Save Money by Shopping for Glasses Online

The advent of the internet has changed the way that we buy things today. If you are in need of a pair of glasses then rather than shop for them at your local optician’s store you may be more inclined to shop for eyeglasses online. As long as you have the right prescription you can buy a pair of glasses online for a much lower price. The best part is that you will also be able to buy high quality items online.

For those who want to shop for glasses online the good news is that buying online is a good option because it means that you can save your money and time and still buy a high quality pair. Before embarking on the process of buying glasses online you have to get your eyes tested.

Eye tests are not very expensive and with luck you can even get your eyes tested for free. When you get your eyes tested at an optician’s store you do not have to buy your glasses from them. The law states that the optician is obliged to give you a prescription and that you do not have to purchase your glasses from them. This means that after getting your prescription you can shop around to find a store (online) that is offering you a good deal.
For those who are shopping for glasses for the first time the good news is that you can get your optician to measure your PD or pupillary distance. This distance relates to the distance between each of your eyes and is measured from the center of one pupil to the center of the other pupil. You can take this PD measurement and show it to the online store to help them find a suitable pair of glasses for you. Alternatively, the online store can also find out your PD by making use of the average PD of the population or by making use of an old measurement from your previous glasses.

The nice thing about buying glasses online is that you can save money because there are many online stores that sell cheap frames. You can pick a pair for a very low price and all that you need in order to shop online for glasses is your prescription. You can order your glasses and then try them on at your home without needing to pay extra. If you don’t like the glasses, you have fourteen days in which to return them to the online seller.

You can also save money by shopping for glasses online at a discount site. In case you work in front of a computer at your workplace then your company may be willing to bear the costs of your new glasses. You can check with the HRD to find out if your company bears the cost of your glasses.

Before buying glasses online you must address a few important issues. One option available to you is to read reviews of different online stores. These reviews will help you form a good idea about how good (or bad) a particular online seller is. You should also use the reviews to find out whether the online store is offering you a money back guarantee or other type of guarantee.

Remember also that a frame that costs about thirty dollars to make in a foreign country can cost you about one hundred and fifty dollars at optical stores. The designer frames cost much more. You need not pay such high costs because the online store which does not have to bear the same overheads as regular brick-and-mortar stores will be able to offer you a very sweet deal.

There are of course a few impediments to shopping for glasses online. One is that you will not be able to try on your frames as is possible at a regular optician’s store. Secondly, you may not be able to understand the prescription which is covered with certain numbers which you can easily type in wrongly. Thirdly, when you shop for glasses online you may not always be able to return them or have them fixed if they do not suit you. However, these are minor impediments which you can easily overcome.

Since online stores sell glasses at lower rates than what you have to pay at the big supermarkets there is a growing fan following of online shoppers. Today, most people do not have any qualms about shopping for glasses online. This is because a vast majority of optician’s stores have a big markup on their frames which can be at least fifty to one hundred percent more than what you would pay for the same item at an online store.

The bottom line is that as long as you have your prescription on hand you can buy glasses online. You get to choose the frame and then you have to input your prescription and PD. After that you can choose a suitable frame and lens and then place your order which will be delivered to you in a very short time.