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65. Blue block reading glasses

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 08:37 AM

Mar 2016

My optician didn't even know what blue block AR coatings are! After he checked it out he came back with a price of $329 for the lenses. Just reading for computer!

I have been getting reading glasses with blue block tints and AR coatings from Reading Glasses ETC. It's a small company owned by an optician and they do things a bit differently. Buy a frame ($29 and up) and the lenses are included. Then you can add-on a blue block AR coating for $15 or a blue block tint for $10. They make the lenses for the frame they are not premade. I need different powers in my right and left and no problem.

I have 2 pairs for reading, 1 for computer and got a pair for prescription distance vision for $10 extra. Free shipping, case, cloth, cleaner. I got tired of cheap readers and those all seem too small for my big head. I have never paid more than $74. Takes about a week to get. I don't think they do bifocals though. Great quality!

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I just escaped a HUGE eye care ripoff. ( UPDATE: glasses came and are perfect) [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 OP

Check out the free f.lux download which reduces blue light in the evenings LiberalEsto Mar 2016 #1

I just got flex...WOW angstlessk Mar 2016 #13

Antioxidants will help preserve numerous aspects of vision longer Baobab Mar 2016 #76

I love it catchnrelease Mar 2016 #16

Ditto that....... HeartoftheMidwest Mar 2016 #21

Happy to hear you are sleeping better. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #48

Certainly true.... HeartoftheMidwest Mar 2016 #52

Rather than go to Cnet to download, go straight to the source csziggy Mar 2016 #37

There's also Twilight n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #72

Just downloaded it........ mrmpa Mar 2016 #99

This appears to be for PC with Windows. Will it work for Mac/ iPads? Hekate Mar 2016 #113

Yes I don't know who buys at these places. I assume insurance is paying for it and getting ripped o Person 2713 Mar 2016 #2

Medicare pays for one eye exam a year and basic one lens glasses in cheap frames. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #5

The last time I had my eyes checked, I accidentally got the vision exam passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #44

Check your 2016 Medicare book. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #67

Yeah, the free annual exam has been a thing since ACA kicked in passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #84

I thought she looked a bit flummoxed when I asked why I had to pay last year. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #85

Your bill jumped from $50 to $100? passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #89

We live in a small rural town in the South. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #96

on my pain med prescriptions......... mrmpa Mar 2016 #101

OMG, how did he break his back? passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #104

He has a bum foot/leg. And he mis-stepped, lost his balance and landed flat on his lower back dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #105

I'm glad they were able to help him without surgery passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #106

Spinal fusion is exactly what the doc said was one option dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #107

My eye doctor doesn't take Medicare dlwickham Mar 2016 #92

When I called, they said they did. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #97

Good to know! The blue coating must be new. I got computer glasses years ago, still RKP5637 Mar 2016 #3

its anti reflective coating Mosby Mar 2016 #10

Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2016 #17

I saw some glasses in the store for night time driving passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #86

Have you been checked for cataracts? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #88

It's probably been five years since my eyes were last checked passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #90

prescription lenses with AR coating are clear Mosby Mar 2016 #94

Thanks Mosby! passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #95

When I'm not in front of a computer dflprincess Mar 2016 #46

I wear progressive trifocal lens, but in general my vision is pretty good, so I don't wear them RKP5637 Mar 2016 #54

How did you get your PD? scscholar Mar 2016 #4

This time around the PD WAS on the prescription. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #7

But it doesn't legally have to be! scscholar Mar 2016 #47

Get someone to measure A Little Weird Mar 2016 #9

That is $250 in your pocket . Not providing the pd if it was measured at an exam you paid for? Person 2713 Mar 2016 #12

So your employer could have provided the pd from an exam that was paid for by the patient Person 2713 Mar 2016 #15

Get a ruler with metric markings. Codeine Mar 2016 #61

Mr. Dixie does same thing for both of us. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #68

Zenni and other places show you how to measure PD noiretextatique Mar 2016 #70

Please don't do this! scscholar Mar 2016 #73

Not true whatsoever obamanut2012 Mar 2016 #93

I think your concern might be mis-placed, esp. here on DU. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #98

I have been measuring my own frames for over 5 years noiretextatique Mar 2016 #110

You got lucky then scscholar Mar 2016 #111

Knock it off, would you? noiretextatique Apr 2016 #117

Costco optometrist gave me mine, both closeup and distance Doremus Mar 2016 #91

Medicare for All, including dental, optical, hearing aids and mental health services. Scuba Mar 2016 #6

Ramen to that. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #8

Don't forget the free drugs! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #23

I don't think drugs are free. The euro model his plan is patterened after does not napi21 Mar 2016 #53

Darn! Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #63

I have a saying airplaneman Apr 2016 #119

The system works for corporations and their owners malaise Mar 2016 #11

Old joke about squeezing the last dollar packman Mar 2016 #14

I have a rare good dentist but most are greedy rip offs yes beware . There was an investigation Person 2713 Mar 2016 #18

Would you care to share the name of that Canadian eyewear company? cer7711 Mar 2016 #20

Coastal dot com dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #25

Great! Thank you. cer7711 Mar 2016 #39

WOW. Thanks for telling us! zentrum Mar 2016 #19

I used to pay hundreds. No longer. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #22

Can you get bifocal and trifocal with them? nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #26

I know they have bifocals elmac Mar 2016 #28

Wow, what do you have to have to get them besides the prescription? nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #31

Select frames, enter prescription, chose lens options, pay, wait a couple weeks. Ed Suspicious Mar 2016 #33

Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the tip. nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #40

Zenni ships out of CA it is good and fast Person 2713 Mar 2016 #58

I'll be using them too. nt Snotcicles Mar 2016 #32

Mr. Dixie got trifocals with Zenni. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #49

Yes, and progressives. nt Codeine Mar 2016 #62

Been using Zenni for over a decade, great place elmac Mar 2016 #27

I love Zenni too womanofthehills Mar 2016 #35

THAT's the one Mr.dixie uses. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #29

I got three pairs of glasses elljay Mar 2016 #34

I've had good luck with Zenni, too. Habibi Mar 2016 #42

I like EyeBuyDirect and Coastal too TexasBushwhacker Mar 2016 #71

Also try ET Awful Mar 2016 #74

Oh, and another place that's slightly pricier but makes trendier stuff ET Awful Mar 2016 #75

You can save even more money by just going to just about any pharmacy Major Nikon Mar 2016 #24

My eyes are too different for reading glasses. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #30

I also have astigmatism in one eye womanofthehills Mar 2016 #38

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #36

wow - you rock DG !! Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #41

My motto has always been "there's gotta be a better way" dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #50

zennioptical.com Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #43

950??????!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #51

Yeah... Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #60

Just be careful nichomachus Mar 2016 #55

Bravo, you, DixxieGrrrrl NJCher Mar 2016 #45

I went to all the chained eyeglass places and they all wanted a a ridiculous amount. $600 AgadorSparticus Mar 2016 #56

Was the eye exam over priced? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #57

No. The price of the eye exam was normally priced $40-60 AgadorSparticus Mar 2016 #59

good job escaping the glasses ripoffs! I like contacts but use glasses & my online secret is... Sunlei Mar 2016 #64

Blue block reading glasses IWriteGoodly Mar 2016 #65

I could just scream. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #87

Unfortunately for me, my eye sight is so poor that the online places don't make my prescription tammywammy Mar 2016 #66

Me too ga_girl Mar 2016 #78

I've been using Zenni noiretextatique Mar 2016 #69

Thanks for posting - it may help many. n/t Yo_Mama Mar 2016 #77

Just got email......my glasses will be here this afternoon!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #80

K & R & bookmarked! SunSeeker Mar 2016 #79

The new one at the optometrist Califonz Mar 2016 #81

I was surprised Bayard Mar 2016 #82

Mr. Dixie has progressive TRI focals, and got them much cheaper online. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #83

Sounds good ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2016 #100

another vote for f.lux greymouse Mar 2016 #102

Thanks, dixiegirrrrl. K R & B. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #103

Another online place: Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2016 #108

Thank you for that, will add it to my list. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #109

Okay, I'm up for new lenses (for distance) soon Shankapotomus Mar 2016 #112

See my comment #25 up thread. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #114

Thank you! Nt Shankapotomus Mar 2016 #115

That's unfortunate jonks2746 Mar 2016 #116

I have put some thought on where we are all ripped off every day. airplaneman Apr 2016 #118

Ink cartridges.....indeed! dixiegrrrrl Apr 2016 #120