Today was my appointment at the optometrist. And it was great. I went to get glasses so I can read the computer, pill bottles and the Tivo program descriptions on the TV
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I bought glasses there, but it will be the last time. The glasses, glass lenses and frames, came to $704. My insurance covered $150. They were steering me towards two different glasses, driving glasses and computer glasses. 30% off the second pair! That came to over $1000. Good lord.
I opted to continue with my progressive lenses that have worked for me for so long. I do have a pay flex account and loaded it up this year for this purchase, but it isn't sustainable. I've looked at Zenni, but need to dig into that more.
I do like glass lenses. I didn't like being gently guided to plastic lenses back in the day, with all the extra coatings to protect against scratches and other bullshit. I dug in my heels. I may need to reconsider, damnit.
I do like the shop. I get excellent customer service, they have awesome frames and I've seen that eye doctor for over 10 years.
I pay inordinate amounts for my glasses, mostly because they're both progressive and photo-chromatic (I don't feel like trying to keep track of sunglasses, and it's often difficult to find ones that fit properly over regular glasses anyway). For years this required me to get glass lenses, but sometime in the '90s(?) the technology to make photo-chromatic plastic lenses became available. I have a pretty strong prescription, so glass lenses are heavy.
I had my annual exam last week; the optometrist said she was tweaking the prescription a little bit, but seemed agreeable to my observation that, given that I hadn't noticed any change to speak of, I probably wasn't going to spend the money for a new pair.
That doctor sounds terrific! I wish they were all so clear. And I should probably take advantage of the eye exam options I'm covered for to see if I need to redo my glasses prescription. Or if they want to shave anything off my eyes.
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I bought glasses there, but it will be the last time. The glasses, glass lenses and frames, came to $704. My insurance covered $150. They were steering me towards two different glasses, driving glasses and computer glasses. 30% off the second pair! That came to over $1000. Good lord.
I opted to continue with my progressive lenses that have worked for me for so long. I do have a pay flex account and loaded it up this year for this purchase, but it isn't sustainable. I've looked at Zenni, but need to dig into that more.
I do like glass lenses. I didn't like being gently guided to plastic lenses back in the day, with all the extra coatings to protect against scratches and other bullshit. I dug in my heels. I may need to reconsider, damnit.
I do like the shop. I get excellent customer service, they have awesome frames and I've seen that eye doctor for over 10 years.
Sigh.
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$700 is a lotta moola. So sorry.
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I had my annual exam last week; the optometrist said she was tweaking the prescription a little bit, but seemed agreeable to my observation that, given that I hadn't noticed any change to speak of, I probably wasn't going to spend the money for a new pair.
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My insurance has been choking on eyesore coverage. Three year ago I paid 400 out of pocket and gulped.
Nightsky was pleased with Fred Meyer eye shop. Maybe I'll check that out.
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