I recently ordered and received prescription glasses with frames for 25 US dollars from this website, based in Pakistan:
You need to supply them with the details of an eye test and your Pupil Distance (which you can ask your optician after your test, as it's not written on the eye test results sheet as standard).
The glasses are perfect and I'll never be getting frames or lenses in Ireland again!
I recently ordered and received prescription glasses with frames for 25 US dollars from this website, based in Pakistan: http://www.googles4u.com
You need to supply them with the details of an eye test and your Pupil Distance (which you can ask your optician after your test, as it's not written on the eye test results sheet as standard).
The glasses are perfect and I'll never be getting frames or lenses in Ireland again!
They're single vision CR39 (standard plastic for lenses), 1.57 refraction index with Antiglare, UV, and Scratch Free Coating. This is their standard lens, you can pay more for thinner ones, polycarbonate, glass etc.
Yes, I mistyped the URL.
They seem to have upgraded their website since I visited, but if you Google a bit, you'll see that their factory was in Pakistan at one stage (I have to imagine that's why the cost is still so low). Business seems to be booming for them. My glasses were shipped via a UK address.
Chemists and Penneys sell cheap and cheerful ones, you decided what magnification to buy, Penneys have them for €2.50 I think, chemists more expensive.