Online prescription glasses: do they get your prescription 100% accurate when they make the lenses??

For anyone who has purchased online prescription glasses:





Have any of you had the glasses checked by a local optometrist to find out if the online store got your prescription 100% correct?? What was the result? And did the optometrist charge you for this check?





If you have ordered glasses online, how do you know if they got your prescription 100% and didn't make a mistake somewhere when they made your lenses?





I get a lot of eye-strain and headaches so I really need my glasses to be spot-on with my prescription. I don't care how the glasses look, but I am fanatical about the online store making my lenses totally accurately to my prescription. I recently bought glasses online for the first time from zennioptical.com (lenses don't seem quite right to me - the glasses are for reading but when I look 4 metres away the objects seem blurry - they don't when I'm using my 'real' glasses).





Also - any recommendations about online glasses stores??? Thanks!

Online prescription glasses: do they get your prescription 100% accurate when they make the lenses??
Why people want to buy something as personal as glasses online is beyond me; however, all opticals are held to ANSI prescription standards. What you may be experiencing is a material difference is what you have (previously) and what you bought online. A small percentage of people do not adapt to polycarbonate lenses as well as high index plastic. Most optical shops shouldnt charge you to verify your new glasses. and again, please forgive my opinion on online opticals- I am an optician and dont mind talking to people about their options for their glasses- which makes for better choices and happier customers.
Reply:Fortunately I have insurance and go to my Optometrist. Even the Optomologists are not great. I would check their guarantee policy before purchasing any eye wear on line.
Reply:I have used two online places to order my Rx'd eyeglasses, and both have been very accurate to the prescription. And spending $40-$60 pleased me very much as opposed to $400...





What people don't realize, or don't want you to know, is that machines do all the lensing work. Maybe a little hand polishing here and there, but the Rx's are ordered and then machined to shape. Yes, there are better lenses available here domestically, but unless you know for sure what you are getting, and are willing to pay, even buying locally is something of a crape shoot. I have heard so many horror stories with Lenscrafters alone...!





If you are truly fanatical, you should spend the $250+ dollars and have someone local do the work--if only for the reason that if they don't suit your high demands, you can take them back and demand a redo very easily, as they are local.





Zenni has mixed reviews--they are the cheapest of the cheap and many love them, others rant over their disasters with them.





Opticals4less.com, in Hong Kong, has a much better reputation, though they are more expensive that Zenni. I have been very happy with opticals4less--the work is outstanding.





Also if you ordered true reading glasses, you should not be able to see past 4 meters away, if that. If these are your regular prescription, that is a different matter. But if they are dedicated readers with only + power, and that is not your ideal prescription, expecting to see into the distance may not be totally practical...?
Reply:As far as I'm concerned, patients can do whatever the hell they want with their glasses prescription. If they think I'm too expensive, fine, get your glasses from Wally World or online. I really don't care, it's not worth it for me to haggle with "price conscious" shoppers. Just don't come whining to me with your cheap garbage glasses and expect me to fix it. Go back to Wally or your online retailer with your problems. If I have to check them to make sure some slack-jawed yokel made them correctly, you can bet I'll be charging you for it. If you need the crappy glasses adjusted, I'll be charging for that too.





Same goes for contacts. Buy from me and I'll be there to help you out if you get a bad set of lenses, or run out for some reason, or rip a pair. Buy online and have a problem? Go call 1800Contacts and ask them for free replacements.
Reply:Who really knows what kind of standards online opticals have. A lot of them could be a small group of ex-lab employees who are making these in someones basement.





I don't see how there is any accountability for those places.





Are they members of any optical association that has standards to be followed?...No one knows.





I can't understand wanting to buy something like that, that requires experience and precision , from strangers online, that you can't go to in case there is a problem.





You say those are reading glasses , and are blurry at 4 meters...well, that sounds very normal. Reading glasses aren't meant to see that far.





I'm not at all sure what you mean by your " real glasses"





As an Optician I take a lot of pride in doing an excellent job with the frame choice, the fit, and the precision of the optics I make for my patients.





An online store certainly can't do the job right without even having seen you.





Sorry , but I think online glasses is a ridiculous idea, and certainly not in the public interest.
Reply:Ha... I got my glasses from the same place...($39.00) And they are great!!! But I do enjoy the jealousy in the optician's we have here..... Come on guys... you know those online glasses are great, and by having an online business like that, you guys lose out on profit. We understand. However, some of us broke folk.....need more options.... Like the $39 dollar place. :)
Reply:i got my childrens glasses online. my kids tell me that they see fine with them. you can have you eye doc check to make sure if they are correct. here is where i got my kids glasses