Originally Posted by
jim p
"Holy s***! I've been browsing that
http://www.zennioptical.com site."
If you get some of their glasses and you don't mind, let me know how you like them.
We've been getting our prescription glasses there for about 10 years and have been very satisfied. Never found a badly made lens (more than I can say about some much more costly optical places) and the frame quality has been good as well. They started with $19 as their lowest price years ago and have only been getting cheaper since then. Got my current pair along with one for my daughter when they were running a 'two for one' sale so mine was less than $4. Of course the price will go up as I could start to use some bifocals now, but it'll still be quite reasonable.
I agree with the comments about the high price of hearing aids. Seems like the revolution in miniature electronics should have brought the price down to more reasonable levels.