My bank account is crying

[kylinn]

Just got my first pair of bifocals. (Progressives.)

OUCH!

Much pain in the wallet-area.

$700!

These had better be the best glasses I've ever had in my life!


Addendum: No; it's not because I chose expensive frames or any such silliness. The eye exam was $30. The frames were $130. The lenses were all the rest. *whimper*

Comments

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

YIPES!

[mdsteele47.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you, I'm so sick and tired of this neo-conservative leadership trying to actively squash the left. I mean, the war, windfall oil profits, and now driving up the price of progressive glasses to unaffordable levels. Even I can't believe they've stooped this low.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

*sympathy* Got my first pair of progressives last year, and even at Lenscrafters (less expensive than the private doc) they were $350 or so (and that's with discounts, and some insurance coverage).

[deor.livejournal.com]

I can't get my lenses at any of those cheaper places. I tried once, at a place I could get a discount at through work, and they looked at my prescription and told me they couldn't do it. It's too extreme and finicky. *sigh*

And I've no insurance for glasses, more's the pity. But the most I've ever paid for glasses before was a bit more than $400.

And again I say: ouch.

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

Hope your glasses are better than Dad's. We were waiting for the next plane in Honolulu when one lens just popped right out. I found the lens, but a very necessary screw was lost, and he had to get things repaired in Sydney.

[scascot.livejournal.com]

Pictures? Pictures?

I've seen plenty of pictures of malada, but absolutely none of you. Here's a perfect opportunity to show off your new glasses.

Inquiring minds, and all that. Some of us like to put faces with names...

[turnberryknkn.livejournal.com]

Argh.