Contact Lenses
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I pay $40 for 45 pairs of daily disposables at LensCrafters, which is after my health insurance plan's discount. Costco charges more for these. You can also check prices on LensCrafter's website. I also got a discount on my eye test and contact lens exam through my insurance.
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Most of those cheap contact places only come out cheaper if you buy a big lot of them, I prefer to buy them as needed, especially considering my previous experience of buying in bulk! Plus I use my FSA so it comes out even cheaper.
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This is not necessarily true. I just used a faxed copy of my UK prescription with the optometrist's office and they gave me my lenses without question. That may have been the result of omission on their part, or maybe they're allowed to do it. It can't hurt to bring it with you and try, obviously.
It only takes 1-2 days to order most common lenses in, in my limited experience, and appointments for tests were easy to come by. So if you can get the lenses cheap, get whatever you want, but don't panic too much about being stranded.
It only takes 1-2 days to order most common lenses in, in my limited experience, and appointments for tests were easy to come by. So if you can get the lenses cheap, get whatever you want, but don't panic too much about being stranded.
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This is not necessarily true. I just used a faxed copy of my UK prescription with the optometrist's office and they gave me my lenses without question. That may have been the result of omission on their part, or maybe they're allowed to do it. It can't hurt to bring it with you and try, obviously.
It only takes 1-2 days to order most common lenses in, in my limited experience, and appointments for tests were easy to come by. So if you can get the lenses cheap, get whatever you want, but don't panic too much about being stranded.
It only takes 1-2 days to order most common lenses in, in my limited experience, and appointments for tests were easy to come by. So if you can get the lenses cheap, get whatever you want, but don't panic too much about being stranded.
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