Have You Bought Glasses From Costco Optical?

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charlieg, have you tried monovision, where one eye is prescribed for computer distance and the other for longer distance? Then if you need to see up close, you take the glasses off.

I tried progressives and found the channel of focus too narrow. I had to turn my head to read a book. So I went to monovision and love it. I can see the whole page, the whole computer screen, and everything in the distance. Only downside is my depth perception is a bit compromised since one eye or te other is a little out-of-focus depending on the distance to the object. Rarely notice it, though.

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I worked in optical for 42 years at Kaiser Permanenteā€”Costco is good.

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Iā€™ve done mono vision with a single contact lens correcting for near vision for nearly 20 years. It may be an acquired taste but Iā€™ve never had any issues. Still 20/20 for distance and no glasses to fool with. My optometrist is a bit surprised that Iā€™ve been able to do it so long.

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I have not, so Iā€™ll need to research a bit. Ty

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Yes and I hate them. What a supreme waste of money. They were never right for my face and the person selling me on all the bells and whistles to go with frames that do NOT fit my face, never measured ANYTHING! Go anywhere else! Even on-line I get these cheesy paper rulers to print out and measure my face and they are so much better!

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Waited in line for about 20 minutes for optical, they told me I could not reuse my frames, and they donā€™t do ā€œdrill outā€ frames.

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Iā€™m a Costco guy. And Iā€™ve chatted with Clark at an Atlanta Costco! And my cousin is an optical manager in a Missouri Costco.

But, my experience wasnā€™t great. The glasses came and I just couldnā€™t see right; my old glasses were better. They checked the prescription and it was fine. I called my optometrist and made sure the script was right. It was. Costco remade the lenses and the same thing happened. I decided to use the famous Costco guarantee and it turns out they donā€™t refund the price of the lenses but just the frame. And the optician very pleasantly showed me the document that I had signed that showed that. So, my fault.

But, interestingly enough, I had the glasses redone at Zenni, where Iā€™d been buying glasses for more than 20 years, and they were fine. And half the price. I donā€™t know what the deal is, but Iā€™ll stay with Zenni going forward.