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I got thrown for a loop. Saved up for contacts, and two pairs of glasses. One regular, one sunglasses for when I don't have my contacts in.
I can't wear contacts anymore. AND I have to wear bifocals.
So, now I'm up to $400 for one pair of glasses and I'm rethinking the poly-bicarbonate part. I think I am sold on the need for progressive lenses, but maybe not this.
It started with the frames I like. 'Those require the upgraded lenses'. I think it's $90, but I'm not sure anymore. Because it just kept going up with the cost of good progressive lenses.
Anyway, I am completely lost. I think I always got plain plastic before. I certainly don't remember ever discussing poly-bicarbonates before.
The sunglasses are basically $10 after the discounts you get for the second pair. so the total isn't horrible, but ......
I tried progressives at one point and had to return them. Poly-carb (I don't think it is poly-bicarb unless you want an upset stomach) can be important if you have big lenses, because of the weight issues. Otherwise - meh.
I do Wal-mart as well, but because of the outstanding optician there. If you know your prescription and interocular distance, you can buy online inexpensively. In Alabama, it is a law that you have to be handed a copy of your prescription.
If you have an up-to-date prescription, go Zenni, online.
My glasses typically run $400-ish, through brick and mortar retailers. Through Zenni, I've not paid over $65 per pair, and that's with some premium add-ons.
Sometimes it is a requirement, to fit the frame, not a sales pitch. Ask, or try on the above options. We have a pair on order from Walmart & 2 pairs came in at over $500, that includes the progressives, light adjustments etc. Glasses can get costly, but when you think that you wear them every day, it makes them seem less so.
Thanks, all. The material that I spelled wrongly, lol, was brought up at the start due to the frames I chose. They have to have it. Rimless on the bottom. It's America's Best so I can get two pairs like that for $469.00 I guess that isn't bad, considering.
I think I want my first pair of progressives to be from a brick and mortar place that I can go to if the script isn't right or whatever to replace them, and then once I'm sure of my script I can later do things like Zenni.
And I don't have to have those frames, I just really like them. I felt rather sure that progressives are worth the money, just not sure about the material for the lenses. Whether the upgrade from plastic is worth it.
I think it's a $135 difference on two pairs and then some more because I'd be stepping down on the frames.
I don't have a thick script, plastic lenses have never bothered me, but IDK if progressive lenses are heavier.
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