Where to Purchase Children's Eyeglasses?
What is the best local place to purchase children's eyeglasses. Not necessarily looking for the cheapest price, just an excellent optician that can help with frame selection for a first pair for a child who might be self-conscious with the idea. RecSpec options a plus.
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Lynn For Eye service:
Check your employer offering Vision Coverage (or within its Medical benefits) - as that's a great discounted way to get "an excellent optician that can help with frame selection for a first pair for a child who might be self-conscious with the idea". www.eyemedvisioncare.com glasses.com
For cheap children's eyeglasses, to purchase:
There's a slew of cheapglasses123.com and likes to chose from the internet - as it should/may have a better selection and/or better prices than a local shop.
Other than that, I have a family member who went to Walmart for both optician advise and eyeglasses with no problem, at a fair price.
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Vicinity BJ's if you are a member - good selection - great exam..... incredible price for some fashion forward, multi-feature specs for my teen.. LOL
pmnsk You can order glasses from Sam's Club without having a membership. Optician will adjust /fix your frame and clean lenses for 1 year. Sometimes club has specials for kids.
Lena We got sunglasses for my son at a place near shop rite, few years back, I don't recommend them, go to sams club
TinkoDinko Manhire is good, if you have the insurance. If not, I'd probably recommend going to Walmart. However, depending on your child's age, you might want to consider going to LensCrafters for one of their Clarifeye exams (or to a place with similar technology). It's a high-tech scan of the eyes that can help the doctor to determine exactly what glasses are needed (and whether other problems may exist). Sometimes, especially with young children, the old-fashioned "which one is clearer" comparative lens test can be confusing. The eye scans often make the process easier and more exacting.
JerseyWolf Thanks for all the recos. We have a pediatric ophthalmologist for his exam but they dont have an optical shop.
Keep the ideas flowing!
We used to go to the Walmart in Mount Olive, but things have changed there in terms of the exam - personnel changes - and the price was MORE than BJ's.
I'm a big fan of shopping for glasses at Zenni Optical! They have nice, inexpensive glasses and a ton of different ones to choose from. They even have a kids section:
http://www.zennioptical.com/kids?Ns=sku.bestSeller
There is also an area where you can download a picture of your face and do a virtual try-on.
I think most of them run from $9-$35 too so def worth a try.
Happy glasses hunting!
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