And I've always, always gotten my glasses from an optometrist- or Wal-Mart, or Sears, or whatever. Until recently, when I saw someone I followed on Twitter (do you follow me on Twitter?) talking about Zenni Optical. They're an on-line prescription glasses retailer. I'd heard about such sites before, but I'd never had any experience with them (or even known anyone who did). After I checked out their site, I knew I wanted to order from them. Glasses starting at $6.95? Wow.
I went and got an eye exam, and the optometrist huffed and puffed a little when I asked for my pupillary distance- but I got it. Zenni was even having a buy 2, get 1 free sale- so I ordered 3 pairs of glasses. I figured that if I was disappointed, at least I was only out $30. And oh my, oh my, oh my. I am in love!
Do you see those glasses? Black and white frames, with a tiny silver skull and crossbones on each side. And they were ten bucks!! Never in my life have I been able to order a fun, funky, silly pair of glasses like this- because glasses are freaking expensive. Usually just one pair is close to a hundred bucks. If you're lucky, you can find a pair for $38-50, but the frames are never nice and it's a limited selection.
Zenni Optical has revolutionized the way I buy eye glasses. That sounds dramatic, I know. But you have no idea how hard it was for me in the 90's, when everyone was wearing their cool sunglasses with the colored lenses. I was lucky if I even had a pair of prescription sunglasses, let alone one with sweet blue lenses. And now, because of Zenni optical, I can get any kind of glasses I want, for an amazing price- and colored or tinted lenses are only $5 more. I also got a pair of sunglasses I love- for $12!
This is the last pair I got- the picture's not the best. But it makes me laugh, because this is me getting drunk at my husband's company party and taking a picture of myself in the bathroom. Good times.
I couldn't be happier with my purchase from Zenni. I've been checking them out on Facebook and Twitter, and I'm not alone. I can tell they care about their customers and work to make people happy. I absolutely cannot wait to order my next pair of awesome glasses with Zenni. They've got a customer for life in me!
As always, I have not been paid to write this. Or even received any free shit. But jeeze, how could they not? Look at this glowing review I wrote for them, free of charge! I love you Zenni!
UPDATE: It's been a little over 2 months and I am still head over heels in love with my Zenni's. I wear them every day and they are holding up perfectly. I can't wait to order again!
perfect timing... I need new glasses! I was going to go today, but decided to put it off one. more. day. I hate to spend the money. I'm going to check them out! What is pupillary distance? I've had many eye exams and that has never been mentioned..
ReplyDeleteI had Lasik ten years ago (best money I ever spent), and even I covet those skull and crossbones glasses!
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this site before, and I am so excited! I can't wait to try out a few pairs. I have always found it beneficial to buy two sets of glasses at once, but there are always tons of styles I would love to try but don't want to make the huge committment. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI spent way too much on two pair about six months ago. One pair has the lenses cracked already - on the inside. Bizarre. The other pair is too big and they can't seem to adjust them right. So now I need to spend MORE money on glasses. I'm going to check this out for sure. I found some at Coastal Contacts, but even with their first pair free deal it's over $60.
ReplyDeleteWhat was the model number of the sunglasses you have in the middle picture? My wife went to Zenni, but claimed she couldn't find any she likes. She has a non-prescription pair that looks almost identical to the ones you're wearing in that picture.
ReplyDeleteI bought 2 pairs of glasses (progressive lens) and 1 pair of sunglasses for around $100 and got them in 7 days. You can't beat it
Hi Duane, I'm sorry to say that my sunglasses are no longer in stock. I guess that's the downside to getting lots of new styles in regularly. Thanks for reading!
DeleteActually, if you ever see this- it looks like the sunglasses are back in stock- #223025
DeleteHi there! I hope you get this note. I'm in the process of ordering some glasses from Zenni. I found a nice large pair and thought i'd add tint, so I can make them into sunglasses. I was confused at the color of tint, so I searched google to see what they looked like. I came across the sunglasses you're wearing and wow, do two great minds think alike? Lol. Those are the same pair i'm ordering! I just wanted to know, what color tint do you have on those? I'm wanting to get grey, but the picture (animation) it shows is not a very pleasant color. While I know that's not what they're going to turn out like, I really just wanted a tint like any other glasses and I don't prefer any 'colored' tints. And if the grey is an actual grey and not a 'blackish' color, like normal sunglasses, then i'd rather choose another color, or not get them at all. The color you have on yours looks like 'normal' sunglasses, so I just wanted to ask what tint color you chose. It's a little hard to tell. I'm going to hold off and see if you have the time to contact me, beforehand, so I don't make a mistake on ordering. I'd be so grateful if there was anyway you could message me at cnp1988@yahoo.com. I'm not sure how this whole comment thing works, so i'm sure I won't get a notice if you comment back. Thank you so much. :)
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