Contact lense fitting

[Mojo]

Looking for some ideas on where to go for this. I got quoted at like $350 for the first place I looked (an eye doctor.) Seems a bit steep to me. Has anybody tried Shopko or other places that like that?

[isladar]

Fitting or Fighting?

[Mojo]

Fitting.... Obv I need these contact lenses.

[Callisto]

Get the fitting done at an eye doctor, then go to Sam's Club to buy them.

[Jak]

I know each area of the country will have their own price, but in NW Arkansas the price runs around $100.00 for the whole ordeal and around $30.00 for a single numbered box of disposable lenses.

[Mojo]

Well, the people at say a Costco or a Lense Crafters should be licensed Optometrists, or anyone giving a fitting really.

[Callisto]

Generally the warehouse stores do have licensed optometrists employed, though I would still recommend going to a normal eye doctor for the actual fitting. You don't have to get the exam done at Costco/Sam's in order to buy contacts from them, you just need to have a valid prescription and a membership to the store. I got my glasses through Sam's and I wasn't too impressed with their eye doctors.

[Boyiee]

I was fitted a couple years ago at an eye doctor, cost me a couple hundred and they add on to the price if you have astigmatism which was really cool of them.

I ended up using the trial pair they gave me for a week or 2 and went back to glasses. Now, I want to do contacts again but my prescription is expired. I'm afraid i'll have to be fitted again and don't want to pay that since I'll also need to buy a years worth of contacts for a million dollars.

At least I'm insured this time, not that it will make much of a difference.

[Odon]

When it comes to a serious part of your body, in this case eyes - you should shell out the little extra to make sure it's not a fuck-wit messing with them. y'know?

[Velgadess]

While I agree with it's your body , don't be cheap. 350$ sounds waaay too much JUST for a fitting. I have worn contacts on and off for the past 15 years and my costs varied from eye doctor to eye doctor. 75$-100$.

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[foopy]

three fifty is absurd.

I just got fitted for $75. Or maybe $100. Total was $145 with three month supply of disposables contacts and tax.

I know I could have gotten the contacts cheaper online, and usually wouldn't get them from the store, but the exam was so cheap I felt obligated to buy the lenses there.

I don't recall ever paying more than $150 for an exam. Which is why $350 sounds so absurd to me.

Maybe they are including the price of a year's worth of expensive lenses as well? In that case, that price makes sense, but you could save some money getting the lenses separately, online.

[Seanr]

hope it's with a good supply included, $350 is crazy... and why you call it fitting? O.o I was confused at first as to what he was asking

[Reuniont]

Yeah, 350 is crazy. Without insurance, contact fitting was about 100 bucks.

[Talus]

You're paying too much. My optometrist, without vision insurance, my annual exam including the super neato retinal imaging they do because I'm a bitch that doesn't like to unnecessarily have my eyes dilated, so I pay $25 more, is around $150 for the exam and the contacts are about $70 for six months.

[idklol]

Makes me glad to be in the UK reading this thread. I first tried contacts when i was 16 and the fitting was free and i got a free pair with that. Didn't like them so went back to glasses. Fast forward 4ish years i decided to i wanted to try em again, another freebie. Although i will say the cost of the contacts is fairly expensive. Fucking astigmatism.

[Odon]

When it comes to a serious part of your body, in this case eyes - you should shell out the little extra to make sure it's not a fuck-wit messing with them. y'know?

This was in regards to going to a Walmart / Sam's club in house eye doctor. $350 is indeed absurd I pay around $125 for a fitting and 2 months worth of contacts when I go for mine.

[Mojo]

I'm inclined towards Walmart/Sam's Club because of better prices. I suppose I was looking for genuine reasons as to why the optometrists at those places would provide different service than those at other locations (i.e. 'cause it's Walmart/Shopko' isn't an actual reason for anything, just conjecture).

[Thiefami]

Yeah I'd say Costco or Walsmart for the fitting then you can shop around for the contacts.

[Overburn]

Generally the warehouse stores do have licensed optometrists employed, though I would still recommend going to a normal eye doctor for the actual fitting. You don't have to get the exam done at Costco/Sam's in order to buy contacts from them, you just need to have a valid prescription and a membership to the store. I got my glasses through Sam's and I wasn't too impressed with their eye doctors.

Depending on your state/city, you don't even need a membership to shop at Costco for prescriptions (I think medication, don't think it applies to glasses) and alcohol.

[Manako]

I paid $75 for my contact lens exam, lucky I have insurance to cover eyeglasses. Make sure your test pair is comfortable, I have astigmatism and had to pay extra for my contacts. My eyes constantly dry out so i need eyedrops when I wear them (maybe they would be better if I wore them more often.) My friend also suggests walmart or sears, she finds that cheaper contacts are more comfortable than the more expensive ones, go figure.