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Or two, they go to the local optical shop and spend a couple hundred dollars on a pair of reading glasses.
It came down to looking cheap, or feeling cheated. When it comes to custom prescription eyeglasses, a wearer can spend anywhere from $100 to $1,000 or more. The price will vary greatly depending on the style of frame and lens used.
A designer frame from brand names like Prada or Armani can cost a lot more than a sporty name brand, like Addidas or Candies. The frame alone can cost anywhere between $60 to $500 dollars. People who are new to eyeglass shopping tend to believe that the price on the frame is the actual cost of the glasses. Unfortunately there is a whole other aspect to eyeglasses and the reason someone might need eyeglasses to begin with, the lenses.
Lenses come with many options that can easily skyrocket the cost of any pair of glasses.
Anything from antireflective coating to transitional sun protection are considerations. The type of material used in a lens is usually dependant on the frame style chosen, lens add-ons, and personal preference. For example, rimless eyeglasses must have polycarbonate lenses, as do children?s eyewear.
People with higher corrections may opt for a higher index material for thinner lenses and lighter weight. Before you know it, that $80 frame you liked is turning into a $250 pair of eyeglasses, and that is being frugal. This may be necessary for a full time eyeglass wearer, but is it truly necessary for reading glasses? We all know you get what you pay for, and when you put on a pair of $2.00 reading glasses, aside from feeling like you just blocked your pretty face with a $2.00 piece of plastic, the optics are usually sub-prime is those drugstore glasses as well.
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From: (resource) http://www.readinstyle.com/savings.aspx
We guys have numerous skills and talents that lie yet undiscovered. “We can do that easily” we say to our wives who have asked us a hundred times to fix the needed repairs in a certain room.
Well, my opinion is that we need to swallow our pride and ask a few contractors in Los Angeles to quickly (without our wives knowing), repair this damage before she gets back. Then, when they get back home, we can splash water on ourselves and reap the rewards of being the hero for the day.