#eyebuydirect

Ordering your prescription eyeglasses on the internet without human interaction sounds like a recipe for disaster. I initially assumed the process would be a nightmare, especially for those with complex prescriptions. However, after conducting a journalistic experiment, I discovered that the digital optical market is surprisingly robust. If you are tired of overpaying at the optometrist, learning…

I’ve been trying to buy these two pairs of glasses from eyebuydirect.com since the week of Cyber Monday. They had an incredible deal! I ordered a pair of regular prescription glasses and a pair of prescription sunglasses. I paid less than $200 for both. I have really bad eyes so finding glasses online in my prescription is tough and usually outrageously expensive so this was a really good deal!

I ordered, paid, and waited for them to be shipped. I received them on December 14. But bad news: the prescription was wrong. It’s like they used the left eye prescription for the right lens and the right eye prescription for the left lens. Thankfully, eyebuydirect has a great and easy return/replacement policy.

I ordered replacements and decided on different frames. The new ones cost a little bit more than the first ones but I only had to pay the difference. I again had to wait for them to be shipped. This time it took longer (they were stuck at a USPS facility “pending acceptance” for almost a week. But I got them today, finally. And they’re wrong too!

Thinking I entered something wrong, I double and triple checked the prescription from my eye doctor and I entered everything correct. The problem is on the company’s end.

I used their support chat to get a new replacement. They offered a 15% discount so I’m getting some of my money refunded. The frames for the sunglasses is out of stock in the color I chose (black) so I had to get a different color and can switch out the lenses when I get the new pair, supposedly. I tried picking a new frame but the one I wanted was also out of stock.

I switched my saved prescription for each eye so hopefully this last two pairs will be right. If not I’m just going to get a refund and try somewhere else. I’m just tired of doing this, waiting on glasses that are wrong.

I just needed something for my car or running errands around when it’s too bright out but I don’t have my contacts in

EBD used to have much better deals & discounts, but they've jacked up the price of basic add-ons by like, twice as much. Zenni does blue light filter AND high-index lens thinning for less than $60:

On eyebuydirect? Fucking over $100 for the same thing. On top of the price of frames:

$119.95. That's not the total, that's JUST for the high-index blue light filter.