Quote Originally Posted by Irulan View Post
Good lord, love those expensive eye clinics. WTF?

I've been getting my glasses at Costco optical for years. I have two sets of progressives, one for eveyday and one for work. Each set was less than $200, I'm sure. I've been a fan of the Costco optometrist ever since he figured out what my problem with contacts was, and the expensive eye clinic guy couldn't. That was lot of money down the toilet until we got that solved.
That's not really an absurd price depending on the prescription. Even at Target Optical with insurance, non-progressive distance lenses for me are about $300. Add in non-clearance frames and I pay about $400 (and then I have to wait about 3 weeks to get them).

Which is why I'm wearing glasses that are about 4 years old.