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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, March 03, 2006 - 2:18 am
Justavice, thanks so much for the offer. I'm still not sure where I will be going. LensCrafters looks like the offer you're talking about is also on their website. As for Pearle Vision, their closest office is in Boulder. Which is closer than that cut rate place, but Boulder is a college town, with college town type traffic. And being the coward I am.....Well, I've driven in Boulder before, but only when I have to. But they are still a good option. I've already saved their webpage to my favorites folder for researching eye places too. I'm not sure when/if I'll be ready for getting new glasses. So don't know if either of those coupons you mentioned would still be valid when I finally get up off my duff and get busy. How 'bout I just keep that in the back of my mind just in case? I don't want you to have to waste a stamp if I end up not being able to use it! Thanks again. You're a sweetie!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 12:03 pm
Who, Lenscrafters is my place of choice for the last 10 years or so. Good exams, lots of choices, terrific service after the sale. You can, though, take your prescription after your exam elsewhere to be filled. You don't have to buy the actual glasses at Lenscrafters if they're too expense. Also, you can apply online for credit before you even go there (that's the link below). I did that so I didn't have to come up with the $$ all at once. Reasonable rates, and I was approved for an amount big enough to buy 10 pairs of glasses! http://www.lenscrafters.com/CustomerService/Cus_NPNI.cfm I don't understand why you have to return home with your eyes dilated...the Optometrist/Optician, whatever he is, always puts drops in afterwards that constrict my pupils. I never have to deal with that anymore. When I was a kid I remember my Mom making me put my head down in the car so I wouldn't be exposed to the sun while dilated. Check with whoever does your exam, you certainly don't have to go home with your eyes dilated anymore.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Saturday, March 04, 2006 - 1:10 pm
People react differently to dilation drops so if you have never been dilated before it is hard to predict how you will respond. The color of your eyes has some importance. Light eyes (blue, green, hazel, etc.) dilate very easily and take less medication to open the pupils. Dark brown eyes take the most. If the practice you are going to has different standards to allow for this you should not stay dilated for more than a few hours. If they give everyone the same regardless of eye color, and you have light eyes, you will stay dilated longer than needed. Your vision is blurred while dilated, but it affects the near vision more than distance, so driving isn't prohibited but reading is pretty impossible. Ophalmologists (M.D.s) and optometrists (O.D.s) do exams and prescribe treatment, including glasses. Optitions make glasses.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 3:23 pm
I went to sears a few years ago and bought two pairs of glasses, they werent cheap but within six months both frames broke in the exact same place and sears couldnt repair them. I went to lenscrafters and have not had a bad experience. My overall impression with sears is that the frames are shoddy.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 1:51 am
Thanks for the clarification on who does what Cathie! So Kar, that means those friends of yours actually make the glasses, eh? And if I can find a decent place to get an exam/prescription, and your friends aren't too pricey, its still an option I could pursue! I tend to agree with you about Sears Maris (gut feeling after talking to them too). But then, the glasses I have now are from Sears, and its been well over five years. Of course, lots of products have gotten shoddy in workmanship over the years too. That reminds me, Mom's 3 month follow up eye appt. is Tuesday (after that laser iridotomy thing she had before the holidays). I'll have to browse their glasses while I'm there just for grins. Although they are already on my "forget it" list cause the exam alone is 108$. But it wouldn't hurt to see what they carry in the way of eye wear as long as I'm there. Likely too expensive. But maybe it will be fun to see what "too expensive" looks like these days. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 3:05 am
Who, I think you said you have no health insurance, but for those who do have it, the actual exam, IF done by an MD Ophthalmologist, actually is covered (less copay) under that insurance. That helps me a little since I have health ins but no eyecare ins. I see an assistant, then the optomotrist and then the ophthalmologist for history, actual eye exam, glaucoma test, check of retina, check for macular degeneration, physical exam, chat and, if needed, prescription. I use the optician in their practice but have every right to get the prescription should I want to have the glasses made elsewhere. So while my glasses are expensive, the exam costs me the copay of $25. And looking at frames anywhere can at least give you an idea of what is out there; you could even snap a picture of any you really like and then show that at another place to help narrow down what they show you.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 11:53 am
Got a digital camera? Take some pictures of the frames on your face and post them here! You know the clubhouse LOVES to help select just about anything, LOL.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 1:52 pm
Good idea, Juju! Not to mention that if you have the pictures then you also can view yourself in various frames after you put your current glasses back on.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 5:13 pm
Yes, good idea. I'll see if I can get up the nerve to do it if I ever get a chance to go check out/try on frames. Have to admit I might be embarrassed to try it in public. But, we'll see!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 12:57 pm
Oh hell, maybe the salesperson will be bored and take the pictures for you. Tell her you have a shut-in friend (or three hundred) who you promised to let help you pick out frames.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:09 pm
Too bad you are not in my town, Whoami. The place where I got my last two pairs of glasses is running specials. 2 pair single prescription for $44, 2 pair bifocals $74, one pair progressive lenses $94. Eye exam is $55, which I guess is the same deal as $99 for two pair and eye exam. Both pairs of mine are holding up fine. I got my eye exam at an optometrist who participates in my Blue Shield Blue Cross optical program of providing exams for $45.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:17 pm
Well maybe I should just hop on a plane and fly out there to get in on that deal, and meet the Dawg Herself at the same time! oh...wait....now if I had the $$ to hop on a plane..... awww crap. I guess if I can't afford glasses, I sure can't afford a plane ticket. *sigh* drat this real life stuff! 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:18 pm
Whoami, you might take a look at this website. It has a whole lot of information about different types of glasses and even a link to buying eyeglasses online. I haven't looked at that link yet, but who knows ... http://www.allaboutvision.com/lenses/multifocal.htm#
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:20 pm
Hey cool! Thanks Juju! I'll take a look, and save it to my favorites folder now dedicated to eye stuff.
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Ktbb
Member
08-10-2003
| Monday, April 03, 2006 - 7:13 pm
Hey sis we haven't forgotten you, just let us catch up a little and we will help, at the very least. By the way with our genetics, don't go cheap with the eye exam. Remember we are no spring chickens.
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