Attn: Contact Lens Wearers.

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by teej361

I use http://www.lens.com/. I found my particular contacts to be cheaper there.

Same here. I was using 1800contacts but then found that my brand (focus night and day) were considerably cheaper at lens.com

[Explorer3253]

Visiondirect.com and if you look on google, you can find couponcodes. I've been using them for years.

[darkcloud]

Anyone else annoyed that you now have to get your eyes checked yearly for contacts???? It's just annoying as fuck. Every 2 years was fine, every year though is just a pain in the ass??

[Sara]

I havent been checked in a long time....but I still can get them

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by Sara504

I havent been checked in a long time....but I still can get them

Then wherever your getting them from is breaking the law. Unless it's an Ohio only law but it wasn't explained to me that way last time I saw the eye doctor.

They changed the mandatory contact exams from being bi-yearly to yearly and now require you either fax your prescription to online vendors or they contact your eye doctor to confirm your prescription.

The law was enacted because to many people were ordering contacts w/o a prescription and badly damaging their eyes. Those stupid fake contacts that gave you red eyes/cat eyes/devil eys etc. were also a major factor in the decision.

[darkphantom]

Originally Posted by Sara504

I havent been checked in a long time....but I still can get them

wha?? I thought you needed a recent prescription? =/

[Blake]

Originally Posted by darkcloud

Anyone else annoyed that you now have to get your eyes checked yearly for contacts???? It's just annoying as fuck. Every 2 years was fine, every year though is just a pain in the ass??

the doctor wants a piece of the pie too!

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by lens.com

Do I need a copy of my prescription to order contact lenses?

Yes. Lens.com requires a valid prescription for all contact lens orders. You can obtain a copy of your prescription from your doctor and forward it on to Lens.com, or you can simply provide Lens.com with the necessary information and we will verify it with your eye care provider.

Don’t Forget - Federal Law now requires your eye care provider to release a copy of your prescriptions. This allows you to take advantage of our low prices. Make sure to get a copy of your contact lens prescription, it belongs to you.

Contact prescriptions now must be renewed yearly to be valid.

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by darkphantom

wha?? I thought you needed a recent prescription? =/

You do. Sara just provides an extra uhhhhh incentive

Originally Posted by Blake

the doctor wants a piece of the pie too!

They sure do.

[darkphantom]

[Alex@AKMotorwerk]

i get mine from www.x-contacts.com
they tend to be a little bit cheaper than 1800-contacts

[Couch]

Originally Posted by darkcloud

Anyone else annoyed that you now have to get your eyes checked yearly for contacts???? It's just annoying as fuck. Every 2 years was fine, every year though is just a pain in the ass??

I need it every year. Hell I wish I could go every 6 months. My eyes change too much after a year.

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by Couch

I need it every year. Hell I wish I could go every 6 months. My eyes change too much after a year.

My prescription hasn't changed in 4+ years. Well it's changed slightly but not enough to change the overall power of the contacts. I would say I'm closing in on being a prime candidate for laser surgery. Can't wait The only downside is your not supposed to wear your contacts for a week or two prior to the surgery, now that will suck.

[Couch]

Originally Posted by darkcloud

My prescription hasn't changed in 4+ years. Well it's changed slightly but not enough to change the overall power of the contacts. I would say I'm closing in on being a prime candidate for laser surgery. Can't wait The only downside is your not supposed to wear your contacts for a week or two prior to the surgery, now that will suck.

It'll be nice when I get to that point. Both of my eyes on my last prescription changed by .50. It's getting rediculous.

Hope you have glasses then. Otherwise I'd be screwed completely.

[bmstyle71]

Originally Posted by Blake

you should get lasik...totally worth it!

You should tell that to blake_pilot..poor dude got his aviation medical revoked because lasik fucked one of his eyes up. Not saying that it happens to everyone obviously but....poor guy.
I have -1.00 in each eye last year it was -1.50 and the year before that it was -2.00, no idea how that happened but I'm not complaining lol.

[darkcloud]

Originally Posted by Couch

It'll be nice when I get to that point. Both of my eyes on my last prescription changed by .50. It's getting rediculous.

Hope you have glasses then. Otherwise I'd be screwed completely.

That would suck. Mine has been -2.50 since I was prescribed contacts years ago. And I do have glasses, a sweet pair of oakley wires. Best glasses I've ever had.

Originally Posted by bmstyle71

You should tell that to blake_pilot..poor dude got his aviation medical revoked because lasik fucked one of his eyes up. Not saying that it happens to everyone obviously but....poor guy.
I have -1.00 in each eye last year it was -1.50 and the year before that it was -2.00, no idea how that happened but I'm not complaining lol.

Damn that sounds scary. I really want lasik too and it's stories like these that make me hesitant. I don't fly though which those are the strictest of eye tests.

[Neurorad]

Lasik is for gamblers.

1800contacts has my business