Reglazing glasses cost cutting discussion area.

donnap83

Do Cilaryblue do sunglass lenses? I have a pair of Dior's that are glazible, but have a very dark lense, which ideally i'd like to keep as dark. Any advice?

Thanks

veronarona

You can contact Ciliary Blue here:

http://ciliaryblue.com/contact.asp

dennmac

Well, here's from another convert to Ciliaryblue... On my most recent visit to "the shop that supplies the farmer who sheared his dog" I dropped more than £200 for varifocals, in a £100 frame that I now know cost no more than £2 in bulk purchase from China. (It was me who got 'sheared'!) Days later, I discovered Ciliaryblue by 'googling' on 'reglazing' and thought I would test their service. I placed the order online for a favourite pair of prescription sunglasses (purchased a few years ago on a "two-fer" from a high street optician) to be reglazed to my new distance-prescription and tinted as per the original, at the incredible price of £22. Emails arrived immediately, notifying me first of the acceptance of the order, followed in minutes by another, saying that a post-paid box had been despatched to me. The box arrived 2 days later, and I used it to post back the sunglasses. Within a week, I had them back. Opened them up, put them on, and I was converted. Absolutely perfect. That week I sent another pair of sunglasses, and they returned in a week, like new. In the past few weeks, I've had my wife send both her year-old 'high street' readers and an expensive but unusable set of bifocals to be reglazed with Ciliaryblue (£30!). We've saved her from being 'sheared' as well, and she's been so happy with her 'new' bifocals that she's commented on them repeatedly, for days. And finally, yesterday, my 85-year-old mother-in-law, who I encouraged to place an order, received her varifocal reglaze (basic £45), and she tells me they're perfect -- she's not had them off for 2 days, and she's put her new £200 high street vari's back in the case, "to save for best". Sceptical? -- ignore Ciliaryblue at your own cost. Every order is accompanied by emails to keep you informed of what's going on. Postage is included; your old lenses are returned to you; PD numbers are provided to you from your old spectacles; and the people at Ciliaryblue are approachable and friendly, by phone or email, if you have questions or anything goes amiss. We've now sent off 5 set of glasses in the last several weeks, every one of them has been perfect, and I'm just about to have a back-up set of varifocals done on frames I paid a lot for, a couple of years ago. Five out of five is enough for me to say "5 Stars". This consistently good service doesn't come by accident -- it comes by professionalism, thoughfulness and care, and this is what makes Ciliaryblue stand out. For all these reasons, and from my recent experience, I'd recommend Ciliaryblue to anyone.

JoolzF

Hello fellow value-seekers

After having had a shabby experience with one of the discount online opticians – gdirect, I was wary about trusting my precious peepers to another value optical option.

I needn’t have worried. Ciliary Blue, the only thing better than your high quality lenses was the hand-holding care and the blazingly fast turn around time.

Specifically, Transitions XTRActive 1.67 lenses are really difficult to find in the UK anyway and the best prices I could find were in the £230+ range. That’s nearly 100 quid more than I paid at CB - they had the coveted lenses in stock, ready to rock.

Then there’s the unparalleled service. I’m not just comparing Ciliary Blue to other online operations; high street retailers could also learn a lesson on the value of good old-fashioned care and personal service. CB transformed me from an already burnt, twice shy, service wary pessimist to a believer that there are some genuinely contentious professionals out there.

Chris was there every time I called, always polite, professional, and helpful. I like it when I call and the same person answers, knows me by name and makes it his business that the job is completed to my satisfaction. It’s reassuring. Considering the 100’s of customers and high street opticians they supply the level of personal care takes real dedication.

The icing on the cake was that during this busy Christmas period – Ciliary Blue were worried I may not get my glasses this week so they called me Friday afternoon to ensure I got my glasses on time ON THE WEEKEND! I received them 9.32am Saturday morning. Just outstanding.

No, I don’t work for or know CB, I’ve never blogged or had an exceptional experience that warranted recognition – but if you, like me were in two minds about reglazing or prescription lenses from the internet then you’re in safe hands.

Thank you Ciliary Blue, I’ll definitely be putting another order in January.

Julien F

Marcellous

Wow!! Just had a pair of glasses Reglazed at cilary blue and I really cant rate them high enough. I sent my glasses via parcel force on Wednesday and I recieved them back on friday and that was during christmas week. Excellent turn around and good communication.

Pokka

I have placed my second order with Ciliary Blue and used the Code IWHS10, it still works.

gorgirl

Can anyone tell me the difference between the 1.67 Super Thin Plastic MAR/HC and the 1.60 Thin Plastic UC/MAR at Ciliary blue. Is it worth paying the extra £10 or not?

GlasweJen

They're different indexes. The general rule is the higher the index the thinner the lens but there's only so much that can be done for some prescriptions (a -1.00 looks almost identical as a 1.67 and a 1.74), in some rare cases a higher index can give a thicker lens (I'm too out of practice to name them though).

I've picked up too many pieces from online orders and crap high street dispenses to trust anyone with my prescription (i work in independent optics, a whole different ball game) but if someone was offering me an upgrade to a 1.67 lens for £10 then I'd take it, but then I am vain and my wee -3 prescription is corrected with a 1.74 hydrophobic ogliophobic MAR coated transition lens.

dannahaz

Another endorsement for Ciliary Blue here.
Having read the positive comments on here, I decided to give them a go with an old pair of my husband's specs.
Service was superb. I had trouble filling in the online form as I needed to put 2 pieces of information in and there was only one space. I phoned the contact number provided, and the chap on the other end was fantastic.
Box arrived next day, I posted it back on Saturday and got the new specs today (Tuesday). Fantastic turnaround, super quality, fantastic price.
Will definitely definitely use them again.

Martin_Knott-Lewis

Does anyone know a company I can send my glasses to for repair?

I have all metal glasses with a plastic coating over the stems. I accidentally bit the tip off one stem. Now the metal is exposed it is sharp behing my ear.

I did pop in to a few of High Street opticians to enquire about replacement stems. They said it couldn't be done and guided me to their new designer range to make a purchase. I didn't buy.

I have wrapped a bit of sticky tape as a temporary measure. I like these glasses as they have the flex hinge. The stems are tortoise shell but any colour would do. I thought of buying cheap reading glasses just to take the stems off but I'd rather have someone repair them for me.