Prescription Eyeglasses with Lenses (Over 2000 styles) for $1 + shipping
coupon code: 1dglasses
It was when his glasses arrived and he saw his wife’s face clearly for the first time that he knew he’d made an awful mistake.
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prettywootprincess
added 3 months ago
I wish I could down vote this 100 times
Shall we get all the "standard" goggles4u complaints out of the way in one post?
"They have slow shipping"
"The selection is kind of limited"
"There are other sites that have similar pricing"
And the worst of all: "Extra things cost extra!"
Did I miss any?
why does this sound to good to be true?
@mrsgreen13: My wife and daughter have both got a few pairs from them without any issues.
I wouldn't order from them if I needed glasses fast, but for picking up an extra pair or two, they are great.
@mrsgreen13: you get whay you pay for. As an optician, I can tell you, when you order these and they show up, you have no way of checking the cylinder reading, the sphere reading or the axis reading. Who checks your PD measurment to make sure your job is correct? What happens if your seg height is wrong and you can't read correctly?
I'm not sure how this sale works.. does it apply on the one from the link page or when I click the coupon code that redirects me to the whole site?
I just came from a similar site with a one dollar glasses deal. I'm like on day 20 already and it's still not on my front door. But supposedly it just went into the mailbox today.
About to find out if I get a shipping tracking or not. And customer service is alright, most of the time I've contacted.
@mkentosh: I have 3 or 4 pairs of eyeglasses from them and was about to order another pair but your post made me realize why I keep ordering more—nothing feels right. Each pair wears weird after a while, or give me a slight headache or makes me feel nauseous. I usually wear contacts so it's not a huge deal for me, but I think my next cheapo specs purchase will be from another site.
@mkentosh: I am wearing my first and only pair of glasses so basically most of what you said is greek to me. What I got was that you're saying is there is no way of knowing that they will be right...gotcha :-)
@rustybender: Yeah. After never having any contact with them whatsoever (no purchase, no account, hell, I'd never visited their site), they spammed me for months despite my repeated requests that they stop. This company doesn't deserve to exist.
I just need a spare pair to be around. For 5 bucks, I don't mind waiting. Just hope I can see out of them, haha.
@thewronggrape: we bought a pair from zenni optical to see how good they were. The axis was off by 8 degrees on one lens and 6 degrees on the other.
The left lens was reading a little over the -3.25 as ordered. When we contacted them, they told us it would be 3 weeks to have them corrected after we waited almost 3 weeks to get them. Why, because they came from China. I don't know about this site, but I would think these frames and lenses are all made overseas, where there are different standards when it comes to inspections of eyewear.
Actually, I live like twenty minutes away from them... maybe I could pick up my order straight from them AND also add some prescriptions to my wood framed sunglasses that I had laying around for a while.
EDIT: Coupon takes out $5.95 from the order (from any glasses), so basically you'd have to order the $4.95 frames for it to be $1 + $4.95 shipping.
I dunno whats up with my math, but that's what I see on my order page.
@joshobra: Total for glasses is $6.95 - $5.95 off + $4.95 shipping = $5.95 total.
@mkentosh: Perhaps the inspections are simply done by people who are currently wearing glasses bought from Goggle4u.
@mkentosh: We come to you to check them.
@joshobra: Ive bought from lots of sites and they all take forever to show up but they do eventually.
Why do "real" opticians charge so much more for basically the same product? $20 more? OK. $40more? Allright I'd pay that for guaranteed service. But $150+ more? F-that.
I have ordered over ten pairs from them and yes...slow shipping; apx. 2-3 weeks but oh well. I have had absolutely zero problems with them. I had an optometrist friend get all my specifics to get a "perfect" pair, like pupil distance (PD), and all the other necessary numbers. That is the only way to know how to order correctly. Also be aware that when you see your opthamologist you may need to "re-intepret" his prescription because he may write it a "different way" than how this website processes it. They need it written like an optometrist. Any questions talk to an optometrist; they will usually "extrapolate" your necessary prescription. I love having all these fun glasses and keep going back for more! I have several friends "addicted" now!
@chris12345: I've bought 3 pair of glasses from Goggles, have given then permission to send email and never received any promotional email from them.
I don't know why so many people hate these guys. How can you go wrong for a pair of prescription glasses for $6? I don't think it took any longer than any other pair of glasses plus shipping time. Those take a week or two to come in also (besides the 1 hour while you wait shops).
I ordered a pair with clip-ons to leave in my car and they seem just fine to me. I have a weird prescription but not a complicated one. (No details like PD were given to me when I had my exam.) The glasses feel the same to me as my more expensive ones without the expense and with the bonus of being sunglasses.
For a spare pair of glasses, they're great.
@unclefreddy: Because real opticians order quality product and inspect them when they come in. These things are thrown together in China and shipped out without making sure they are correct. My GF bought a pair last time they had a deal and gets a headache from them from time to time.
This place is good for a cheap pair of backup glasses but I wouldn't wear them all the time.
Eyeglasses have some of the highest markups in retail bar none, some frames approaching 1000%. Oddly enough almost all the multi-hundred dollar "designer" frames are made in the same factories overseas that these cheap glasses are made in. Why does a lens upgrade in store that cost $150 on up only cost around $10 online? I understand it might be better but that disparity is to great, to be that much better. Eventually more and more people will buy online and we won't be held hostage, they will have to drop prices to compete.
I've ordered from them before. I decided to "test them out" by buying a cheap pair of prescription shades. The glasses were good for the price, and I'm willing to trust them with some of the more expensive 'extras' now. It's a great source of backup or spare glasses. I wouldn't use these low-quality frames for my primary eye ware, but if you only have one pair of glasses (or wear contacts and need a pair) then they are definitely worth investigating. Everyone should have an extra pair of glasses, and it's ridiculous to pay over $100 for something you might never even wear. Test them out by ordering a cheap pair. If you aren't happy, then you're only out $15 or so.
I will admit, I have complained about goggles4u in the past, but I got a pair of aviators last time this deal came around for my trip to Mexico and they were fantastic. Prescription was great, cost was great, got exactly what I wanted.
upvote4u.
@thewronggrape: " your post made me realize why I keep ordering more—nothing feels right. Each pair wears weird after a while, or give me a slight headache or makes me feel nauseous."
That's why these glasses are good for backups only and not daily wear. Buy a pair and throw them in the car in case you lose your good pair. These are not good enough for most people to use regularly no matter what the yahoos say.
If these glasses were any good Lenscrafters and the rest of the opticians would be out of business because people would buy only from the cheap Chinese companies.
Search zennioptical.com right here. They have a buy two, get one free sale currently going on. I just bought SIX pairs for my wife and I, and paid $45.65, shipped! 2 were tinted for sunglasses. Quality is great. This is my second purchase from them. None of the BS fees and coupons with this site.
@mkentosh: We'll all try to help down vote your post so you get to -100 !
RE: "Nothing feels right" - I bought a pair from a site and they were just slightly blurry. When I got my new ones from zennioptical.com, I couldn't believe how much clearer the view was! Then, while ordering a second pair from zenni, they warned me that the size frames I wanted were incompatible with my pupil distance- probably why the ones I got elsewhere were blurry.
@joshobra: Keep in mind when you're complaining about shipping time: THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE GLASSES! They aren't off-the-rack like shirts! Every pair is custom made to your prescription.
Although I haven't used this outfit, I do regularly use 39dollarglasses.com with no issues. No headaches or any other visual issues.
When I need to change prescription (near sighted and a little more every few years) I just go to a local optometrist to get all the info, and send in the glasses to have new lenses cut and installed.
I think part of the reason for the cost disparity is brick and mortar vs internet overall. The local guy has to cover his rent and if he is not solo, his staff costs. And try to turn a profit. Are glasses over priced? Probably they are, and with internet sales it will force competition and drive prices down.
At least according to one guy, this is why even supposedly cheaper mall eyeglasses are so expensive: http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2007/07/luxottica-suxotticas.html
I've never had trouble with any of my online glasses. I wore the last pair I ordered from Goggles4U straight from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning this weekend with no headaches or problems at all.
I'd never get prescription lenses over the interwebs like this. My vision is too important to not just go to an optician to make sure they are done correctly.
Totally agree. Greedy opticians have ripped me off for $300-$400 PER PAIR in the past. Yes F--that!! Opticians, get a clue!
Why do "real" opticians charge so much more for basically the same product? $20 more? OK. $40more? Allright I'd pay that for guaranteed service. But $150+ more? F-that.
Goggles4u is great. Sure, some of the pairs will not be perfect for you. You could buy 10 pairs and pick the 5 you like best to wear and still have paid less than if you had gone to optical world at the mall or Dr. Rip-you-off selling $400 glasses whose business model is tanking.
@mkentosh: you could get your optician gang to downvote it. There's not 100 shifty opticians in you secret optician cabal?
I'm a long-term goggles4u customer (3 years, 15 frames), but the prices are no longer what they used to be. The same frames are more expensive now and they've started charging for tinting (I don't swap my primary glasses as often as my sunglasses, so 90% of my orders are tinted).
I've worn glasses since I was 5 years old. My prescription changes every year. I used to pay up to $400 every visit for frames + inspection. Last year I changed things up. I used my vision insurance to pay for the exam and contacts then I used the prescription my doctor wrote for glasses and bought from Goggles4U. Sure they took 2 weeks to get to me, but that is almost how long some of the doctors took when I was younger.
The glasses I received from Goggles4U fit right because I ordered the right head size and all of the other measurements were right because I got them from my eye doctor. As long as you don't make any mistakes entering your information (and you have correct information) then there should be no problem. If you feel that your prescription isn't right see your eye doctor most of them (if they really care) will check your glasses for you and make sure that everything is right.
As for not using an eye doctor, Goggles4U have doctors working for them in the USA.
In for. Am use for cosmetic, seem good purpose. Do not need glasses. Help for presentation - make look smart. Useful.
In for one. Was wanting a set of computer glasses with a yellow tint, but can't afford to pay out-of-pocket from my eye doctor. Insurance is used up after (half of) one pair.
More than anything, just curious. I have a "decent" correction for my eyes, so wondering just how thick and unwieldy the default lenses will be compared to the high index lenses I got from the glasses place. Also gives me a chance to try glasses w/o nose pieces. I'm used to having them, so this is a way to see if I mind / like not having them without it being a costly mistake.
Cost me around $16 for these after coupon and after shipping, so even if they are horrible, at least I'm not out of a lot. I paid around that much for some Zeiss disposable lens wipes since I have had bad experiences with the microfiber cloths.
I just had a very strange error at goggles4u. I was browsing through 4.95 frames, selected ones that I liked, and then added them to my cart. As soon as I added them to my cart the price was 15.95 for those frames. I selected another frame, took a screen shot of the price as 4.95, and the same exact thing happened. I contacted customer service and I was assured that the price was 15.95. I'll be taking my screen shots to the bbb.
@tcayer: So true... but they told me (straight from customer service) that they'll ship the order in 3-4 days, but I gave them a week and nothing yet.
But still true nonetheless, especially with something as cheap is this sale.
The site I'm pertaining to is glassesshop.com and they do still have that dollar sale that runs through the end of February. Just be aware that the glasses could take almost a month to send. But they do respond fairly quickly (about a day by e-mail and by a few hours on facebook) for any questions and comments.
I ordered these about 3 months ago, last time offered on Woot. Wish they had a 1 pair limit back then too, because I bought 4 pair (regular bifocal, 1 progressive, 2 tinted for driving/etc). NONE of them feel right... feels like my eyes are crossed, and one eye is blurred somewhat. I'd never buy from this site again. Even if cheap, what good are they if they don't work. Save your money. I could have gotten one pair from Walmart for what I paid for the whole lot of this crap, but at least it would have been usable.
@unclefreddy: Why don't you get some model numbers for these cheap frames, then go ask an optician what they would charge for them. Go do some actual research on it before you trash talk everyone of a profession.
@kmeltzer: Amen...
Both pairs that I am buying (4.95 pairs) charge an additional $2 for the regular lenses :/. Still a great deal though
@joshobra: what's up with this one? wouldn't it let you edit your last post or do you email yourself notes like I do? :)
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