SMALL BREAK....LARGE BILL

Last week I was in the garden when a lens fell out of my glasses. Luckily the lens fell onto grass and didn't break but on taking my glasses off I found the frame had broken at the bridge. They weren't cheap when I bought them 3 years ago, as I have Zeiss glass vari-focus Lens with a Kodak factor to make them thinner, and the frame was one of the "bendable" ones. I've tried plastic lenses but they scratch too easily and are useless within months!! So I took the lens and broken frame back to the Opticians with the intention of getting the lens put back into a similar frame.....only to be told "Sorry, that frame is no long in stock and a search of our frames can't find anything similar." I wear glasses permanently and was wearing an old pair as a last resort so I was faced with buying another pair. Again because I am hard on glasses I went for a tough frame from made of titanium and the prescription Zeiss glass vari-focus lenses again........they were nearly twice the price at £610!!! I will visit some other Opticians to see if they have frames to fit the original lenses but have had to buy this pair as I need them for work........but I'm not happy with the price and feel as though they taken advantage of my predicament, which is silly thinking......as of course they have. So at the moment I'm back to wearing a old pair of glasses for driving and another for reading and computer work, which is a pain!!

 

Well, I had to buy the glasses, Jack, as I do need them. But I will go visiting other Opticians to see if they have frames to fit the original lenses. As you say, Mowgley, you can't put a price on eyesight....but for sure, Opticians do!!!

 

If its any consolation Armandii, even Specsavers aren't cheap once you go for 'decent' frames and stuff. We went for our renewals in February, and put simply couldn't have afforded it if were not for the credit card.

 

It's just that feeling, FC, that they know they're got a "captive" customer and make the most of it. I don't like the fact they couldn't find a frame to fit the original lenses in all of their stock...........was that because they wanted to make the maximum profit??? I did use Spec Savers some years ago but their glasses would only last weeks before a frame arm would break or come off and they were getting increasingly unfriendly after my third or fourth return so I left and went else where.

 

Thanks, al, what I need is an optician that can fit my original [and expensive vari-focal Zeiss glass lenses] lenses in a frame that they have.

 

Okay, I'll give it a go. al. thanks

 

Yeah, al, the idea is that the lens were expensive at the start [£156 per lens] so it's seem wasteful not to retrofit them and still make use of them. I'll try that site and see what happens.......the advice is greatly appreciated