[Homestead] Glasses from India

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Tue Jan 13 14:48:10 EST 2009


If you have a relatively local Costco and they do the lenses, you should 
only have to make the one trip.  They should mail the glasses to you.  I 
called mine and they do that.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>


>I just went to the Costco site and found that there are a couple of
> stores down in HotLanta-closest is 74 miles.  They've obviously opened
> since I moved away.  Thanks for the offer, but I could make the trip
> there to pick them up if they offer what I need.  I know there is a
> LensCrafters, Pearl, and other chains down there as well.  I just hate
> making two trips down there, you know?  It's not like I can be like 99%
> of the rest of the world and get glasses in an hour.  Mine take a week
> or so.  Frustrating.
> I have two glasses options in town, the optical shop where I got these
> glasses, and Walmart.  I think ordering online will save a lot of money,
> if the quality is good and the risk is low.  I think Eyeglass Direct
> might be my company...
> Thanks everyone for indulging me in this search, and for the offers of 
> help.
> Lynda wrote:
>> Bev, can you hold off until after the 29th.  I'll be going down to
>> the coast and I'll see if they will ship them from the store there.
>> You might have to buy a membership but if they won't ship, I could
>> pick them up and ship them to you.
>>
>> Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky"
>> <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>
>>
>>
>>> No Costco here.  But thanks anyway.
>>>
>>>
>>> bobf wrote:
>>>> Bev, just a thought and I don't know if it will be of use to you.
>>>>  Costco has consistently been rated # 1  by consumer reports for
>>>> the quality of their glass cutting (or plastic); & the overall
>>>> package and the price for quality.  At the Doctor's showroom, my
>>>> wife's glasses would, also, cost well over $600.  At Costco, the
>>>> price is almost half.  And, they have a better selection of
>>>> frames than the doc.....................
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Tue, 1/13/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Bev, Those prices sound about the same as here in TN.
>>>>> My daughter
>>>>>> just got her first pair of bifocals and needed the
>>>>> same as you or
>>>>>> else the lenses are coke bottles and weigh a ton,
>>>>> besides looking
>>>>>> bad.  Her glasses have always been expensive, even as
>>>>> a child.  Eyes
>>>>>> are precious things, scrimp somewhere else.
>>>>> All I can say is Thank God for High Refractive Index Plastic.
>>>>> It is more than just cosmetic. With glass, there was always a
>>>>> safety issue, and with either glass or plastic, the weight of
>>>>> the lens determined(s) what kind of frame it goes it.  I still
>>>>> wear the half rim frames that are popular now;there is not
>>>>> enough support for the lens. In the old days, before high index
>>>>> lens, and with special frames, I had zero peripheral vision.
>>>>> That reason alone put me in contacts for 30 years.  Alas, those
>>>>> days are over and I am back to glasses. It is easier, but not
>>>>> cheaper.  No worries on scrimping, I have paid about $600/year
>>>>> for a while now.  I am looking at all kinds of alternatives<g>.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bev
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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> not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius
> will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the
> world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone
> are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve
> the problems of the human race"
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> ~ Calvin Coolidge
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