1st online order for glasses - Wow! (coastal contacts)

[Grackle]

I'm having so much fun with this!

I came across glassyeyes.com via a google search for best glasses
store, right after the link to a story about how the typical quick
service mall stores produce a high rate of prescription errors.
Ordering online sounded great, so I did.

I ordered myself a pair of polycarbonate rimless glasses for about $40
at coastal contacts, after going to Pearle Vision and finding nothing
cheaper than $440 in rimless (that's after what my insurance would
pay). Perhaps they were nicer frames...who cares? I could replace
mine 10 times for that price!

I also ordered my husband a pair for (drum roll please...) $7. total.
And they look great!

We both love them so much that I just went back and ordered another
identical pair for him (so he can keep 1 in the car), plus another
with sunglass tint, and a different style for myself. 3 pairs of
glasses for $46 including shipping.

Coastal Contacts is great, but you do have to spend some time
shopping. Their website could use some work - for instance it would be
helpful if you could sort by price and also save your prescription
rather than key it in each time. The other online stores I checked out
had better interfaces, but I found what I wanted at coastal.

Thanks glassyeyes.com! I don't know that I would have actually
ordered without having this site to break down the ordering process,
provide retailer reviews, and the forum for other people's comments
and questions.

[Gordon]

Ira has done amazing work, and we all benefit.

Beware, Grackle...you started with two, now you have five...the online
glasses obsession strikes again!