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I purchased new prescription glasses today.
Raybo
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I'm not cheap by any means, but I did go to Americas Best as I have for several years.
With my 10% off coupon my total was $414, will my coin collection look $414 better?
Thanks as always,
Ray
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Of course!
Anything looks good when you can see it (the reverse is sadly true too.)
Glasses are expensive in this age... And spending 800-1000 is not uncommon given all the choices as to available lenses and issues with lenses and frames.
I prefer to sport the Captain Binghamton look from McHale's Navy as it sorta helps with the cost and sends a no-nonsense persona except when asked... Does the nose come off with the glasses?
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
A friend in SoCal is in the eyeglasses business and privately crows about outrageous mark-ups and margins.
I think I get it, after spending $1240 on three pairs at LensCrafters a few years ago (and I provided the frames!).
Since then, my wife and I have bought a half dozen from EyeBuyDirect. OMG...what a difference. 100% happy with their terrific prices (each pair under $100).
They are US-made, the company offer full refunds, two-week turnaround, virtual try-ons, ultra-thin progressives (with prisms, if necessary). And excellent customer service -- they phoned to apologize for a delay because they were unhappy with the order's quality. We later received the correct glasses at no cost.
In an era of sometimes shoddy quality and poor service this was so refreshing. I have no stake in EyeBuyDirect. There are probably other companies with comparable quality and service. I just thought I'd say "look around".
Lance.
Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear company and the world's largest company in the eyewear industry. It is based in Milan, Italy.
As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com. Its best known brands are Ray-Ban, Persol, and Oakley.
Luxottica also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for designer brands such as Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Miu Miu and Tory Burch
Do you notice any difference in your grading ability?
Eye get my eyeglass prescriptions filled at the Dollar Tree.
I have been wearing glasses since I was ten years old.... went through the contact lens phase, then, due to age, my eyes seemed to improve, so no glasses for a few years... then back....My last visit to the Opthamologist was good ... he said I did not need new glasses...Have had progressive lens for thirty years and they work great. Cheers. RickO
Hopefully you haven't been buying coins blindly all these years.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
You mean like most of us do?
Never knew that the half dimes had dates.
Could be worse
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb, Ricko
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
** will my coin collection look $414 better?**
If it's like when I finally broke down and spent $80 on a used but excellent Eschenbach magnifier, a lot of my coins looked WORSE.....but its saved me from making additional mistakes!
Zenni Optical - inexpensive and a great value. I see just fine.
I now get three pairs for what I used to pay for one. I get a pair of everyday frames, sunglasses, and something fun.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
Without my glasses, there is a good chance I wouldn't even see the dates.