Eye-glasses at Costco??

[Ch3w33]

I am about to buy a new set of eye-glasses, and my prescription at any standard place like LensCrafters is about $300 just for the lenses (i.e. no frames). I showed my prescription to the folks at Costco Vision Center, and they quoted me about $100 for the lenses (the set, not each). I've seen good deals at Costco before but this one made me a little wary. Does anyone know anything about different quality levels of lenses, and how to evaluate a given merchant? Has anyone purchased glasses from Costco before?

I am a firm believer in you-get-what-you-pay-for, but I also know that the markup on eyewear borders on criminal. I am more than willing to pay the $300 if I am getting a significantly better product, because I wear glasses every day and it's vital that I have a really good set. Also, given that I've had my current pair for about 3 years, a savings of $200 over a span of 2 years isn't going to be worth it if I have to replace the $100 pair when they fall apart after being chewed on by my 1 year-old nephew (such abuse does not affect my current pair).

Many thanks.

 

[FoBoT]

costco is fine. i need to drop my prescription off there myself.

my lens popped out of my 6 year old glasses (again) today

 

[Alchemist99]

I've purchased my last three pairs there and while there selection isn't the greatest the glasses were always of the highest quality. Don't worry you'll like, plus Costco has great customer service.

 

[Adul]

my mom been happy with her glasses from costco.

 

[cliftonite]

Ive been happy with mine at costco too.

 

[preCRT]

I've purchased glasses at both Costco & Lenscrafter.

The frame selection isn't as great at Costco. However, you can buy frames anywhere, bring them to Costco and Costco will make the lenses with only a minor additional charge for the template, saving a quite a bit off what other places charge for lenses. Also, if you are not happy with Costco's glasses, you can return them for a full refund. They ship out the glasses, the turnaround time was about 10 days.

If you are a member of AAA, they have a 30% off discount off complete pair [frame & lenses] at Lenscrafter. Found the glasses at Lenscrafter were great, although a bit pricer. But I had them in an hour.

 

[Babbles]

Wow, I just got thru dumping nearly $400 at some eye vision place here, should have checked out Costco, did not even think of that.