OK if you are not responsible for buying eye glasses for you or someone else, you may skip this one. Man do I have a deal for you! A few weeks ago I read a blog on 43folders about purchasing prescription eye glasses online. After reading the article I knew I would be needing a new pair soon since my old ones were getting scratched-up so I thought I’d try it.
Quick Background: When I was a kid I was a pretty decent baseball player. However, the older I got the worse I got at hitting. In high school I played left field but I could not, as the old saying goes, “hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle.” (Looks funny typed out) Anyway after going 1 for 40 my senior year I decided to get an eye exam and they confirmed my suspicion. I could not see or at least that is what I still blame it on.
Last week I went online and entered my prescription. You’ll need to get an updated one if you haven’t had one in the last two years. The only other number I had to enter was my pupil distance in millimeters. I printed a millimeter ruler that I found on the web and had JJ stand arms length away (this is what they suggest) and measure the distance. I placed my order and about 5 days later I received these new rimless glasses pictured above. Here is the best news of all I paid $66 for these glasses and they are as good, if not better, quality than the last one’s I purchased last year for $286! So as I “see it” I saved a smooth $220! So if you need glasses I highly recommend ordering them online and removing the middle man. There are several of these eye glass stores online, but I ordered mine from www.eyebuydirect.com.
