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Been told to day that I have to wear glasses for work because my eye muscles are too lazy to focus for long periods.

Fucking great. Where's the best place to get some frames etc?!

*awaits all the jokes....*

What's brown and sticky? A stick.

What's orange and sounds like a Parrot? A Carrot.

Opticians tend to be a good shout ;)

I got mine from Haine and Smith. Looked in Specsavers and couldn't find a single pair of glasses that I liked! Although that's probably just because I'm incredibly fussy.

Unless it's just a cheap pair of readers that you need? In which case you can get them from supermarkets, WHSmith etc...

No its reflective ones or something?! Its for looking at screen all day apparently.

I think my employer has to make a contribution don't they?

These are nice

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I'm pretty sure that if you need them only for work, your employer has to pay for most of it, along with an annual eye examination. You just need to make sure that the optician agrees that you only need them for work, and not for driving or reading etc

I use Dolland & Aitchison in the Brunel, they give you a decent eye exam and help you chose, but not in a pushy way.  You can haggle with them as well :-)

I get my eyes tested in Asda, then get the glasses from where ever I find the pair I like the best. Bit different for me though as I have to wear them every minute of the day as I'm blind as fuck without them - I can focus on something about 8 inches from my eyes without them and past that its a blur.

If you want to spend as little as possible try Specsavers, Asda, Tesco and the like.

Specsavers aren't opticians, they're shopticians. They'll sell you glasses even if you don't need them.

If you have your prescription, order from www.glassesdirect.co.uk.

Hahaha, you bunch of poorly-sighted speccy nerds. That is all.

I've actually got near 20/20 vision you scruffy little cunt.

retrospecs.co.uk

They even do Monocles!

yup, they certainly got me.

Glasses Direct are the shit.

i use haine and smith.their aftercare and customer service is superb

So either you've got glasses when you don't need them, or you're offering advice on something you know fuck all about... either way you're a mug!

I go to Vision Express. Not cheap, but I get £80 off frames due to being on their contact lens plan too (I don't wear contacts on a daily basis).

Plus I'm fussy and they can't have a name like Gok Wan written on them

Wouldn't buy them online as I'll need to try them on.

My last pair came from Vision Express, ended up complaining to their head office.  Swindon claimed I had agreed the new presciption, turns out they made the pesciption up wrong and wouldn't admit it.  Finally got the proper glasses, an apology and 50% of my money back!!  Would never go back there!

This thread reminded me of this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGW-PSdnTXE