Lost the things some years back, apparently long enough back that I’m not allowed to use my old rx.

So, got a new rx, new exam, picked out new frames, should be here by Christmas.

  • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    I did the same today. After two years my right eye has changed enough it was noticeable.

    While wearing glasses all the time would help I only use them for reading and computer use. No progressives, no bifocals, just straight readers.

    They asked if I wanted to buy glasses and I declined. I’ll order online for a fraction of the cost like I did last time.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      I totally get ordering online, I only didn’t because I… forgot that I had been smart enough last year, to set myself up with a fairly substantial vision ‘allowance’, this year.

      If you didn’t have that? Yeah, order online, probably around roughly 1/3 cheaper in general, seems to be my rough feel of it.

      • Mike D@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        3/4 cheaper in my case.

        My current glasses are from Nov 2023. I bought a pair from the optician adding several upgrades.

        Figured I’d look unto buying a pair online as backups. The price difference amazed me. Approx $60 vs $300. I even paid a little extra for lighter lenses.

        I wear the cheaper ones everyday.

        unrelated - posted eleswhere i went to the optician today. i did not get glasses from them. Insurance covers part of the lenses only. no thanks. i paid my $10 copay and left with my prescription.

        • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          Damn, that much huh?

          Well thank god for hypercapitalist healthcare, makes gauging the situation so much easier!

          Apparently I really lucked out with my vision benefits, seems like most people in this thread are … yeah more or less paying nearly, or entirely out of pocket.

          But I get to pay the nonsense fake prices with nonsense fake money.

          … and that is my description of this as someone who had a career in stats and data analysis, educated as an econometrician.

          This shit is insane, opaque, and confusing even to a data dork autist like me, christ.