Eye Glasses.

[Gonsalviz]

I just got a new set of glasses for 4800 Baht. Flexi Titanium frame bifocals. They are great.

Last pair I got cost 48,000 Baht at one of the top of the line stores.

Look for small shops. Sabuy Ta is the name. No English so you will need a translator. The selection is not that great but when they only cost 10%, I'll put up with the hassle.

[lostinisaan]

Did the saleslady look good?

[MrTee]

Any idea as to where they have a shop?

[lopburi3]

Is this a small shop of a mail order from China service by chance? Google of name only provides what appears to be a mail order system. Have used Zenni optical for online service several times and very happy with results and price has also been around that, or less.

[Sheryl]

It doesn't sound like online but rather a small "Mom and Pop" optometrist shop which I agree are the best for glasses in Thailand, Unfortunately they are gradually becoming extinct.

Perhaps the Op would be so kind as to tell us the location.

[lopburi3]

I also was hoping for that - but there is a sabuy-ta.com which is primarily a sunglasses sales outlet so expect might be some connection - especially as he mentioned it in the plural.

[DogNo1]

After buying two pairs of progressive transitions (change color), 18,000 for the first and 23,000 for the second, I have founnd that the best solution for me is transitions bifocals with the line at the top of the bifocal. I paid 6,500 for top-of-the-line Hoya lenses which are remarkably clear and bright. The lights at night are beautiful with the non-glare Hoya coating. Tthe bifocal portion is quite wide so reading is easy, not problematic as with the Hoya progressives. As the optical shop points out, I could nearly have bought four pairs of bifocals with the price that I paid for the progressives. I use Infinite Eyewear on the third floor of Central World in Bangkok. The reason that I originally bought progressives is because I didn't know that the old-style bifocals were still available. (Didn't ask either - Duh!) The optical shop that I patronized in Tokyo wouldn't sell bifocals - only progressives. Maybe it's a profit thing. Their profit margin on the progressives much be much bigger.

[norfolkandchance]

Did the saleslady look good?

No i was wearing aircrew glasses

[norfolkandchance]

Did the saleslady look good?

With a bank out tie

[Gonsalviz]

The shop I went to is in Yang Talat, Kalasin.

[Gonsalviz]

Is this a small shop of a mail order from China service by chance? Google of name only provides what appears to be a mail order system. Have used Zenni optical for online service several times and very happy with results and price has also been around that, or less.

Not a mail order. It took them 2 days to make the lenses. Frames were on the premises.