I just picked up my new eyeglasses from Costco and LOVE them! They stay on my head, look cute but not lawerly (which was a problem with my last pair, especially with dresses) and were about $150 less than I would have paid at Lens Crafters, where I used to go for glasses.
They cost $107, about $50 MORE than if I had bought them online. (My previous post covered options to buy cheap glasses online.)
In the end the extra $50 allowed me to try them on before purchasing, which was important to me. But I plan to test out an online glasses stores soon because my prescription changed and I would like new sunglasses. I don’t care as much about how the sunglasses look so stay tuned for my full report!
Welcome to Bargain Babe! I’m Mara, and I’m so glad you’re here. I am an obsessive bargain hunter and penny pincher, and I am determined to live a full life without EVER paying full price. 
Costco will also for FREE adjust them whenever you go in the store and used to replace them for FREE within the first year if someone steps on them or sits on them–something common with kids!
I’ve bought my glasses at Costco for years. Compared to Lens Crafters with all their coupons and sales, they are a much better deal. You just have to wait about a week versus an hour or so.
I’ve never had my eyes tested there. I always see an Opthamologist.
Marie emailed me with this comment because she wasn’t able to post it herself:
I just bought online some contact lenses for my husband. I used 1-800-contacts and they have great prices. We paid less than $130 for a 4 pack, free shipping. They have great customer service. So far so good!
this picture so does not do you justice!
i’m so glad i went up there today — not just for the picture frames, but to find this website. i swear, just this morning i was thinking, i wonder, should i go to all those coupon sites, am i just wasting money, how would i find out??! now i know.
thanks
You are so sweet! Though I’m curious, have we met? Otherwise, why would you think the picture does not do me justice?! 🙂
Careful now –I purchased glasses @ Costco and they use cheap glass. The periphery of the lens was blurry and I would need to constantly center my eyes on whatever I was reading – whew was that exhausting. This is one area I would not skimp on — and, Costo SF had a surly attitude about my complaint. The glasses were in end — unusable.
My Mom said she also received an inferior pair of glasses from Costco, but apparently it was due to the optometrist mis-diagnosing her prescription. Costco has a great return policy, however. Were able to return them?
The post from Diana could have been written by me. I have only had two prescriptions for eye glasses and went to Costco for each. While I haven’t liked the wait time and having to drive to Costco twice, I have been satisfied with the quality of the glasses (lens and frame) and the service. Also like Diana, I have my eyes examined only by ophthalmologists.
Could not understand what lotusgreen meant by being glad he/she “went up there today.” To your blog? I chuckled, however, at the last sentence of your response.
I need either bifocals (according to my prescription)
or I prefer the no line ones I have usually gotten at Lenscrafters. They are called Progressives. They
blend from close vision to long distance. These
are the best for me because regular bifocals just
make my eyes crazy and water and are impossible
(for me) to get used to. The optometrist said that some people cannot get used to the Progresssives, some
the other way around. Were your lenses single vision?
At LensCrafters the progressives are very expensive.
Yes, my lenses are single vision. I believe Costco sells progressives and bifocals, too.
My last glasses at Costco were progressives (love ’em) with an anti-reflective coating. The cost was $130. (I used the same frames I’d bought there previously.) That was 3 years ago, so I assume the same glasses would cost a little more today. Since I’ve never gone any place else for glasses, I don’t know how this price compares. According to the doctor, my prescription is basic (reading), which must factor in.