02-22-2022, 04:36 AM
Fritz wrote:
My last set of progressive Crizal lens in an old metal frame was $700 in 2017.
The frame is at least 8-year-old and was about $200.
I still wear the same lens in my glasses. In the last 6 months or so the coating has started to peel, only coz I'm not wearing my contacts as much.
I also have coated night glasses that I wear over my contacts (I'm very wary of glasses in a work situ. It's not like you didn't know I'm a crackpot). Perhaps $300 in old frames 3 years ago.
You're not alone; I still use frames from the 1980's.... Big 5 Sporting Goods gets pretty good deals on sunglasses, but back before Luxotica ruled the world, they got killer deals. I stocked up on Nikon and RayBan aviator style sunglasses back then, and since I haven't been able to beat 'em, IIABDFWI.
The last few years, I (re)discovered that you can score awesome deals on non-Luxotica, high end designer frames, at massive discounts once they're discontinued, and several months out of season. I've gotten a few Tom Ford $500 - $600+ glasses for under $120, a couple even under $100, to work into the rotation. That's it for my lifetime; no intention of ever buying another set of frames. They can bury me in my 1988 Nikons.
Discontinued Tom Ford Sean and Rick aviator sunglasses.... Baby Buzz at 2012 HS "Senior Day" in one of my 1980's Big 5 Nikons.....
I keep spare pairs of progressives in the cars, and old pairs around for handyman tasks, so that current lenses don't get wrecked.
Also have single vision pairs for computer use (smaller frames/stronger Rx), and TV/movie viewing (big frames/basic Rx).
Just keep rotating the same old frames down thru the pecking order..., decade after decade.
Not sure what I'm gonna do in a couple of years when I get the cataracts fixed;
it's gonna get expensive when none of the old lenses will be even close to working....
OTOH, the post-op lenses will be a lot weaker, so I won't have to pay the hi-index premium anymore.
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