Went to OPSM in store earlier to redeem my health insurance benefits EOY for a new pair of prescription glasses , the staff offered me 20% off which the deal suppose to start from Sat 23rd (I went half hour before store shut).
I believe it's store wide, as my frame and lenses all 20% off on the spot. Can't find anything online yet, and not sure when this deal will end.
Enjoy!
Shame it’s 60% overpriced
I've had great success with buying spectacles on line. You will need your prescription, use for spectacles (eg reading/distance etc), PD (pupil distance), arm length, bridge width and spectacles width. If you have a more complex prescription please ask the suppliers.
e.g. standard index plastic coated spectacles with a 1.56 index $25 delivered or rimless titanium spectacles with 1.75 index lenses for $100 delivered. While these arent claimable from a health fund you will save money and get yourself some good looking spectacles.
Used to go to OPSM. Recently just bought new prescription glasses from online retailer, insurance covered everything. No out of pocket.
That's when I realised how expensive OPSM is…(usually out of pocket $200+)
Who did you use if you don’t mind my asking? I went to Specsavers to claim my benefit thinking I’d walk out with a “free” set of prescription lenses instead I was told my script is so strong I need to get lense reduction which would whack me an extra $189 on top. Truly have no idea if this was just a scam to get more money or not.
+1 please share
all these "no gap" thing seems to be a scam, the extra payment is more then enough to buy a pair from overseas/online, really need to cancel the optical portion of my health insurance………
I bought it from Sneaking Duck. I like them because I can try the frames at home instead of just blindly choosing them based on photos.
thx will give them a try
PS general question for everyone - I just tried playing around on Zenni, entered all my details, but got a message saying that apparently my "SPH or CYL is too high for this prescription", I tried it on single, bi focal, and progressive lenses and it all returned with the same message, does that mean I am stuck with a using local optometrist?
ok never mind, looks like I typed in the wrong values (the script was hand written and all over the place, probably on purpose too), working fine now
I went to Costco today to get my glasses. They uses Essilor coated lenses which said to be very good. They are cheaper than OPSM by around 30%. I believe OPSM also uses Essilor coated lenses but uncertain.
what did you buy and how much?