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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Glasses from India
  • Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:42:52 -0500

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.....................

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--- 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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"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will
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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