{"id":2508,"date":"2011-10-18T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.12sided.com\/blog\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2011-10-18T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T18:22:16","slug":"how-to-buy-eyeglasses-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"How to buy eyeglasses online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like I am always talking to people about buying eyeglasses online. This is an update of a previous post.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 4 years ago, I realized that I needed glasses. The 20\/10&#8217;s of my youth were done. I got a very nice pair at one of the cool places in Seattle. They fit great and looked really good, but they were not me 24\/7. I came across the sites below and thought it would be interesting to try. At the same time, a friend who really needs glasses had his last pair broken for him (that is another story). I sent him these links and he ended up getting a couple of pairs. They looked great. Worked great, even bifocals. Encouraged, I took the plunge and have been very satisfied. To date, I have ordered from Zenni, Coastal Contacts and EyeBuyDirect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you need<\/strong><br \/>\nYou need your prescription and pupillary distance. Also you need to know the frame dimensions that work on your face. For the first couple of pairs, I mirrored my expensive, very nice, cool store pair. After that I learned what would work and branched out from there. I have about 4 pairs that I rotate and 2 $8 pairs for backup. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Where I have bought<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">Zenni Optical<\/a> Dirt cheap prices and solid quality. Only $5 to ship, but can take up awhile to deliver.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastalcontacts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coastal Contacts<\/a> More designer frames than other sites and prices range accordingly. Super fast shipping.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyebuydirect.com\/\">EyeBuyDirect<\/a> Great turnaround. I had my order within 7 days. My current favorite pair is from here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check these sites for more information<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/glassyeyes.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GlassyEyes Definitive Blog<\/a><br \/>\n43 Folders: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.43folders.com\/2007\/11\/29\/adventures-40-eyeglasses\" target=\"_blank\">Adventures in $40 eyeglasses<\/a><br \/>\nLifehacker: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifehacker.com\/5157425\/save-bundles-of-cash-by-buying-eyeglasses-online\" target=\"_blank\">Save Bundles of Cash by Buying Eyeglasses Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall, I wear the EyeBuyDirect and Coastal Contact pairs all the time. They are more pricey compared to Zenni, but look great and arrive quickly. If you have glasses, give any of the three a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like I am always talking to people about buying eyeglasses online. This is an update of a previous post. Almost 4 years ago, I realized that I needed glasses. The 20\/10&#8217;s of my youth were done. I got a very nice pair at one of the cool places&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[85,122,123],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-coastal-contacts","tag-eyebuydirect","tag-eyeglasses"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.effgen.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}