OUCH! That was expensive!
06-07-2007, 12:13 PM
#4
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let me guess, the actual test, then the price of new frames(over £140 probably) then the price of the lenses would be alot aswell without even mentioning transitions, or extra coating to protect them etc 
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06-07-2007, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by flat out
how much is laser treatment, thats not far of what you spent or am i wrong. or doesn,t it tickle you fance 
06-07-2007, 12:39 PM
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Test - £35 - reduced to £23
Frames - £199 (£149 frames plus £50 additional transitions sunglasses attachments)
Lenses - £249 - reduced to £199
THing is, my current frames have served me for 10yrs now, and they have taken some battering! Since I need new lenses it's time to get a new pair of frames too, so gone with the flexy titanium frames which should take even more punishment, so should last at LEAST another 10years.
Current glasses cost me £350 off all those years ago, so really, £400 in this day isn't too bad..... Still a lot of money tho
Frames - £199 (£149 frames plus £50 additional transitions sunglasses attachments)
Lenses - £249 - reduced to £199
THing is, my current frames have served me for 10yrs now, and they have taken some battering! Since I need new lenses it's time to get a new pair of frames too, so gone with the flexy titanium frames which should take even more punishment, so should last at LEAST another 10years.
Current glasses cost me £350 off all those years ago, so really, £400 in this day isn't too bad..... Still a lot of money tho
06-07-2007, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
You only get one set of eyes, gotta look after them init 
) etc etc - so it's about time I actually did something The other side to it is I DO need a new pair just so I can have my old pair as a second pair, cos I am fucked without glasses, and since I now live on my own, I have no body to help me out should I lose em, break em etc..... That and new EU legislation coming in soon that will make it mandatory to have a second pair of up-todate-prescription glasses be kept in your vehicle at all times
06-07-2007, 01:28 PM
#16
Originally Posted by fjk404
i think they saw you coming 
Nah, much as I begrudge spending out that kinda money on something that isn't a toy or such like, it don't make sense to scrimp on something that is actually incredibly important!
06-07-2007, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dvid
Got new eyes leutenant Dan?!
Fuck that kind of money, just give me a white stick and a labrador
Originally Posted by the youth
My wifes just got back from the dentist...
£4200 for her treatment....
fookin stunned!!!!!
thats my new car out the window!!!!!!!!
steve
£4200 for her treatment....
fookin stunned!!!!!
thats my new car out the window!!!!!!!!
steve
what did she have? a jewel encrusted prostetic jaw?!
06-07-2007, 03:56 PM
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'Should've gone to spec savers'.....
can believe no one has said that yet!
I don't think thats alot for glasses... I spend more than that. It only gets really expensive if you are like me and go through 7-8 pairs a year
I broke 3 pairs in a weekend once...
Leave them on the train, sit on them, fall asleep in them, Tread on them getting of the bath etc etc....
I like to have at least 3-4 pairs to choose from depending on mood and occasion as well....
For example, I can't wear these to work... apart from a Friday
can believe no one has said that yet!
I don't think thats alot for glasses... I spend more than that. It only gets really expensive if you are like me and go through 7-8 pairs a year
I broke 3 pairs in a weekend once...
Leave them on the train, sit on them, fall asleep in them, Tread on them getting of the bath etc etc....
I like to have at least 3-4 pairs to choose from depending on mood and occasion as well....
For example, I can't wear these to work... apart from a Friday
06-07-2007, 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
'Should've gone to spec savers'.....
can believe no one has said that yet!
I don't think thats alot for glasses... I spend more than that. It only gets really expensive if you are like me and go through 7-8 pairs a year
I broke 3 pairs in a weekend once...
Leave them on the train, sit on them, fall asleep in them, Tread on them getting of the bath etc etc....
I like to have at least 3-4 pairs to choose from depending on mood and occasion as well....
For example, I can't wear these to work... apart from a Friday
can believe no one has said that yet!
I don't think thats alot for glasses... I spend more than that. It only gets really expensive if you are like me and go through 7-8 pairs a year
I broke 3 pairs in a weekend once...
Leave them on the train, sit on them, fall asleep in them, Tread on them getting of the bath etc etc....
I like to have at least 3-4 pairs to choose from depending on mood and occasion as well....
For example, I can't wear these to work... apart from a Friday
I was gonna go to SpecSavers, but I decided to stay with my personal opticians cos they have always looked after me in terms of service. As I said, I've not ha d a new pair in 10yrs, but in that time they have never charged for for any repairs I needed (like when the lense came out the other week and the frame needed retapping for a new screw, or the time one of the nose pieces broke and needed reattaching etc etc)
So I went with them... Albeit for over £400
06-07-2007, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Originally Posted by flat out
how much is laser treatment, thats not far of what you spent or am i wrong. or doesn,t it tickle you fance
Thrush
Why dont you consider laser eye treatment?
06-07-2007, 05:59 PM
#28
Thought about it, just never REALLY done anything about it.... I kinda resolved on the fact I wear glasses, so not bothered to go for laser treatment.....
Plus, it isn't ALWAYS successfull, and there have been some cases where the person has had their eyesight worsened, in a couple cases people have been blinded!... And it's not permanent so I am led to belive.....
Hey ho......
Plus, it isn't ALWAYS successfull, and there have been some cases where the person has had their eyesight worsened, in a couple cases people have been blinded!... And it's not permanent so I am led to belive.....
Hey ho......
06-07-2007, 08:33 PM
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alot of swedish and other scandanavian people are going to places like estionia for teeth and eye work now because of the prices
apparentl both eyes laser treatment in estonia £1000
save much more on dental treatment top quality clinics also
apparentl both eyes laser treatment in estonia £1000
save much more on dental treatment top quality clinics also
06-07-2007, 11:01 PM
#35
Stu - never got on with contacts to be fair.....
And regarding the laser treatment - I know a lot of people say it's the best thing ever, but I am just still wary of it... Way I see it, you only get one set of eyes and you can't change em, so if ANYTHING goes wrong with a laser treatment, I'm fucked
At least with glasses, anything goes wrong I can get new ones..... And considering I been wearing glasses since I was in infant school (think I was 6? so coming on for 20years now!) it's not like it's a hardship to wear em....
And regarding the laser treatment - I know a lot of people say it's the best thing ever, but I am just still wary of it... Way I see it, you only get one set of eyes and you can't change em, so if ANYTHING goes wrong with a laser treatment, I'm fucked
At least with glasses, anything goes wrong I can get new ones..... And considering I been wearing glasses since I was in infant school (think I was 6? so coming on for 20years now!) it's not like it's a hardship to wear em....
06-07-2007, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RC4
alot of swedish and other scandanavian people are going to places like estionia for teeth and eye work now because of the prices
apparentl both eyes laser treatment in estonia £1000
save much more on dental treatment top quality clinics also
apparentl both eyes laser treatment in estonia £1000
save much more on dental treatment top quality clinics also
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