Mail Order Contact Lens

Shopping for contact lenses online is now a reliable alternative for those looking to save money and time when purchasing contact lenses. A reputable online retailer will be able to provide the consumer with properly fitting, fresh, major brand lenses as readily as an opticians' office, at usually about same the cost as a discount retail store pharmacy, up to half of the price as when purchasing from an optician or optometrist. Often, there are rebates for new customers, or when buying larger quantities.

Most of the larger online contact lens stores will have in stock all the various types of lenses from the major manufacturers, including very strong prescriptions, or lenses for astigmatism, or bifocal lenses. If you have an unusual prescription that typically requires a special order, the waiting time will be about the same as it would be when buying from a physical store, with the convenience of the merchandise being sent to your home, rather than having to go back to pick them up.

 

 

It is important to provide an up to date prescription, and a legitimate source will need to have that before fulfilling any new orders. Contact lens prescriptions need to be renewed annually, and it's important to have them checked in order to avoid infections or injuries such as corneal abrasions. Expect to renew your prescription with an online supplier annually.

New prescriptions can usually be faxed directly to the seller from your optometrists' office, or can be sent to the seller by fax or mail by the buyer. Either way, the seller will need to contact your eye doctor to verify the prescription, so expect your first order to take a few days longer than subsequent refills.

 

 

When purchasing something as sensitive as contact lenses from an online store, it's important to find out as much as possible about the seller's reputation. Major search engines will sometimes turn up information, or consumer review websites can be helpful, also consumer blogs can have information about online stores, particularly if they have a negative reputation. If there is any doubt about a company, the Better Business Bureau will have a record of any complaints against it's member companies. If you have questions about a company, make sure to do some research, because good customer service is essential for this kind of purchase in the event that there is a mistake or problem with your order. A good supplier will replace unusable product promptly, if there is a problem. Make sure that there is usable contact information for the company, and if possible, a physical address is always good when doing any financial transaction online. This is where there is an advantage to dealing with one of the vary large companies with a substantial history, in addition to their larger supplies of on-hand stock.

There are advantages to buying in person, especially if your prescription is likely to be in stock, but there are few significant disadvantages to purchasing online when there is no convenient discount alternative available.