Earlier this year I bought some sunglasses and glasses from LensCrafters. I’m satisfied with them, but I’m a couple of hundred dollars lighter. A few months ago I came across the site www.39DollarGlasses.com. I went ahead and ordered a pair, just to see if it was worth it. I’m not kidding – they were $40.05 with shipping! You pick out frames you like, plug in your current prescription, and they were delivered in about two weeks. There are some drawbacks to the system, though. I didn’t get to try them on, so I’m not super-thrilled with the look. (They’re quite similar to my current glasses – I’ll keep these as a back-up pair.) If I didn’t already have sunglasses, this would totally be the way to go. ($9.95 additional for tinted.) The other problem is that they didn’t fit perfectly – they were a little crooked. I’d feel awkward going in to LensCrafters and asking them to adjust them, so I resorted to my dad’s method – hot salt.
When we were little, my dad would heat up a pan of salt on the stove, stick in the earpiece, fiddle with it, let it cool (because he was nice), and ta-da – they fit! Not being practiced at this method, mine fit slightly better now, and I have two serious burns on my fingers.
Brad says
I did the same thing a couple of years ago: I couldn’t believe how cheap a sword was, so I ordered it through the mail. Now I have a four foot sword in my bedroom closet. But I haven’t stuck it in hot salt or anything.
Deanne says
Serious burns are always that nasty side of doing something yourself. And of handling anything really hot.
I regularly go to places where I didn’t buy my glasses and have them adjusted. I suggest you try going to a place where you didn’t buy your other pair and have them adjusted. Then you don’t have to look the people in the face who sold you your $200 glasses. (not that you can see them without your glasses on)
Peggy says
I don’t wear glasses so I can’t really relate, but let me ask you … is it wrong to have jelly beans in a Santa Christmas plate?
Deanne says
Is it wrong to offer yummy sugary sweets to your friends, family, students, etc? Is it wrong to continue to celebrate this season until its official (religious) close yesterday?
NO!
🙂
Lauren says
If they are Starburst jellybeans, they can be served in any vessel. If they are regular jellybeans, they should be put in a trash can.
Jill says
What about Jelly Bellies? Do they get tossed too?
Lauren says
D’oh! I forgot about Jelly Bellies. All fruit flavors -- go to the head of the line! Weird stuff like root beer, get off the bus.
Lauren's dad says
Okay, who’s the first one to reply to what you call a bear without teeth?
Lauren says
Booooooo.
Lauren's dad says
A gummy bear!
Lauren says
hee hee. Quite the jokester!