Has anyone ever done this? Were you happy with the results, and did you get something simple like single vision lenses or a complex order like progressives?
If you've been there that many times for adjustments I don't know if I'd be back for another pair. I just got my first pair of glasses ever. They are progressives and I am having a really hard time with the company. The glasses are so ill-fitting they cover up my eyebrows and my eyelashes touch the lens. I cannot easily find the intermediate zone. Because I suspected problems due to some error in how the glasses were made, I started looking up internet information. I now know 80% of the time difficulty with progressives is due to error in fitting. So I suspect your glasses may not fit well. While I haven't ever had glasses, I don't hear from my friends either that they're going back every once in a while for an adjustment.
I haven't ordered lenses online, but did get progressives for the first time 15 months ago from a business in town. I've been back there about 10 times since for adjustments (and an exchange) so I'm not sure how well it would work to get progressives online.
I rejected the first pair (too heavy and didn't fit my face as they should - which means I couldn't see well with them) and they were replaced, included in the original price, by another pair I chose (with new lenses). Even that pair took several trips to get adjusted so I could both see distance and reading. I go back every few months, when I'm in the area, to get them re-adjusted because they gradually loosen as I wear them, and I'm always surprised how well I can see again when the lenses are lined up to my eyes just right.
I'd guess single-vision lenses would be okay to order online - you can always take them to an eyeglass place and offer to pay to have the frame adjusted to your face. Good places will just adjust them for your for free, even if you didn't buy there, in hopes of having your business in the future.
I am not going back to this particular place when I get replacement glases. They were recommended by my eye doctor because they have a policy that if you don't like progressives, they will change you back to new regular glasses "for free." (The total bill was just over $1K.)
If you've been there that many times for adjustments I don't know if I'd be back for another pair. I just got my first pair of glasses ever. They are progressives and I am having a really hard time with the company. The glasses are so ill-fitting they cover up my eyebrows and my eyelashes touch the lens. I cannot easily find the intermediate zone. Because I suspected problems due to some error in how the glasses were made, I started looking up internet information. I now know 80% of the time difficulty with progressives is due to error in fitting. So I suspect your glasses may not fit well. While I haven't ever had glasses, I don't hear from my friends either that they're going back every once in a while for an adjustment.
Yeah, I think they must have a grading system for their personnel which includes how many times lenses had to be done due to fitting error. They said I could get a refund, have the glasses redone as computer glasses, or get computer glasses at a $30 discount. Any of these options the dept. manager can just explain away, saying that it's the customer's fault, they decided afterwards that progressives weren't for them, etc. Fitting error would create a black mark against the dept. manager, indicating they don't train their staff properly.Once you get your issue straightened out, don't go back there for another pair. Sounds like they aren't very good.
My wife and I wear our Warby Parker glasses daily, and have no problems with them at all.
Thanks for everyone's input/advice! Sounds like I should only try ordering online if I get single vision lenses, and they should be glasses that I don't intend to use all the time. I'm thinking maybe order online for distance vision glasses that I'll use for night driving. I only drive at night about 6 times a year.
I know people with progressive lenses that order their glasses from http://www.zennioptical.com/?gclid=...-ZYp5P5pQL_davvcZ0tdbVjCi2sHTeY7X-D-dtzvD_BwE and don't have any issues with them, which is why I'm ordering my next pairs from them.
Thanks for everyone's input/advice! Sounds like I should only try ordering online if I get single vision lenses, and they should be glasses that I don't intend to use all the time.
PD = Pupillary DistanceThey measure PD of course, but they also center your eyes in the lenses using OC. I don't remember what the acronym stands for, but it's the vertical measurement of your pupil in the lens. PD is the horizontal measurement.
My glasses arrived today. My friend took me there this afternoon to pick them up. Unfortunately they have to redo them. I put them on and all I can say is that everything looked "wonky", and unfocused, not blurry, but more like bad 3D,
Well, I just found out why I'm having trouble with my glasses. They took a near-vision only prescription and made progressive lenses from it, including distance vision. I still think there's more errors in the fitting--I mean eyelashes shouldn't touch the lenses, and the glasses are so far up my nose they always slide down.
The lead person in the optical dept. made a big deal about how absolutely nothing was wrong with the glasses and no I could not get the lenses redone. I went back to them 5 or 6 times to get them to correct it, and the last time she basically tried to bully me into admitting I was wrong. I am writing everything that happened down and will simply go over her head next week so she can't cover it up.