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| Thread ID: 143747 | 2017-04-01 02:11:00 | SmartBuyGlasses | John H (8) | PC World Chat |
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| 1433607 | 2017-04-01 02:11:00 | Have any of you used this website to order frames or complete specs? They seem to be the only source from which to buy a particular frame I want - half moon reading glasses with the frame on the bottom rather than the top. Apparently this frame is now regarded as old fashioned and I can't find a supplier in NZ. Any comments about them gratefully received. |
John H (8) | ||
| 1433608 | 2017-04-01 03:42:00 | Never heard of them. But I have bought from Zennioptical and 39dollarglasses. Shows how much we get ripped off in NZ. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1433609 | 2017-04-01 13:47:00 | Go for Zenni. My dad bought from them a few years back and since then over a dozen others have tried it out. No regrets from any of them :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1433610 | 2017-04-01 20:36:00 | Good to know, I ordered some glasses from Zenni but it's been almost a month and they haven't arrived yet so I was starting to wonder if they were reliable. A very basic (no expensive options chosen) pair of single vision glasses is costing ~ $50 delivered as opposed to a little over $200 from spec savers. However if you use the 2 for 1 deal at spec savers then it's a bit closer. You do still need to know your prescription though which means you have to pay for an optometrist visit as well at some point. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1433611 | 2017-04-01 21:31:00 | They still make them. Google "half moon reading glasses" . Quite a selection of them. | BobM (1138) | ||
| 1433612 | 2017-04-01 22:40:00 | I paid $395 for my specs from Specsavers, including the test. But I almost never wear them, much preferring my $7 pair from the 123 store (2 $ shop) | Greg (193) | ||
| 1433613 | 2017-04-01 23:08:00 | Go for Zenni. My dad bought from them a few years back and since then over a dozen others have tried it out. No regrets from any of them :) I bought a pair of progressives with non reflective coating plus clip-on sunnys a couple of years back. I really forget now what they cost but it was around the $100 I think, and from placing the order to receipt was around 10 days. There was a slight flaw in the coating, but Zenni replaced it without charge, duplicating the entire order (sunnys as well). They said not to bother returning the glasses, but to keep them as a pair of seconds, which I do - one in the office, one in the car. Like Chill's dad and others, I have no regrets at all. |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1433614 | 2017-04-01 23:44:00 | Thanks for the suggestions. The problem is that I want a specific type of frame for reading glasses. I originally wore specs for myopia; however this has improved so much as I have aged that I hardly need correction for myopia any more. Long sightedness developed with middle age, and it has gradually worsened so that most of the time I only need prescription reading glasses. Half moon frames without a frame bar across the top are best suited to my needs nowadays. I used to see counsel and judges in the High Court wearing them because they are best suited to referring to papers, and looking over the top of them to see people. I am guessing that the development of progressive lenses has meant there is little market for half moon glasses. My last optometrist in North Canterbury didn't even know what I was talking about when I asked him to make up a pair. My current optometrist simply says they can't supply them. My original google searches on this found two sources, both overseas. One is SmartBuyGlasses (hence my enquiry to see if they were reputable); the second was DeadMensSpex who sell used specs, many of which are vintage. If anyone can come up with a NZ supplier I would be very grateful! I have found a pair of the design I want - Rodenstock R0864, but no NZ supplier. I know, this is a first world problem... |
John H (8) | ||
| 1433615 | 2017-04-02 06:28:00 | Half moon frames without a frame bar across the top are best suited to my needs nowadays. . Whats wrong with rimless? www.zennioptical.com But if not: Google half-moon frames. I did, loads of places come up. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1433616 | 2017-04-03 01:12:00 | Half moon reading glasses have a higher bridge so they sit lower on the nose and are easier to see over the top without distance sight being compromised by the lens. Rimless would be second best. Actually I wasn't asking anyone about my choice of specs; I only asked if anyone had used SmartBuyGlasses so I could work out if they were reliable and not a rip off. And as I mentioned in my last post I have of course googled to find suppliers. If you follow through the raw results you get on your basic google search (and I have tried all sorts of variants of the search) you will find that often a supplier talks about the merits of half moon glasses but they don't stock them. Or they have the rim on the top instead of the bottom. |
John H (8) | ||
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