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Cheaper Glasses
Are Spectacles cheaper in Australia?. I need a new pair of specs & might wait until June to get them, if they are cheaper.
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Originally posted by Amazulu Are Spectacles cheaper in Australia?. I need a new pair of specs & might wait until June to get them, if they are cheaper. Frame $240.00 - Lightweight Lens $ 210.00 - Extra thin, Variable focus, with anti fog coating. Total $ 550.00. How does that sound against UK ? |
Re: Cheaper Glasses
Originally posted by Amazulu Are Spectacles cheaper in Australia?. I need a new pair of specs & might wait until June to get them, if they are cheaper. |
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Originally posted by ABCDiamond I can't compare, but I have just got a quote for new specs: Frame $240.00 - Lightweight Lens $ 210.00 - Extra thin, Variable focus, with anti fog coating. Total $ 550.00. How does that sound against UK ? After several abortive sets and various cockups she demanded and got her money back. Bought a very similar pair in the US last month, varifocal and transitions - US$287. And they were better made in six days as opposed to the three months in the UK. Rip-off Britain again. |
Re: Cheaper Glasses
Originally posted by ABCDiamond I can't compare, but I have just got a quote for new specs: Frame $240.00 - Lightweight Lens $ 210.00 - Extra thin, Variable focus, with anti fog coating. Total $ 550.00. How does that sound against UK ? |
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Originally posted by Rog Williams Wife got a pair of varifocals, Zeiss, six months ago in the UK - paid £650!! After several abortive sets and various cockups she demanded and got her money back. Bought a very similar pair in the US last month, varifocal and transitions - US$287. And they were better made in six days as opposed to the three months in the UK. Rip-off Britain again. |
I am going to get my eyes lasered before I go.
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Husband bought Silhouette specs in Uk and then lost them in Oz. Replacement pair in Oz cost him about $150 more than he paid in UK. I guess it depends on brand - Silhouette are a European brand and we found most things imported from Europe were more expensive in Oz.
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Originally posted by debsy I am going to get my eyes lasered before I go. Last lot of multifocal astigmatic/short-sight contacts cost me £400. Glasses were also needed- another £350. Makes the laser option economic as well as a minor miracle. Lesley |
Originally posted by debsy I am going to get my eyes lasered before I go. I saw a TV programme a while ago, about procedures like this being done cheaper in other countries... does anyone have any comments/ experience of this? Just been looking into the whole issue and found this Lasik - things to consider |
http://www.lasik-eyes.co.uk
This is worth reading for UK clinics - standards and prices. IMHO the last consideration should be price. I wouldn't go to anywhere other than a specialist hospital - especially not somewhere like Boots. We both went to Centre for Sight (London and East Grinstead - Corneo-plastic unit) and couldn't recommend them enough. It's where they send cases which have gone wrong at high street clinics. I still can't get over being able to read the alarm clock at night!! |
Thanks for that
Unfortunately Blim has the opinion that he'd like to go to some cheapo clinic "somewhere" where they'll do it cheap. If it messes up he can then pay for it to be corrected :mad: Can someone please tell him he's being a moron (but nicely mind) ? Some horror stories may well do the trick. Larissa PS Told him we could pay it with the house proceeds, but he's being :mad: |
Larissa, I am expecting to pay about 500 dollars (US) for Lasik or about 750 if I need the new treatment for a thinner cornea.
I will probably go to Istanbul to get it done in an eye hospital. |
Originally posted by debsy Larissa, I am expecting to pay about 500 dollars (US) for Lasik or about 750 if I need the new treatment for a thinner cornea. I will probably go to Istanbul to get it done in an eye hospital. What do you think of the Turkish hospitals Debsy? My mum's pretty amazed at the quality of the Greek ones. |
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You genius Debsy!
I quite fancy a trip to Istanbul, drinking coffee and eating turkish delight! Perhaps I can face Northern Greece and stick me fingers up! :D (At me parents). They'd be right narked if I went to Turkey instead of Greece! :D |
Yes and you could get Blim to take you to the Covered Bazaar and buy you some Gold. There are some lovely things to see there ok if you can get a cheap flight.
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Originally posted by debsy Yes and you could get Blim to take you to the Covered Bazaar and buy you some Gold. There are some lovely things to see there ok if you can get a cheap flight. I just put a question up in the lounge...although Turkey looks a good option... Blim has just asked me if you have an idea of how much a cheap flight would be etc.? Ta, Larissa |
I think we paid 175GBP to fly with BA in 2001. It is a brilliant city.
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If you have have op in Istanbul how do you get to the follow-up appointments?
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Originally posted by HiddenPaw Husband bought Silhouette specs in Uk and then lost them in Oz. Replacement pair in Oz cost him about $150 more than he paid in UK. I guess it depends on brand - Silhouette are a European brand and we found most things imported from Europe were more expensive in Oz. It looks i'll be ordering them today, as my glasses fell in half yesterday, shortly after my post discussing their possible replacement !! Do you think they have feelings :D |
I never ever in a million years ever thought I would even read a thread like this, but I have just come back from the optometrists & I have to have glasses!!!!!
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I've just got back from ordering mine, and it's an extra $80 for the anti-refective coating, so thats $530 all up !
But they transferred my existing lenses, from the broken frame, into a spare frame (identical sunglasses) free of charge. |
Originally posted by ABCDiamond I've just got back from ordering mine, and it's an extra $80 for the anti-refective coating, so thats $530 all up ! But they transferred my existing lenses, from the broken frame, into a spare frame (identical sunglasses) free of charge. |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy Are yours ones that have to be worn all the time ABC? I started to wear them just for reading, as my arms weren't long enough (I'm long sighted), but it didn't take long to need to wear them full time. |
Malaysia is the place to buy specs, least expensive specs in the world, even cheaper when you haggle;)
joem |
I went down & ordered mine this morning, I have astigmatism (if that makes any difference to anything). I got a pair of lightweight frames with clip on sunglasses for $260 (cant remember what they are called, they look nice though) & the lenses were $100. I paid an extra $30 for the anti-reflective lenses. Total cost $390, health fund paid $200 of it.
Compared with yours they are cheap ABC! :eek: |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy I went down & ordered mine this morning, I have astigmatism (if that makes any difference to anything). I got a pair of lightweight frames with clip on sunglasses for $260 (cant remember what they are called, they look nice though) & the lenses were $100. I paid an extra $30 for the anti-reflective lenses. Total cost $390, health fund paid $200 of it. Compared with yours they are cheap ABC! :eek: |
Originally posted by ABCDiamond Yep, unfortunately. I started to wear them just for reading, as my arms weren't long enough (I'm long sighted), but it didn't take long to need to wear them full time. Is that what you got? |
Originally posted by bondipom The astigmatism is a slight mishaping of the retina. At least that is what the optician explained to me. But what I meant by my comment was that I have astigmatism, if that makes any difference to the type & therefore price of lenses I have in my glasses compared with, say, myopia ;) :). |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy Yeah I looked it up in google, what it actually is is a PITA! According to the optometrist my left eye is so bad that I would fail a driving licence if it were done on each individual eye :eek: . Luckily a basic car licence is done with both eyes at once so Im safe, but Im not allowed to drive at night or in the rain until I get my glasses. But what I meant by my comment was that I have astigmatism, if that makes any difference to the type & therefore price of lenses I have in my glasses compared with, say, myopia ;) :). I am about to get new glasses here. The big chains appear to be OPSM, Kays and Budget. Has anyone got an opinion on those places? |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy I went down & ordered mine this morning, I have astigmatism (if that makes any difference to anything). I got a pair of lightweight frames with clip on sunglasses for $260 (cant remember what they are called, they look nice though) & the lenses were $100. I paid an extra $30 for the anti-reflective lenses. Total cost $390, health fund paid $200 of it. Compared with yours they are cheap ABC! :eek: Who did you get the glasses from ? Bondi, OPSM have alway been pretty good, and they are a very big organisation. |
ABC, just the local optometrists at Wynnum Plaza shopping centre. I thought that $30 was too cheap when I read yours were $80! Maybe she undercharged me LOL.
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Look, why pay squillions for glasses when you can make your own.
1. Find old pair of sunnies, 2. Push out lenses, 3. Cut side out of aluminium drink can, 4. Cut out aluminium to match old lenses, 5. Poke ~ 16 pin holes about 2 mm apart through centre of aluminium, 6. Insert aluminium lenses in old frames, 7. Use bright lighting. Works well for near / far sighted and astigmatics. Make yer own at home |
Originally posted by Megalania 7. Use bright lighting. |
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Originally posted by MrsDagboy As much as Im sure they would be a sure hit in the fashion stakes, what happens when you dont have control of the lighting ie 90% of the day or you have to drive at night etc? :rolleyes: :p |
Originally posted by MrsDagboy Rather disturbingly, the person who wrote that description of how to make your own glasses also wrote these - A Builders Guide to Building Your Own Computer A Builders Guide to Domestic Repair and Maintenance. An unofficial guide to Plymouth. Hoe and Barbican. A Builders Guide to Motorcycle Design. A Builders Guide to Composite HPV Cycle Design. A Builders Guide to Composite Motorcycle Design. A Builders Guide to Trike Design. A Builders Guide to Camper Van Design. A Builders Guide to Motorcycle and Trike Wiring. A Builders Guide to Basic Wind Tunnel Design, building, calibration and use. A Beginners Guide to Motorcycle Mechanics Basics. A Beginners Guide to Motorcycle Mechanics Intermediate. A Beginners Guide to Motorcycle Mechanics Advanced. Stonehenge and spanners. Simple alternative electronic ignition for motorcycles. A Builders Guide to Survival Knife Design. A Builders Guide to Survival Kit Design. A history of motorcycle design. A 1991 motorcycle assessment leading to the JP7. How to walk. A beginners guide to the outdoors. Teach yourself to swim. Look after your teeth. Easy life. Bikers touring guide. Future dreams. Short story. Aliens. Short story. The mind boggles!!! :eek: :scared: |
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Was over in Melbourne last year and had been shopping around for Oakley glasses (not sunglasses). Anyway, the same model as the one I was after n the UK was roughly £100 cheaper. And the best part was the optician told me he was not allowed to sell them to me without me getting the lenses aswell (Oakley rule) and that the ones in the shop were just a demo model, but when i told him i was leaving for the UK the next day, he let me have 'em!
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