What You Need To Know About Discounted Contact Lenses

The trouble with vision problems is the expense we have to go through every year to have our prescription tested and the every six months where we are re- supplying our contact lenses. Of course just have vision troubles is enough to make anyone groan especially if they’re prescription is extremely high. I am one of those happy individual’s who has worn corrective lenses since second grade and can’t see four feet in front of me without them. There are many options for people like us glasses, eye surgery, and contact lenses. Like many individual’s eye surgery is still expensive and a little out of my league so I still wear contact lenses.

Researching the best place to buy contact lenses has led a lot of people to find discounted contact lenses. The best source for buying discounted contact lenses is the Internet. There are several places including the manufacturers of the contact lenses you wear that have discounted lenses when you buy from them directly. Other options for discounted contact lenses is your insurance, plans like AAA, or even AARP. Only you will know which plan is best for you. Below are a few tips in finding discounted contact lenses.

The online contact lens stores may be tied to a physical shop such as vision works or lens crafters or it could be a discount store. These discount stores offer specials such as a year supply for less than you usually spend at an eye doctor and if you throw in some contact solution you may receive free shipping. 1-800-contacts is another option for finding discounts on lenses and receiving discounted shipping.

If you are set on buying your contacts through your eye doctor, then you will need to look at plans such as insurance, AAA, and AARP. AARP of course is for those who have reached a certain age. Often those who have hit fifty need bifocal corrective lenses. Contact lenses can have this bifocal option, but they are very expensive and your insurance may not cover it. It that is the case AARP may offer a discount at select optical shops. The only way to find out is to make a few phone calls. AAA is another plan that may be accepted by optical shops to get you a discount on the eye exam as well as on the contact lenses. Discounted contact lenses are important when you are spending around $60 per eye per six months supply. Toric lenses are more expensive than regular contact lenses because they are correcting for an astigmatism. Finding discounted Toric lenses is very rare, but AAA plans can help you receive these discounts at your optical shop.

The last option is available for those who have insurance. Insurance is often the best way to pay for an eye exam at get up to 20% off your contact lenses at an optical shop. You will have to check with your insurance if your optical shop does not suggest discounted contact lenses with the insurance you have. Most places are wanting to keep your business so they will often mention the discount. If they don’t there is no harm in asking.