It’s no secret that times are a little tough right now. People are scrounging, saving the pennies, clippin’ the coupons and making everything stretch as far as they can by any means necessary. There’s one thing that’s hard to save on sometimes, and that’s eye glasses.
It can be difficult to find a pair of glasses that don’t immediately bring to mind visions of tape on the nose pieces and the suave days of 80′s aviators when you’re thinking about deals on frames. What if there was a website that could offer us trendy frames starting from 8$? (Yes, when I saw that price my jaw dropped too.)
Yes, when I first heard about these deals on eyeglasses I thought I was hitting the whiskey a little hard myself, and immediately pictured the silver-wire-framed beauties I described above. But after visiting Zenni Optical’s page I began to have a bit more faith. While the web site itself is a little dated in design, some of the frames you can see offered on their site, aren’t. A few of them are actually terribly shiny and have made me lust after them (even though I adore my purple frames with sparklies in them.)
I have not personally purchased a pair of frames from this company, but the deals look pretty sweet and have in fact, been the owner of eyeglasses for several years. There are plenty of people however, who have tried Zenni and have left their thoughts and opinions over at Clark Howard. Customer reviews are a mixed match of praise and complaints. Some customers complain about rude service, inability to return some frames, no delivery, damaged goods. Some customers are praising the site for delivering cheap frames at a great price and on time. So with anything, I would say approach Zenni Optical with a grain of salt and understand that, some times, you do get what you pay for, unfortunately.
In all honesty, after paying nearly $300 for a pair of glasses earlier this year? Had I known about this web site I might have taken the chance at a cheaper pair of frames, because right now? That $300 would have looked so much better in the bank!
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7 Responses to “Paying out the eyes.”
They have a great selection of plastic and acetate frames – which is perfect for someone like me who is allergic to most metal frames. For these prices, I think I might be willing to take the chance on a cheaper pair of frames.
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They do have some pretty shiny frames for a very good price. Honestly, had I known about this web site and several others offering some very remarkable frames deals–I probably would have risked it to go through them as well.
For those prices I could get a big, sturdy around the house pair (good since I walk into things a lot) and a nice, more delicate pretty pair for going out. Heck, even a nifty third pair for sunglasses. Seriously. :O
I may have to poke around and find out if they’re as reputable as I’d like, especially for the lenscrafting, but if they are, zomgamazingzomg. I’ve needed glasses for so long now… This would be a wonderful Xmas present to myself.
And while I would prefer to be able to try them on before buying them, I’m much more cheap than I am vain. ;D
Wow, the site really is a little poorly designed, lol!
Shame I don’t live in the USA really, could have got my girlfriend a nice pair of sparkly pink glasses!
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Yeah, it’s one hell of a blast from the past xD
But I do approve of the pink and sparkly glasses idea!
which reminds me i need to “upgrade” my eyeglasses, lol
Wow! thats even cheaper than I paid for my pair I got from Cambodia!
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