazed & returned all for £30 - and in just 4 days.

The communication was simply perfect also!

thanks again!

Zohan

I have used a company called discounteyes for the past 4-5 years and they usually have lots of offer and even offer a reglaze service even though they dont mention it.

i have been pretty happy with them.
They have lots of reviews on alexa also,i think this helps when choosing.

Joanstarling

I went to the same place as Punksluck and got a good price and decent service for my varifocal sunglasses. Can you believe that my local opticians wanted to charge me nearly double what I paid online!!? I think it's a disgrace that the high street opticians are still charging the earth even in these difficult financial times.

Would thoroughly recommend https://www.eyewearglasses.co.uk as they were very helpful and kept me up to date throughout the whole process. I don't think I'll ever go back to my opticians after having such a good experience online!

Another place that seems to have a good reputation on these forums is 'cilary blue' - or something like that, I can't remember their name as I haven't used them before.

melbonator

well all I know is I was recommended an on line retailer onlineglassesdirect.co.uk & now I will never go anywhere else again......as ive said before customer service is outstanding prices are cheap to so everyones happy!!!!

mooch

would like to get a reglaze. anyone have a working code for ciliaryblue?

tks.