Bad glasses

[frualeydis]

You know, I love my "new" glasses (got them last year) and all. They look good on me, they weigh next to nothing etc. But now they have broken for the second time in a couple of months. It's the little plastic thingie that is against your nose and I feel really stupid for going back to the optometrist again. It's one of those cheap chains and I wonder if they will give me a new plastic piece again. I paid like 450$* for those glasses (they were expensive because I need so strong lenses) about a year ago and I don't want that kind of trouble all the time (OK, two times in three months or so). My other glasses who were also very cheap lasted for five years and the frames are still good, I just wanted a change.

* I wrote 850 first, because I can't do math in the evening.

Comments

[myralea.livejournal.com]

i have the same problem. both with plstic thingies and expensive lenses. they do break quite often, nothing to be ashamed of?

usually have to get at least one new plastic thing once every year, and those were posh and expensive gucci-frames.
usually they charge me something like 30SEK or less, sometimes i get them changed for free. i also had to have the frames replaced because one joint just split up one day and out fell the glass onto my bathroom florr (and went into a million of peices). luckily this happened within the last 3 weeks before my extra glasses insurance expired. and i've never been so happy in my life i had actually remembered to get one in the first place.

you can probably just walk in to any optometrist and get it changed. i usually walk into which one is most convenient when i need to!

/m

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

They changed it free of charge last time. I wonder about the insurance though, I got that when I bought my glasses about a year ago, but shouldn't I get a bill for next year or do these insurances only last one year?

Eva

[myralea.livejournal.com]

apparantly i had renewed mine after year one, when i got an invoice in my mailbox. and very fortunate i did, as i got totally new pair (although the very same type of frames) for only 600SEK instead of over 7000SEK

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

*jaw drops* $850??? That is an insane amount of money

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I apparently can't do math late at night, it's 450$.

Eva

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

My glasses do the same thing - I've had it replace four times in the last eight months or so.

So far the cheap chain of opticians I use haven't commented on ti at all. My previous (more expensive chain) started charging me for the replacement part after the second time it happened.

The strange thing is, it's always the same side it breaks on ad it never used to happen at all and now happens fairly often.....

Teddy