Cant have contact lenses

As people have said, contacts are fairly cheap (Unless you are awkward like me and have extended wear torics, but even they are only £14 a month when bought online.

And as supertramp said, its harder to get used to contacts than glasses, and you still need glasses anyway. If you take them out each day you need them for then (Nothing other than extended wear's last all day (ie. 9am-midnight) without drying out, and you can't get extended wears straight away anyway). Millions of people manage fine with glasses, just needs some kind of persistance.

Reply 6

timbuck2

£7.50 a pair at boots

Reply 7

Thanks guys!! I suppose i could try and pay for them myself, i havent got a job... thats another problem....
I get some money from grandparents, so if you say its £15 a month tops, i might be able to manage that. i dont know how much my opticians charge :redface:

Reply 8

timbuck2

£7.50 a pair at boots

really? is that for a month?

Reply 9

bunthulhu

14

Remember you have to pay for solutions too, so it's more than that.

Reply 10

**** if your wondering why im now anon 2 its cos i just used my friends account instead of my own :redface:

Not to confuse you :p:

and im not going mad either! :wink:

Reply 11

bunthulhu

Remember you have to pay for solutions too, so it's more than that.

il just nick my dads :p:

He doesnt use it properly :rolleyes:

so he has loads of solution

Reply 12

Nick R

10

Mine are £12 a month.

Get a job then...

Reply 13

Nick R

Mine are £12 a month.

Get a job then...

Im tryin mate, honest, you try getting a job around this place! Tis no success so far *bows head in shame*

Reply 14

Click

I get mine from tesco's and as you can see that pair works out at like £4.67 a month which is pretty damn good.

Reply 15

Lofty

Click

I get mine from tesco's and as you can see that pair works out at like £4.67 a month which is pretty damn good.

wow im liking that!
But do you have to know your strength and whatever in order to buy them? And i guess i would have to ask my optician for that?

Reply 16

Yeah you need to know your prescription. Go to specsavers, you get a free month or so and an eye test. Since your a student the eye test will be free as well, so the lens price after the trial is all you need to pay :smile:

Don't let em talk you into getting it from them either, just say you'll come abck later or something :p:

They sell mine at like double the price of Tesco's.

Reply 17

ProfessorFitBoy

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bunthulhu

Remember you have to pay for solutions too, so it's more than that.

I don't know about anywhere else but the solutions are free from Specsavers (I have the monthleys and go on direct debit) and the woman said that I can come in and help myself to as much solutions as I like... :p:

Reply 18

Don Vito Corleone

2

The price of the lenses all depends on how bad your eyesight is, mine are £120 a pair, but that is every six months. It's well worth it IMO, my mum pays for them but it was her idea for me to get them. I love them, and feel a lot better and more confident without glasses.

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