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Oh wait, I was going to go to Grand Opticians at 151 Montague, NOT Heights Vision Center that you said not to go to Cobble.
Biff, I think Friedman himself is good, it’s his glasses store that I didn’t enjoy doing business with.
are glasses really expensive these days? ugh. i was thinking about buying a pair just to have around in case i run out of contacts and stuff or to watch tv in couch. can you just buy a cheapie pair at thrift store and bring them to the eye glass place and have them put the script in? i think it winds up costing me like 1.50 a day just for the luxury of seeing. im blind as seahorse without them tho. never thought about lasik, sounds scary
*rob*
“I would avoid Friedman on Montague. Friedman’s great, but the eye glass store part/staff is just horrible.”
Shoot, really? That’s exactly where I was going to go for an exam. Argh!
And I second Rob in CGar getting a monacle!!
Thanks Dona. I don’t want to mess around with my vision and cheap out with reader glasses so will definitely make sure I get what’s best.
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“Cobble, seems similar to me, except the part about hitting 40…I have at least 15 years before that happens. ;-)”
LOL!
My recommendation would be not to use the ‘readers’ and to go to a good eye doc. I recommend Dr. Deutsch on Remsen.
He can give you a prescription, and per your insurance you can figure out where might accept it and get glasses made up. [Warning: If you’ve never bought glasses, be prepared for sticker shock!]
I would avoid Friedman on Montague. Friedman’s great, but the eye glass store part/staff is just horrible.
omg cgar you HAVE to get a monacle!!!!
*rob*
Biff, that is EXACTLY what happened to me right before I got glasses. My right eye had apparently been compensating for my left eye for years and finally couldn’t do it anymore. I have no prescription in my right lens, and my left lens prescription is rather strong. I’m overdue for an ophthalmologist’s appointment, though, and I have a feeling I will finally need a prescription in my right lens, too. My distance vision used to be better, but, sadly, I have trouble reading the on screen guide sometimes! I hate contacts, which is why I chose to get glasses. My eye doctor had suggested a monacle, but I didn’t really want to look like Colonel Klink.
my eye doctor tricked me into buying two seperate prescriptions of contacts. :-/ i went for a few months with one eye blurrier than the other. lo and behold i decide one day to see what would happen if i used the same prescription for both eyes and guess what? i can now see perfectly. i actually stopped in this week and ordered a box of one of the prescriptions, and they were fine with it. i thought they’d force me to buy both prescriptions. if anyone has a -6.00 contact lenses i have like 40 of them for the taking (they are the daily disposables) you just throw them out before you go to sleep.
that place i go to is more concerned about hosting designer sunglasses fashion shows than getting your prescription right apparently 😕
the female optomotrist was really hot tho haha
*rob*