On June 6th, 2010, I ordered this pair of prescription eyeglasses from Zenni Optical. On June 18th, they arrived, carefully wrapped in a anti-static, microfiber lens cleaning cloth, tucked in a white plastic eyeglasses case, packaged securely in a bubble-wrap lined mailing envelope. Twelve days from order date to arrival date — that’s not bad, seeing as how most optometrist offices don’t have custom-ordered glasses in for two weeks or more.
My opinion of the glasses? I love them. The frames and lenses are exactly as described, from size to color. They fit well, and the prescription is accurate, seeing as how I provided the numbers myself. Speaking of numbers, the one inconvenient part of the ordering process was finding my Pupillary Distance, or PD, number. The PD number represents the measurement, in millimeters, of the distance between your pupils. This is a measurement that you can take yourself, with the help of a family member or friend, but a home measurement isn’t always accurate. I found this out myself, when my husband’s measurements were inconsistent three times in a row. I had to call around to first my current optometrist and then my previous one, in order to get the correct number (which, as it turns out, wasn’t the same as any of the numbers my husband came up with. I’m glad I went the distance to find out what my PD really was!).
What sucks is that I had to even expend a lot of effort to find my PD in the first place. But it’s fairly common for optometrists to leave that number off of the prescriptions. Why? I don’t really know, but I have a hunch that they do that in order to kind of force their customers to stay with them, even though legally they have to provide you with your prescription. By leaving the PD number off of your prescription, or not giving it to you over the phone, they can persuade you to come in for another exam — which may cost money — and even persuade you to just order glasses from them. Unfortunately for my current optometrist, I wasn’t going to give in and go in for another exam. Instead, I called my previous optometrist, and they willingly gave me the number they had on file from my last visit with them back in 2001. That’s another thing — your PD, the distance between your pupils, never changes, so there’s no expiration on that number!
Bottom line: now that I finally know my PD number, I plan on ordering more prescription eyeglasses in the future. As a matter of fact, I have already ordered and am awaiting the arrival of a second pair, these gorgeous burgundy brown and hot pink frames:
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you know i just found out about that PD thing when doing some research for something and that pissed me off. i hope if i decide to get some of these glasses that my eye doctor doesn’t dick around and not give me my pd… i’ve only had 2 eye doctors my whole life, and one of them was from walmart so i doubt they will give it to me lol
those new frames you’re getting look so cute! i love the little embellishments.
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