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.
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.
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.
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.
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.