Inexpensive Eyeglasses

[BuckarooBanzai]

Can anyone recommend a source of inexpensive prescription eyeglasses in the Prasat, Praken Chai, or Surin area. My dog got hungry and chewed mine up. Greatly appreciate any suggestions. I do need a new prescription as well.

[briley]

Don't know if you have them locally but Tesco Lotus and Carrefour sell glasses from +3.00 to -3.50 for under 200 Baht. At that price don't ask if they are designer frames or have bi-focals, tinting etc as they don't.

[Robby nz]

Any market has the non prescription ones, night market here last night I saw them for 50b.

For the real perscription types there are several optomotrists in most every Thai city who appear to know their stuff.

What you will have to pay I couldnt tell you but can say with confidence it would be far less than where you came from...wherever that is.

Edited April 24, 2011 by Robby nz

[lopburi3]

I would not say that - in my experience glasses are not a bargain here and only designer type frames (at designer prices) are sold at the normal optical chains. Also have serious questions on quality.

[tort]

I asked the price of 1.74 index lenses (the really thin ones) at a branch of Top Charoen (the biggest chain) in Bangkok.

They were 8000 baht. I can get them for ~5500 baht online in the UK but would have to pay ~9000 baht at an opticians in the UK.

So they are not really that cheap.

[BuckarooBanzai]

Thank you all for your input. Maybe I will try mail order as the big optical outlets I think are overpriced. Was looking for a small operation like Sheryl talks about in this post http://www.thaivisa...._1#entry3765644 but I really have not been able to find any. Some of the mail order look pretty good though. Again, thank you for responding.

[jazzbo]

The last pair of imported-frame progressive lenses I bought from TopCharoen lasted 6 years before the nose bridge-piece wore out ... the new glasses are about a year old now ... the prescription sunglasses from TC I did not replace and are 7 years old ... do a little division and decide what seeing the world is worth to you ...

Also any TC shop anywhere in the Kingdom will adjust and minor repair your specs for you.

[Mosha]

Any market has the non prescription ones, night market here last night I saw them for 50b.

For the real perscription types there are several optomotrists in most every Thai city who appear to know their stuff.

What you will have to pay I couldnt tell you but can say with confidence it would be far less than where you came from...wherever that is.

I had my eyes tested yesterday. Reactive lenses, and bifocal + frames 10,000 Baht. That is actually cheaper than my last pair. I'm not sure if they had an offer on, I didn't bother to check.