<p>We have gotten glasses from Costco, as well and have been very happy. DH got his a pair recently through Zenni, thin lense, special coating, progressive, transition for a total of about $95.00 and he loves them. </p>
<p>I can’t speak much for the prescription glasses, but I won’t buy my polarized sunglasses (I won’t wear anything but polarized anymore) anywhere else but Costco now. Yea, they don’t have the same selection as other places, and they may be ‘last year’s style’, but there are usually 2-3 pair that grab my attention. I’ve had my current pair for 3 1/2 years now and am kind of waiting for ‘something to happen to them’ so I can have an excuse to get another pair. But there’s nothing wrong with them. </p>
<p>Everyone in the family has glasses from Costco and they have been great. Recently we all got new glasses from Warby Parker. </p>
<p>My daughter bought glasses from Warby Parker, a few years ago I bought glasses from Costco and they were fine, but a limited selection.
I now have progressives however & their lab can’t go stronger that -10.00.</p>
<p>S picked a frame he loved at an expensive shop. I found that exact frame on eBay for less than half the price. We bought it and then took the frame to Sam’s Club. They measured and ordered lenses. The glasses were ready in about one week. I believe there was an additional charge for bringing in your own frame. </p>
<p>A big advantage with buying glasses at a place like Costco, Sam’s Club, or Walmart is that the stores have optical centers that have extended hours, are open on weekends, and they are convenient. If you need your glasses fixed after getting hit in your face with a basketball, you can just roll into the store and get your glasses fixed up while you are buying tires or getting groceries. The optometrists and opticians know us at our local Walmart, and have always treated us right.</p>
<p>I have been happy with my Costco eyeglasses and prescription sunglasses. I had limited options for the sunglasses as I have one of those trifocal-like prescriptions. (I can’t ever remember the name, but they couldn’t fill the RX in Ray Bans.)</p>
<p>Their prices are much lower than my ophthalmologist’s in-house facility charges, but you do have to wait a week to two weeks for the glasses to come in from the west coast. And, as with everything at Costco, if you are not happy, you can return it.</p>
<p>HImom–I don’t think our branch replaces prescriptions that change within the year. My younger son’s RX changed within three months and I had to buy him a new pair of glasses. The good news is that he now owns two frames so we can send the old one in to be filled once the RX changes again.</p>
<p>Our branch has the nicest employees–I had some paint coming off two frames of glasses I bought nearly two years ago. They said that normally, they would correct anything within ONE year,but after a bit of hemming and hawing, they offered to replace frames for both. I had in the meantime bought touch up paint at a craft store and touched up the spots where the paint had come off. I told them I’d appreciate them replacing one frame but was OK with the other, since the touchups were less noticeable.</p>
<p>Our branch is so nice–sometimes after you make a return, they call you and ask if everything was resolved to your satisfaction. I like mentioning by name some of the many nice employees at the local Costco. They all seem to love their jobs, customers and co-workers. There is very little turnover.</p>
<p>Last year’s anything would be an upgrade for me! 
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<p>DH got a pair of glasses and a pair of sunglasses at Costco for $210, including exam. He gets all the bells and whistles, high index, progressives, coatings. We do have VSP; no idea how much that reduced the price. That’s compared to my fancy optical shop where a pair of glasses alone costs almost $500 with insurance. Next time I’m going to Costco. </p>
<p>What I’ll miss is the personalized help with choosing frames. I’m fashion-impaired so that’s always a problem and something my expensive shop was really great at. I’ll need to schedule my appointments when D is in town. </p>
<p>H’s most recent pair of glasses broke and I had cleaned out his things and found two older pairs that he could use as spares. Now he’s wearing a pair from the early '90’s and those big lenses are back in style again, how convenient!</p>
<p>Just got an email from Zenni that says it’s having a “buy 2, get 1 free” sale. Perfect time to try them out, I say! Not sure which “season” or year they are from though…</p>
<p>The latest Costco Connect magazine details their recently upgraded lens processing capabilities. From what I can gather…this is the type of processing (specifically better for progressives) that’s only been available through small and expensive providers. And, Costco is providing this upgraded product without a corresponding upgrade in cost.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201407/u1=issues#pg85”>http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/201407/u1=issues#pg85</a></p>
<p>A friend told me Costco doesn’t do bifocal lens really well, she had to use a non-Costo optometrist, has that been changed?
I just have the plain vanilla glasses from Costco, but I have 7 of them, I leave one pair in each car, in the entertainment area, etc… I don’t wear glasses all the time, I hate to find them.</p>
<p>I vaguely remember they couldnt do progressives before. Will have to go back and see if they can help these old eyes. Thanks, dietz.</p>
<p>Thanks, dietz! Mr B has been getting his progressives at Costco, and he is pretty happy with them. This is the guy who is absolutely picky about optics - I trust him to select my non-prescription sunglasses, because he can see every scratch and flaw that I would not even if it hit me in the face. :)</p>
<p>A while ago I was deciding between bifocals and progressives. I wear mono vision contacts and only use glasses in the evenings or while traveling on long plane flights (dry air does not work well with the contacts). I had been warned by several people, including Costco and an independent optometrist that adjusting to progressives would take a month of full time wear. And, on that note, I went with the bifocals. Hated Hated Hated them. When I went back to Costco to ask if they’d let me use the new bifocal frames and put in progressive lenses they simply refunded the full cost and had me start over. (Turns out the frame was not the best for my facial structure - too much pressure on the bridge of the nose) . Anyway, got the progressives, put them on, adjusted in about 90 seconds. These are the old technology lenses and they work very well.</p>
<p>I now remember my friend was actually referred to progressives at Costco and not bifocals. I have bifocal contacts for when I go skiing and shopping. I’ve heard there is an adjustment period with progressives so I was not going to risk the headache and all.</p>
<p>Mr B got his first pair of Costco progressives about 6 years ago, so Costco has been making them for at least that long. Even the very first pair was fine. He adjusted to them in less than a day. </p>
<p>I’ve been very happy with my Costco glasses – I think they’re better than a fancy-store pair I bought with a Groupon around the same time.</p>
<p>Costco Optical does a great job, but they don’t always have as many specialty items, especially children’s frames or sports glasses frames. </p>