https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521624#M1030743 <P>Link works for me... below is the transcript.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>60 MINUTES ALL ACCESS<BR />Toggle<BR />60 Minutes<BR />CBS NewsCBS Evening NewsCBS This Morning48 Hours60 MinutesSunday MorningFace The NationCBSN</P><P>GO<BR />Log In<BR />Episodes<BR />Overtime<BR />Topics<BR />The Team<BR />60 Minutes All Access<BR />facebooktwitteremail<BR />Sticker shock: Why are glasses so expensive?<BR />One factor: the world's largest eyewear company, the Italian firm Luxottica, controls a big chunk of the business</P><P>2014<BR />Jun 15<BR />COMMENTS<BR />29<BR />FACEBOOK<BR /><BR />TWITTER<BR /><BR />STUMBLE<BR /><BR />MORE<BR />+<BR />The following is a script from "Sticker Shock" which originally aired on Oct. 7, 2012, and was rebroadcast on June 15, 2014. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Shachar Bar-On, producer.</P><P><BR />For many of us, summer means a new pair of sunglasses. But bet your eyes popped when you saw the price tag. If you don't go to places like Walmart or Costco, you could easily be spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a pair that cost just $30 15 years ago. Talk about sticker shock!</P><P>Luxottica: Giving sight60 MINUTES: SEGMENT EXTRAS<BR />Luxottica: Giving sight<BR />And it's not as though things have changed that much: they're still made of a couple of pieces of plastic or wire, some screws and glass. Why should a pair of glasses cost more than an iPad? Well, as we first reported in October 2012, one answer is because one company controls a big chunk of the business.</P><P>Never has there been so much choice: Ray-Bans, Oakleys, glasses for running, and skiing, and even reading. A staggering variety of colors and designers. You'd think the competition would force the prices down.</P><P>One reason it hasn't is a little known but very big Italian company called Luxottica. If you own a nice pair of specs or shades, they're probably theirs. Luxottica is the biggest eyewear company on earth. It shuns publicity, but CEO Andrea Guerra invited us in for a look. And it was eye-opening.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Do you have any idea how many people in the world are wearing your glasses right now?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: At least half a billion are wearing our glasses now.</P><P>Luxottica started here as a small tool shop in Agordo, a dot of a town in the Italian Alps, when frames were still made of mountain goat horns. This was the factory in 1961. This is what it looks like today.</P><P>Last year, Luxottica made 77 million pairs of sunglasses and optical frames. They don't make prescription lenses. We saw mountains and mountains of glasses in boxes headed to China, India, Brazil, and, above all, to the U.S.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: But they're very expensive. They can be very expensive.</P><P>$4,000 for a pair of glasses?60 MINUTES: SEGMENT EXTRAS<BR />$4,000 for a pair of glasses?<BR />Andrea Guerra: They can. This is one of the very few things that are 100 percent functional, 100 percent aesthetical, and they need to be on your face for 15 hours a day. Not easy, and there's a lot of work behind them.</P><P>Luxottica's product manager Isabella Sola explained that the company revolutionized how we see glasses.</P><P>Lesley Stahl, wearing sunglasses: You think I look cool?</P><P>Isabella Sola: Yes. I think so.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: I think I look cool too.</P><P>It wasn't that long ago that glasses were uncool. You only wore them if you absolutely had to.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: I can remember, not that many years ago, my mother telling me that men will never ask me out if I wear my glasses. I was to go blind if I wanted dates.</P><P>But Luxottica took this medical device and turned it into high fashion, by making deals to conceive and create high quality, stylish specs for nearly every brand and label you can think of.</P><P>Isabella Sola: We have Prada. We have Chanel. We have Dolce Gabbana. We have Versace. We have Burberry. We have Ralph Lauren. We have Tiffany. We have Bulgari...</P><P>They're not even called "glasses" anymore. They're "eyewear!"</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Do people really wear this?</P><P>Isabella Sola: Yes!</P><P>Once glasses became "face jewelry" Luxottica could charge a hefty markup.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: But you know something: I know that there are some less expensive glasses that look very similar to the very expensive. For example, this is your Vogue line which is not that expensive.</P><P>Isabella Sola: Yes.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: And this is?</P><P>Isabella Sola: Coach.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Coach, which is much more expensive. If two women walked down the street with these on--</P><P>Isabella Sola: Yes, they almost look the same.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Almost the same.</P><P>Isabella Sola: But it's almost. It's not the same.</P><P>Not the same because of details on the frames like the little Chanel Cs, Polo ponies, or Tiffany blue. Luxottica wouldn't tell us their markup, but glasses like these can sell for up to 20 times what they cost to make. And all the glasses are designed by Luxottica.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: So you design thousands of pairs of glasses?</P><P>Isabella Sola: We do, yes.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Where does Tiffany come into it?</P><P>Isabella Sola: Tiffany comes in at every stage, basically.</P><P>The fashion houses send in sketches of their new collections as inspiration. And down on the factory floor, you can see the work that goes into differentiating the brands: plain plastic temples go through a painting machine and come out "Versace!" Stones are inserted one-by-one into the Dolce Gabbana; and leather is carefully threaded for that Chanel-bag look.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: If people begin to know that Chanel glasses were designed by Luxottica, would it change the way they think about Chanel glasses?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: You know, that would be totally wrong, that would be crazy.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: But why isn't the Luxottica name a brand name? I mean, are you in any way hiding it?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: Hiding it?</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Yeah.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: Not at all. We are listed.</P><P>Listed on the New York Stock Exchange where Luxottica shares are soaring. The company raked in $10 billion last year. But their best seller wasn't a fancy fashion house label. It was a brand they outright own: Ray-Ban.</P><P>Originally made by Bausch + Lomb for the U.S. Army, since JFK, nearly every president has worn them, not to mention Tom Cruise in "Risky Business" and "Top Gun." But the brand was poorly managed, cheapened, and eventually put up for sale. The Italians bought it in 1999, and had a strategy to turn things around:</P><P>Andrea Guerra: We stopped selling sunglasses from Ray-Ban for more or less a year.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: When you bought it, you could buy them for, I don't even know how little money--</P><P>Andrea Guerra: Twenty-nine dollars.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Twenty-nine dollars at the drug store, at a gas station, and you took them off the market.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: We refurbished everything.</P><P>And made them upscale: today those $29 pairs can cost 150 and more, and Ray-Ban is the top-selling sunglass brand in the world.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: When Americans go to buy these glasses, I'll bet 99 percent think they're buying an American brand.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: It is an American brand, what's wrong with it? I mean, it's an American brand owned by Italians. I think the world is... The world is this.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: It is the world, and we didn't realize it, that's the thing. Before I started working on this story, I'd never heard the name Luxottica.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: Yeah.</P><P>Luxottica CEO reveals secret to founder's success60 MINUTES: SEGMENT EXTRAS<BR />Luxottica CEO reveals secret to founder's success<BR />Which is all the more surprising since Luxottica not only bought Ray-Ban, they also bought LensCrafters, the largest eyewear retail chain in North America. So now they make 'em and they sell 'em. It's great for business, but is it great for the consumer? Mark Weikel was then president of LensCrafters.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: How many non-Luxottica brands do you sell here?</P><P>Mark Weikel: We probably have a few brands that aren't Luxottica.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Mostly Luxottica?</P><P>Mark Weikel: I would guess, mostly Luxottica. Yuh.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: So since Luxottica owns you, does the consumer get a break on glasses made by them in LensCrafters?</P><P>Mark Weikel: What the customer gets at LensCrafters is a variety of services and products, including this broad assortment of frames--</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Mark, you're not answering my question. I'm asking if you charge less for frames made by Luxottica since you're the same company.</P><P>Mark Weikel: I think every competitor, every retail optical brand, determines what their pricing is on whatever their brands are.</P><P>That's a no. Consumers do not get a break. At LensCrafters, the average cost for a pair of frames and lenses is about $300. You may think -- well, there's choice in the mall for other glasses. But Luxottica doesn't only own the top eyewear chain in the country, it owns another large chain: Pearle Vision, and Oliver Peoples, and several boutique chains. And it runs Target Optical and Sears Optical. And we're not done, Luxottica also owns Sunglass Hut - the largest sunglass chain in the world.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: So is there a free market in eyewear?</P><P>Brett Arends: No, I don't think there really is. I think one company has excessive dominance in the market.</P><P>Wall Street Journal columnist Brett Arends says the appearance of variety is an optical illusion.</P><P>Brett Arends: The reality is, it's like you know, it's like pro-wrestling competition. And it's actually fake competition.</P><P>Consider what happened to Oakley, the world-famous maker of advanced sports eyewear.</P><P>Brett Arends: Oakley was a big competitor. And they had a fight with Luxottica. And Luxottica basically said, "We're dropping you from our stores." And Oakley--</P><P>Lesley Stahl: They refused to sell their glasses in their stores.</P><P>Brett Arends: Yeah, there was a dispute about pricing, and they dropped Oakley from the stores, and Oakley's stock price collapsed. How is Oakley going to reach the consumer if they can't get their sunglasses in Sunglass Hut?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: There were some issues between the two companies in the beginning of the 2000s. But both of them understood that it was better to go along.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Better to let you buy them?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: I wouldn't say this. We merged with Oakley in 2007.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: You bought Oakley. They tried to compete and they lost and then you bought them.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: I understand your theory, but they understood that life was better together.</P><P>So now Luxottica owns the two top premium sunglass brands in the world, Ray-Ban and Oakley. But Luxottica points out there are other players -</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Who's your biggest competitor in the United States?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: You could say Walmart.</P><P>Also Costco and emerging on-line companies like Warby Parker. But other competitors told us Luxottica has them in a chokehold: if you make glasses, you want to be in their stores; and if you have stores, you want to sell Ray-Bans! So Luxottica can set the prices as high as it wants.</P><P>Brett Arends: Luxottica's dominance, it's what's called a price maker which means that essentially it can set prices and other people will follow in its wake.</P><P>Which he says is why glasses in general cost so much, even at your local optician's.</P><P>Brett Arends: The whole point of a luxury brand is to persuade people to pay $200 for a product that cost $30 to make.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Well let me show you something. Why is it any different than my shoe?</P><P>Brett Arends: Well, to some extent there's actually a lot of comparisons. The difference is that the entire shoe industry isn't made by one company. And the same company doesn't also own all the shoe stores.</P><P>You'd think well, surely insurance companies covering vision would complain. But guess what? Luxottica also owns the nation's second largest vision-care plan: EyeMed, covering eye exams and glasses.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: What don't you own?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: A lot of things.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: Not really...</P><P>Andrea Guerra: [laughs]</P><P>Lesley Stahl: You seem to, really. Why not combine everything under one name?</P><P>Andrea Guerra: I think people love diversities, people love to have different brands, people love to have different experiences.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: It's an illusion of choice if you're all owned by the same company.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: I think this is totally wrong. The question is, what kind of choice consumer has. It's not a question of how many you own.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: How does the consumer benefit from all this? Your prices are still high.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: If you go to a shoe company, would you say that their prices are high?</P><P>Lesley Stahl: You're trying to tell me it's all worth all that money.</P><P>Andrea Guerra: Everything is worth what people are ready to pay.</P><P>And you know what? He's right. People are ready to pay. A lot.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: I bet they cost a fortune.</P><P>Christie: They're not too expensive.</P><P>Lesley Stahl: [laughs]</P><P>They cost almost $400. With prescription lenses, the price could jump to 600 or more.</P><P>This past March, Luxottica added to its roster what could be considered the final frontier in glasses: the company signed a deal with Google to design, produce, and distribute Google Glass, adding a sense of style to the web-connected eyewear due in stores as early as next year.</P><P>© 2014 CBS Interactive Inc. 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Are they going to start making people go to "feet doctors" and force them to get shoes for "proper posture"? Seriously..this is fascism/socialism in play...the United States hasn't had "Capitalism" in over 100 years because our governments been socialist/fascist while claiming to be capitalist when in reality they are passing laws and regulations that are fascist/socialist by definition getting government involved in business's giving them monopolies like the Feudal days when merchants bribed Kings/Queens for exclusive rights to sell...we have reverted back into the past but people think we are "progressing" just because of "technology"....such ignorance.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />MEGS0986<BR />October 10, 2015 0:12AM<BR />If you are ready to pay the same amount for a pair of shoes or clothing which will last you a year at the most cause fashion styles change and you want to wear something new everyday when it comes to clothing, then why complain about a pair of glasses that gives you sight. Moreover a good pair will last you years or more. At the most you invest $400 in a pair of glasses with lenses. If you treat them well you can use it for years. How can someone compare eyewear to an iPad? If you had power, without your glasses you wouldn't be able to see that iPad. The value of money has also changed : you can not buy the same products that you did 15 years ago for a dollar that you can today! Also the material used is superior to regular plastic; regular plastic will wrap if exposed to sunlight. What's amazing is that people don't mind spending on gadgets, watches, perfumes etc. but eyewear!</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />KATESLATE<BR />June 18, 2014 1:1PM<BR />This type of article is created to get us all used to being screwed by the 2%. Why is ANYTHING more expensive? Because the 2% wants ever more money, ever more control. Can you boycott? No. If you need Rx glasses, you have to have Rx glasses.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />RAFLIN1<BR />June 18, 2014 0:12AM<BR />I you can wear contact lenses, do so. You will not only save a bundle, you will deprive the thieving Italian company of your hard earned money.</P><P>1LIKEREPLY<BR />PETEROUPE<BR />June 18, 2014 0:12AM<BR />I cheat. I get my glasses free from the VA.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />TRUETHATTUCSON<BR />June 18, 2014 3:3AM<BR />@peteroupe free? fool!</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />GINGERGRANT<BR />June 18, 2014 0:12PM<BR />@peteroupe</P><P>You're welcome.</P><P>And thank you for your service.</P><P><BR />LIKEREPLY<BR />SOBOBX<BR />June 16, 2014 0:12PM<BR />Simple, because there's enough stupid people who will pay such prices.</P><P>1LIKEREPLY<BR />OC.STEFHB<BR />June 16, 2014 0:12PM<BR />If we're talking glasses in that we're talking the glass lenses, especially rx versions... it's because of oil prices. If we're talking frames then most of it is because of the brands popularity. Supply and Demand. Something starts to take/trend you're going to see that price go up.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />167IRISHBOY<BR />June 16, 2014 0:12PM<BR />just another example in the long parade of greed.</P><P>2LIKEREPLY<BR />GREENNNNNN-2009<BR />June 16, 2014 10:10AM<BR />This was a repeat show. I saw this on 60 Minutes some time ago and have known about this since then. That was last year.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />MISTY-MAYHEM<BR />June 16, 2014 11:11AM<BR />@greennnnnn-2009 The article does say it originally ran in 2012.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />ETEAMER<BR />June 16, 2014 10:10AM<BR />I don't get this. It's not the reality on the ground. Italian Serengeti all glass with photo gray $49 at Big 5. Prescription sunglasses from my optometrist $110 for all glass. You only pay those prices if you're a fool.</P><P>LIKEREPLY<BR />SHOW MORE COMMENTS<BR />Most Discussed</P><P>460<BR />Obama tells 60 Minutes shaping public opinion is "part of the job"<BR />123<BR />Obama says his family's ready to leave the White House<BR />32<BR />Barack Obama: Eight Years in the White House<BR />31<BR />Obama doesn't think President-elect Trump can be improvisational in office<BR />31<BR />Obama to make last network TV appearance as president on "60 Minutes"<BR /><BR />Recommended</P><P>by Taboola Sponsored Links .<BR />The Future of Diabetes Treatment is Here<BR />Diabetes Treatment Help<BR />Video: Top College Tax Deductions and Credits<BR />TurboTax<BR />This Couple's Insane School Bus Makeover is Actually Genius<BR />Grizly<BR />Monroe: This Meal Service is Cheaper Than Your Local Store<BR />Home Chef<BR />CBSNews.com</P><P>Site Map<BR />Help<BR />Contact Us<BR />CBS Bios<BR />Careers<BR />CBSi Careers<BR />Internships<BR />Development Programs<BR />CBS Interactive</P><P>Privacy Policy<BR />Ad Choice<BR />Terms of Use<BR />Mobile User Agreement<BR />About CBS<BR />Advertise<BR />Closed Captioning<BR />CBS News Store<BR />Follow Us</P><P>Facebook<BR />Twitter<BR />RSS<BR />Email Newsletters<BR />YouTube<BR />CBS Radio News<BR />CBS Local<BR />CBS News<BR />Copyright © 2017 CBS Interactive Inc.<BR />All rights reserved.</P><P>Search</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:38:12 GMT makeup addict 2017-02-13T03:38:12Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520873#M1030543 <P>Has anyone bought prescription eyeglasses from a website? &nbsp;If so, were you satisfied? &nbsp;What was an average savings for you? &nbsp;Prices are so ridiculous at eye doctor's office! &nbsp;Thank you.</P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:32:47 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520873#M1030543 nana59 2017-02-12T22:32:47Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520878#M1030544 <P><FONT size="3">I know it's expensive to buy glasses. I get&nbsp;titanium frames. </FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3">I am particular about fit, and I would be afraid, not to be able to try my frames on</FONT></P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:35:27 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520878#M1030544 cherry 2017-02-12T22:35:27Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520879#M1030545 <P><STRONG>Been going to Lenscrafters since they opened their doors.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I get a gradient tint.........and I need to know "on the spot" if it's "right"................</STRONG></P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:36:14 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520879#M1030545 Desertdi 2017-02-12T22:36:14Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520883#M1030546 <P>No but we just went to Costco and bought them there. Big savings with all the great trifocal, anti scratch and transition&nbsp;coating. Worth the membership if that is all you bought.</P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:37:34 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520883#M1030546 esmeraldagooch 2017-02-12T22:37:34Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520886#M1030547 <P>I've been a customer of Zenni optical dot com for 12 years. &nbsp;Just got a new pair last week. &nbsp;Frames, lens (progressive and astigmatism) were $111(easily $400 &nbsp;plus) and I had them in ten days. I have shared this with friends and everyone raves. &nbsp;They have very good customer service over the phone.</P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:38:26 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520886#M1030547 patbz 2017-02-12T22:38:26Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520895#M1030550 <P><FONT color="#800080"><STRONG><FONT size="3">An eye dr office is not the only place to purchase <EM>"eyeglasses"</EM> offline.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 22:39:44 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520895#M1030550 Mz iMac 2017-02-12T22:39:44Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520971#M1030577 <P><FONT size="4">Several years ago someone posted a picture of her new frames, &nbsp;which I loved. &nbsp; She gave me the name etc., &nbsp;and I found them online on sale at an optical shop in Canada. &nbsp; I got the frames with no problem then took them with my prescription to Walmart for the progressive lenses. &nbsp; They did an excellent job. &nbsp; I think the whole thing cost me about $250, and I got high quality frames made in England.&nbsp;</FONT></P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:04:22 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520971#M1030577 Kachina624 2017-02-12T23:04:22Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520979#M1030578 <P>I have ordered on line from Warby Parker saving over $150.00 for each pair of glasses. &nbsp;You select frame style from their selection and they send you samples for free to try. &nbsp;They do have a couple of retail locations in large cities. &nbsp;Worked very well for me</P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:06:59 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3520979#M1030578 Sassealassea 2017-02-12T23:06:59Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521011#M1030590 <P>Zenni is a great place - even if you just buy the frames and get the lenses at a local eye store.&nbsp; Will save you lots on frames alone.&nbsp;</P> Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:18:57 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521011#M1030590 hoosieroriginal 2017-02-12T23:18:57Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521163#M1030621 <P>I wouldn't even attempt it! &nbsp;My eyes are too important to cut corners or look for a bargain. &nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:18:14 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521163#M1030621 ALRATIBA 2017-02-13T00:18:14Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521341#M1030662 <P>I thought about it once, I went to the website and read the instructions.&nbsp; You had to do some eye measurement thing, measure your pupil and that was just to complicated.&nbsp; I'd rather just go to Walmart.</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 01:34:10 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521341#M1030662 chrystaltree 2017-02-13T01:34:10Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521426#M1030684 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.qvc.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/242883">@ALRATIBA</a> wrote:<BR /><P>I wouldn't even attempt it! &nbsp;My eyes are too important to cut corners or look for a bargain. &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT color="#FF0000">I got a new pair in September. &nbsp;I was in NYC and went to Warby &nbsp; &nbsp;Parker. &nbsp; I had checked them out about 8 years ago but at that time they didn't do progressive lenses. &nbsp; &nbsp;Great customer service, super selection of frames and a great price. &nbsp; Progressive lenses with all the bells and whistles for $295.00. &nbsp; &nbsp;If they get a scratch within a year, you get new lenses free.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT color="#FF0000">I took them to my opthomologist when I got home and they said the lenses matched the RX perfectly. &nbsp;That's not cutting corners, it's getting exactly what you need for 1/2 the price of Lenscrafters or the optician connected to the eye doctor etc.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:04:48 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521426#M1030684 Bridgegal 2017-02-13T02:04:48Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521442#M1030692 <P><FONT face="batang,apple gothic" size="4">If you have AAA, 30% off the final cost at Lenscrafters. &nbsp;As my plan allows one pair every other year, I get any extra pairs at Lenscrafters.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="batang,apple gothic" size="4">As my face is fuller, I <EM><STRONG>really</STRONG></EM> need to try frames on!</FONT></P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:08:48 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521442#M1030692 roeroe1005 2017-02-13T02:08:48Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521451#M1030695 <P><FONT size="3" face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Zenni Optical. Huge selection of frames</FONT></P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:12:53 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521451#M1030695 YorkieonmyPillow 2017-02-13T02:12:53Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521475#M1030699 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.qvc.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/136743">@chrystaltree</a> wrote:<BR /><P>I thought about it once, I went to the website and read the instructions.&nbsp; You had to do some eye measurement thing, measure your pupil and that was just to complicated.&nbsp; I'd rather just go to Walmart.</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P><STRONG><a href="https://community.qvc.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/136743">@chrystaltree</a>&nbsp;on your prescription, your eye doctor includes these measurements. (mine does)</STRONG></P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:28:32 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521475#M1030699 JaneMarple 2017-02-13T02:28:32Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521481#M1030700 <P>Another fan of Zenni! You will need your pupillary distance and your eye doctor can give you this info.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I wear ear progressive lenses and have been very pleased with Zenni.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:30:50 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521481#M1030700 makeup addict 2017-02-13T02:30:50Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521492#M1030701 <P>Yes, I have purchased several pairs for myself and for my mother from Zenni Optical. They have a wide selection of styles &amp; pricing. The only tricky thing is getting your PD. I found the easiest way to do that is put on a pair of glasses &amp; then have someone put a mark in the center of each pupil. Then measure that way. They have tips to do it on their website. Got my glasses in between 2-3 weeks.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:36:01 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521492#M1030701 Sparkeys Girl 2017-02-13T02:36:01Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521506#M1030705 <P>I don't know if everyone is aware, but 60 minutes did a piece one time about eyeglass frames. There's one place that makes basically 95 percent of all frames. The biggest difference is the name attached to it.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>There's really no point in buying designer frames unless you just want to wear designer frames. My last pair was Fendi, I'll admit, but insurance paid a big portion and I paid the difference. Won't be doing that again. I'll order online. I just need to get an exam.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:46:38 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521506#M1030705 Reba055 2017-02-13T02:46:38Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521528#M1030714 <P>60 minutes article.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luxottica-eyewear-why-are-glasses-expensive/&nbsp;" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luxottica-eyewear-why-are-glasses-expensive/&nbsp;</A></P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:01:10 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521528#M1030714 makeup addict 2017-02-13T03:01:10Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521556#M1030726 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.qvc.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4705">@makeup addict</a> wrote:<BR /><P>60 minutes article.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luxottica-eyewear-why-are-glasses-expensive/" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/luxottica-eyewear-why-are-glasses-expensive/&nbsp;</A></P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P><a href="https://community.qvc.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4705">@makeup addict</a>&nbsp;That link isn't working.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:14:38 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/I-Need-New-Eyeglasses/m-p/3521556#M1030726 Reba055 2017-02-13T03:14:38Z