Discount Contact Lenses Online

If you are happy with your present contact lenses you are probably keen to find a way to buy replacements that has low prices as well as offering greater convenience and reliability. If you are happy to order online you can get just what you are looking for.

There are significant benefits to ordering online:

• Clearly the major benefit of using the web for buying contact lenses is the lower prices available. Many websites offer discount contact lenses at low prices, reducing costs considerably, when compared to bricks and mortar stores. The site we found to regularly offer the lowest prices can be found via this link - contact lenses online.

• The second significant benefit is that it is more convenient. The store is open 24/7 so you can order any time wherever you are.

However, you need to be aware that the sale of contact lenses online is subject to regulation. This means that buying discount contact lenses is not quite as easy as many other online purchases. The US rules require that:

• Online stores can only supply replacements lenses - As a result you as required to have an up to date prescription (normally dated with the last year) before placing an order. The contacts initially supplied should have been used without any issues coming up.

• Internet sellers must check the prescription data you input - To enable this to be done the ordering process will include entering details of your eye doctor who gave you the prescription. The supplier must then get in contact with this individual or company to make sure that the information you supplied is right. If there is any problem this must be raised within one business day. In practice the result is that the supplier cannot implement the order before the end of the business day after it was placed. It may be possible to speed things up by supplying a copy of the actual prescription document by fax or email.

Fortunately most online stores will retain your information so if you order a second time it will be faster. Also once you have got through this procedure there will be no doubt that the contact lenses you get in the post will be identical to those you might have bought from your optician but at a lower price.

Buying Glasses OnlineAlthough it is not immediately obvious there are significant issues if you want to purchase eyeglasses online much more so than with contacts. With contact lenses you are simply ordering replacements based on a detailed prescription including the brand, so you know exactly what you are getting. With glasses there are lots of choices to make and, of course, you can’t try the frames on before you buy. However these issues can be overcome, see buy glasses online.