[ale] [OT] [Way OT] need to fix eye glasses or replace at reasonable cost

[Damon L. Chesser]

On 09/09/2013 09:05 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
> Zennioptical.com and order new ones. 3way progressives are under $100.
>

• EyeBuyDirect.com <http://www.eyebuydirect.com/>
• GlassesUnlimited.com <http://glassesunlimited.com/>
• Goggles4U.com <http://www.goggles4u.com/>
• ZenniOptical.com <http://zennioptical.com/>

Yes, I think they are gouging you (and me).


> On Sep 9, 2013 8:42 PM, "Ron Frazier (ALE)" 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com 
> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I have two eye glasses issues I hope you can help me with. You've
>     already been warned this is off topic.
>
>     Every time I deal with the eye glasses industry, I'm convinced
>     most are gouging consumers.
>
>     Item 1) Wife's reading glasses. Small round standard plastic
>     lenses, bifocal with line. There is a scratch on the outside of
>     one lens. The scratch is not too deep. These do NOT have an anti
>     reflective (AR) coating.
>
>     Item 2) My glasses. Large lenses, strong prescription, high index
>     plastic. Used to have AR coating. Coating started flaking off on
>     one lens and, even before that, it had started becoming hazy with
>     micro scratches from cleaning. I won't be getting AR again if I
>     have a choice.
>
>     I decided to scrape the AR off my lens with my fingernail. It
>     mostly worked, however there are residual scratches. I can still
>     use these glasses, but would rather fix or replace.
>
>     I go to a prominent famous place with an L and a C in the name.
>     They're nice enough, but, the guy says we don't have any way to
>     remove the AR coating and there's no way to buff out the scratches.
>
>     So, he says, you have to replace the lenses, you have to do it in
>     pairs, and you have to have the AR coating with high index
>     plastic. We can do that for you for only $ 415 for yours and $ 200
>     for your wife's not including the frames. Oh, and he says, about 2
>     years is about all the use you can expect out of glasses.
>
>     I thanked him and walked out and thought, when hell freezes over.
>
>     So, I want to know if you all have any actual successful
>     experience with solving a problem like this in one of the
>     following ways:
>
>     A) For wife's glasses, polish out the scratch. From my research,
>     there are two ways to go about this. Either remove all the
>     material around the scratch to the level of the scratch then
>     polish smooth. This is more risky and difficult and subject to
>     change the prescription of the lens. The 1st method is basically
>     an abrasive technique. The 2nd method is to put some material in
>     the scratch that has a similar refractive index and buff it
>     smooth. This is basically a polishing technique. This appears to
>     hold the most promise.
>
>     B) For my glasses, I want to actually chemically remove the AR
>     coating. Most of the scratches and hazyness are probably in the
>     coating and should vanish. I then want to polish out any remaining
>     scratches.
>
>     C) I really doubt I'm willing to replace these lenses, but I might
>     if I could get them cheap. I actually only need one lens in each
>     case, and I don't want AR coatings. So, hers would be standard
>     plastic, bifocal with line. Mine would be single vision but high
>     index plastic. So, do you know where I could get such lenses
>     cheap, but matched to our existing frames.
>
>     Any help is always appreciated.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Ron
>
>
>
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