Are Spectacles cheaper in Australia?. I need a new pair of specs & might wait until June to get them, if they are cheaper.

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 ?

Plain lenses - no correction for astigmatism - $5 / pair.

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.

That's about £230, about the same as the UK, maybe slightly cheaper. I wonder if they are cheaper in Singapore?.

US is definitely cheaper, I got a pair at a Walmart in Panama City, Florida about 3 years ago that were half the UK price. Yes, rip-off UK is live & kicking.

I am going to get my eyes lasered before I go.

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.

We've both done it and it's brilliant!
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

Hoping to fork out for Blim too, with income from sale of house.
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 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

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.

Oooh... maybe we should enquire about Greece... but that might entail spending time with the parents perhaps not such a good idea!

What do you think of the Turkish hospitals Debsy? My mum's pretty amazed at the quality of the Greek ones.

http://www.europelasik.com/2_paketler_fiyatlar.asp