Sweaty glasses
 

Took my glasses back to Specsavers in Javea today (which I bought last November) because the screw had come loose in the arm and I couldnt fix it. I had also noticed that the finish around the rims had come off, and was now a different colour.

Bear in mind I had another pair of glasses I have worn here for three years which have been fine and not affected by the following

Lady in the shop informed me that I shouldnt have sweated on them http://www.spain-forum.com/forums/im...lies/lol_5.gif, and that it is sweat that has caused the finish to come off ... oh and also possibly when I was cleaning them. They are obviously aware that this can happen to their frames, but seems to me that if some of their frames are adversely affected by sweat then there is something very wrong

Now I'm not a "sweaty" person if you know what I mean, and the frames dont actually touch my face at all anyway. In fact the only part (across the nose) that does touch my face is fine.

So I now know that if I buy a pair of glasses again from Specsavers I must not sweat and if I clean them I must take care to not touch the frames whilst I'm doing it.

Worth bearing in mind

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sweating .......... I thought you were a cool dude?:rofl:

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:rofl:

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I am a cool dude, dude! :D
Thats part of the irony of it all

I wonder of acid rain would have an effect on glasses. Maybe I should just give up wearing them altogether, keep them in a box and risk ordering the wrong food in restaurants.

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I thought you did that anyway:rofl:



the food, that is................

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Maybe if you could check on country of origin of the frames, it might provide a clue.
Would be interesting to know how much a time Specsavers pay for frames such as yours.
Having said that, I have a dozen or so pair of those cheapy 1 or 2euro reading specs laid about,had some for quite a lot of years, and they all look as good as new.
Possibly they are well preserved with all the grease from my fingers......:rofl:

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Well they cost me €129!

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You should of told her it was a load of Borrax. http://bestsmileys.com/geek/1.gif

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Specsavers in Javea are muy caro. Best grab a cheapy flight to UK & buy from Specsavers over there, Javea prices equate to 1.5e to 1 GBP & we haven't seen that for 2 years or so.

Funny cos they ran an ad here in the english press saying they had become more competitive - they raised their daily contact lens price this year!!!

I load up my hand luggage with UK sourced Specsavers contacts every visit.

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Well to be fair they always did a good job in the UK. I have a complicated prescription, and also have all the bells and whistles.

In fact SS in Javea were slightly less expensive than the UK, but clearly the frames are not as good

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I thought that they were ran on a franchise so service can be different from one to another..I too once had a sweat and frame problem as you described...never did get a solution to it just never wet again to that shop...not SS either.

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I think the problem is that my last frames were Titanium and therefore didnt suffer from the problem. These are dipped steel, and therefore do

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They are, and guess the name of the Fuengirola company. lol



























Mickie Optica. sl

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really?:rofl:

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Right, I just got a pair for driving from them and paid with a card. ;-))

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But probably still come from the same factory in China (at the same gate prices, too) that are used by the internet spectacle companies that will fill you order for £10.
This thing about sweat and/or acidic sweat is pure bull. But since it's bull that's spouted by someone in a white coat, it is blessed with a sort of authority that it simply doesn't warrant.
It's like complaining that your weeks-old new car is starting to rust and the mechanic saying "well, that's because you drive in the rain". It's merely an excuse for shoddy products.

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Well I believe I am qualified to comment here as I have been wearing specs for just over 60 years.

Cheap frames will indeed be affected by sweat, it will of course depend on the person & like Mitzy this used to happen to my cheap items years ago.

I was advised a good few years back to buy Giorgio Armani frames as they were the best & that has indeed proven to be the case.
After 10 years they have kept their shape, never dropped a lens, only had an arm screw come loose once & only suffered very minor sweat damage.

Lenses are like frames & as I also have a complicated prescription I need a quality item.
Here in Spain a high index plastic transition pair of lenses will set you back around 400e (inc all the coatings) So two years ago I went online and found a company in the UK that could supply for around 190 pounds all in.
Had a new prescription done & mailed my GA's off to them, stated that they must call me when they received them to discuss the job (which they did) and they arrived back about 10 days later (super job at a super price)
Econoeyes ?, or maybe Ecomomyeyes from Leicester I believe.

Postoptics from Kent supply my wifes contacts at half the cost here, service is fast and has always been very efficient for the past 6 years. As they are shipping outside of the UK there is no prescription needed BTW, but of course you can easily access this here as well as the eye care needed with contacts.

Brian

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I use specsavers too and they are brilliant here, you get 2 prs for £129, i hate the blasted things, as i only just needed them as i got older and find i lose, break, bend and even run over them in my car, cos i keep them in my top pocket (just for reading - so when i bend down to check my tyre pressure they fall out)...............i think im gonna try contact lenses now im starting to need distance ones - permiable ones (so my eyes dont sweat on em):lol: