
What should I know? “Warby Parker’s where it’s at,” said Ali, a Brokelyn reader, who encapsulates the general consensus of a brand well-known for its customer service (which includes a super-convenient at-home try on - five pairs for five days - and personal follow-up emails to check in). While I haven’t quite made it to checkout yet, here’s everything I’ve culled from your post-purchase tips, each websites’ info, and my astute observations. The range of online offerings varies from $99 pairs from Warby Parker (the Toms shoes of the face) to “free” specs sites that fill your browser with a million cookies. So, here’s your no holds barred Brokelyn guide to every price and (hopefully) every catch in the word of online glasses buying. And it seems like (ca-ching!) buying glasses online. But, alas, there is a Brokelyn alternative to those Bedford optical boutiques. No matter how “classic” our glasses may seem at the time of purchase, they either go out of style, or everyone ends up with something similar (see: Ray Bans). This splurge is one many glasses wearers are all too familiar with – especially after my heavy Rx, stigmatism, and all the proper protective coatings (not to mention the cost of the appointment with the actual doctor).

And, like clockwork, I’m set back $200-400 every three years for a new pair.
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As a proud, mostly blind near-sighted person, I’ve put a lot of thought and money into how to make myself see properly.
