On Sun, 23 May 2004 20:15:12 GMT, Ted Bennett
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>Werehatrack <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> >I've found that many optical shops happily provide minor repairs and
>> >adjustments at no or little cost. Are your lenses really "glass"? To
>> >improve safety, sports glasses are usually done in polycarbonate.
>
>> Photogrey sunglasses are still glass. The OP didn't specify if they
>> were photogrey, but I suspect that may be the case.
>
>Photochromic lenses are available in plastic as well as glass, and have
>been for some years now.
Technology marches on, I see. I've always preferred polarizing
sunglasses myself, so this development apparently slipped by when I
wasn't looking.
>It is becoming more difficult to find an optician who is willing to make
>glass lenses, particularly for "rimless" frames. Too much breakage.
Not a problem around here in the photogreys at least. I just checked
a couple of ads, and they're available either in glass or plastic.
Rimless frames may or may not be easy to get. They were scarce in
this market the last time I needed to get a new pair of glasses. Even
more so were frames with a large lens area, which had become nearly
nonexistent in the mass-market optical stores locally at that time.
When I groused that all the frames had small lens areas compared to my
old pair, the opticians at three different stores said that because
small glasses were fashinable, large-lens ones weren't being kept in
stock. I think I shocked one of the salesdroids when I said "I want
glasses to see WITH, not to be seen in. If you can't supply me with
glasses that I find useful, I'll go where I can get them." They
seemed to think that if they didn't have it, then it didn't exist or
didn't matter. Well, it mattered to me, and I found a place that
understood this.
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