Received 2 pair today, seem to be perfect match for my
prescription, look like excellent quality, I've become a
believer (total 44.00 including mailing, ordered just 2 weeks
ago). And mechanically superior to the 200 dollar crap from
the big city optician. Usual disclaimers - just an amazed
and happy customer /Mark F
I'll second that, Mark. I have bought eyeglasses from them for my kids,
who are pretty rough on such things. When they get damaged, another pair
for 22 buck is MUCH easier to swallow than the 176.00 that I paid from
the local place.
I wear bifocals, they cost me near 350 bucks. Got a "backup" pair from
Zenni for $79.00, intending to use them as "shop" glasses so that I
could save my good ones from getting messed up. They are every bit as
good, quality wise, and the prescription is dead on.
Now I'm all for supporting the local guy, but sorry, 4.5X the cost is
bordering on extortion.
Same disclaimers apply...
-AL A.
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:31:48 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Mark F
quickly quoth:
I bought this pair of computer glasses from Zenni (aka
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) and paid $27 delivered for their
stainless frames in single vision. I'll go with bifocals next time.
Unfortunately, one of the frame nuts was stripped. About two weeks
later, after a whole lot of email with just two replies to me, I got a
whole new frame from them (silver instead of the gold I had
purchased.) It was a PITA, but the price was good. I think they send
the orders to Hong Kong or Singapore, hence the 2-week turnaround.) I
may get some other spares from them, the cheapest ones the next time.
I wear larger frames than most people since my eyelashes are long and
I need as much of my peripheral vision corrected as possible due to my
astigmatism. They didn't have a very good selection of larger
lenses/frames 2 years ago, but they appear to have some now. These
smaller lenses work fine for computer work only, though.
(He's in the Bay Area, Gunner, and some are only $8.95! I'll keep
spares in the truck and shop.)
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 01:19:26 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm,
snipped-for-privacy@noplace.org quickly quoth:
Select frames online (single picture) and fit 'em yourself, or get the
Optometrist who wrote your prescrpition to fit them for you. Be sure
to ask first so you know whether it's fee or free.
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Those glasses may come from Pakistan. I have an Afghani friend and he
gets his from some outfit in Pakistan or India for super cheap but
decent quality.
Way cool! I had my eyes done and have a perscription, but have been
unable to pay local prices.
Ill damned sure check into it.
Gunner
"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3
I pull out the magnifying lens in Harbor Fright $3 "hoods"
and use them for reading and craft work .
Still need 250 power to see at 1 meter dist'
Mark F wrote:
I pull out the magnifying lens in Harbor Fright $3 "hoods"
and use them for reading and craft work .
Still need 250 power to see at 1 meter dist'
Mark F wrote:
I bought a pair from them for $19.95 and I'm satisfied too. These are
single vision glasses though. I'm wondering how they'd do on
bifocals or trifocals.
They'd probably get the prescription correct, but part of being useful
is having the glasses fitted so that the transition between the two
lenses occurs at the right level so you don't have to tilt your head
too far up or down to make them work. Anybody gotten bifocals or
trifocals from them?
RWL
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I just ordered some bifocals, let you know in about 2 weeks.
Unka' George (George McDuffee)
..............................
Only in Britain could it be thought
a defect to be "too clever by half."
The probability is that too many people
are too stupid by three-quarters.
John Major (b. 1943),
British Conservative politician, prime minister.
Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).
I take it one step further. Not only do I buy
my glasses from Zenni, I write my own prescription.
I've been frustrated for years with perscriptions
that don't do what I want so I finally bought a
trial lens set and a trial frame on ebay. Now I
can make custom glasses for anything I want and
get them exactly as I want. I still go the opto
once a year to get checked for glucoma and such.
Something to watch out for on glucoma checkups. My opto initially told
me my eyeball pressure was bordering on high. This went on for a
couple of years, then just as he was ready to start medication he
decided to check the thickness of my cornea with an ultrasonic gadget.
It turns out my cornea is unusually thick, so after the correction
factor was applied, instead of being near the high end, my pressure
is actually near the low end. This guy is pretty sharp, so I wonder
how many people like me are being treated for a condition that doesn't
exist.
Keith Bowers - Thomasville NC
Just received my order, 2 pairs driving glasses, one pair with
bi-focals. All 3 are top quality, and if anything the
perscription is better than my 350$ no-line bifocals. For my use
at least, the bifocal is located exactly right.
I ordered 21:24 27Oct06 CDT [local computer time]
Received Email confirmation dated 10-27-06 07:19PM
Glasses came in today's mail 07Nov06
Thanks Mark F. for the lead.
Shipper shows
ZENNIOPTICAL.COM
19dollarEYEGLASSES.com
27 Sunny Oaks Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
order confimation gives:
Phone: 415-785-7003
Fax: 415-491-4349
URL:
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Unka' George (George McDuffee)
..............................
Only in Britain could it be thought
a defect to be "too clever by half."
The probability is that too many people
are too stupid by three-quarters.
John Major (b. 1943),
British Conservative politician, prime minister.
Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).
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