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Tips on Shopping for Glasses Online Cheaply by Hillary Glaser
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Tips on Shopping for Glasses Online Cheaply |
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We all know that when the economy tanks, we have to tighten our financial belts. The first thing to go is usually vision care but it doesn’t need to be that way. Here are some tips for finding new glasses online at affordable prices.
With protests springing up all over the world due to the current economy, it is not a surprise to anyone that people are penny pinching and tightening their purse strings wherever they can. We’re no longer in a position to just spend money as we please and with the advent of shows like Extreme Couponing, we’re learning where we can spend and where we should save. The optical world used to be a place where we would spend because we had to. We’d shell out hundreds of dollars every year just to get a basic pair of glasses.
When the economy took a turn for the worse, vision care was among the first thing to go in lieu of putting food on the table. Vision care became a luxury and people started wearing eyeglasses for longer than two years. On average, people wear their eyeglasses for about six years before buying new ones. Thankfully, with the invention of the Internet came the idea of shopping online. It saves time and it saves money. Buying glasses online is no exception but there are ways of making your online purchase of glasses even more affordable than they already are.
The first thing to do when looking to buy glasses online is to start looking for sites to buy glasses on. Buyer beware: if a site looks cheap or unprofessional - skip it. If the glasses are marked too low and you think that it might be a waste of money- chances are it is and you should skip that site, too. A good pair of high quality frames should start just below $40 - not $8. If the price looks too low - skip it! Any good online optical store will have the following: a virtual mirror that allows you to try on your glasses; a blog with a good mix of entertaining and informational posts; a satisfaction guarantee - because if you’re not happy, they’re not happy; and an easy-to-navigate search system. If they are missing any of these things - skip it! A good company will invest in their website because they want your business. If they don’t invest in themselves, they won’t be investing in your vision.
Once you know which site (or sites) you’d like to purchase from, start searching for discounts. Some sites offer discounts and promotions on site while others opt for third-party intervention like coupon sites. Regardless, keep looking online. You’ll find steals and deals in blog posts, tweets on twitter, Facebook updates, and, of course, on coupon sites. Look for the best coupon to fit your needs and make sure it’s valid. Most stores will not allow you to use more than one coupon at a given time so keep that in mind.
Once you have a coupon in hand, any purchase will automatically be cheaper. Additionally, the site you’re looking to buy glasses from may have an additional promotion that entitles you to free shipping if you spend over a certain amount. Take advantage of promotions like this if you can use more than one coupon when buying eyeglasses online - it all adds up.
Hillary Glaser is a social networking specialist and expert in cross-media promotion, currently working on promoting prescription eyeglasses. She is the Director of Marketing and Special Projects for GlassesUSA.com - the easiest way to buy glasses online, which now offers free shipping on all U.S. orders with the code FreeShip10.
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