The contact lens industry is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and that simply means that it is illegal to sell a pair of contacts without a proper prescription from an optician. So the first step in buying yourself a good pair of contacts is to make sure you have an optician's prescription that's not more than twelve months old. The reason why your prescription should not be more that 12 months old is because the eye tends to undergo subtle changes which can only be diagnosed by a qualified optician - so even though you may feel as if your eyes and vision has not changed, the truth is that it usually does.
Secondly, even though buying your contacts from your optician will surely be a bit expensive, the advantage is that you will know exactly what you need to buy from online and offline retailers in the future - this removes any guesswork that you would need to do otherwise.
Thirdly, buying your successive pairs of contacts from a reputable online retailer will surely be financially more viable as compared to buying from a brick and mortar store. The reason for this is simple: the online stores have a very low operational cost (cost of doing business) and therefore they are in a position to sell at a thinner profit margin. On the other hand a brick and mortar store has all sorts of expenses to contend with - taxes, rent, utility bills and salaries etc are just to name a few.
Offline stores who buy huge quantities of contact lenses would always be able to offer comparatively competitive prices. If you choose to buy your contact lenses online then it would be a good idea to first shortlist and choose from the very best sites in terms of:
*Price (use one of the many price comparison websites that crawl the world wide web for the best prices)
*Quality (refer to one of the many customer review sites)
*After sales service and return/exchange policies (refer to one of the many customer review sites)
*Delivery time-lines, freight charges and insurance etc
When you receive the package make sure the specifications of the lenses exactly match your doctor's prescription. If not, get back to the online retailer and log a return request (this is why it is important to check the return and exchange policy beforehand).
Because disposable lenses have become so common and you will probably be buying lenses very frequently; it's important to identify the very best online/offline sellers - money saved on each purchase will eventually add up to a fortune over the period of a couple of years.
Author Resource:-
Dominic Donaldson is a published writer. Find out more about how to buy contacts and the services offered from Lenstore.co.uk.
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