How does it work, then?

Right, to get your hands on a pair of our ultra low cost, super-stylish prescription glasses, you’ll firstly need a prescription. Maybe you’ve already got one (make sure it’s under two years old, or one if you’re over 70). If not, pop down to your optician and get your eyes tested.

Once you’ve squinted at those little letters for half an hour or so, your optician will give you your prescription. But that’s where it should end. Don’t feel obliged to buy prescription glasses from your opticians. Because they won’t come cheap. They’ll come with something like a 1000% profit for the optician. Before you storm out of the shop, though, try to get your pupillary distance measurement on your prescription, too.

Once you’ve got your prescription, you’ll want some glasses. Cue us - wantglasses.co.uk. So, check out our product pages, or browse our catalogue. Once you’ve chosen the frame that makes you look a million dollars, just enter ALL your prescription details (including pupillary distance or PD) onto the online form. If ordering glasses online scares you, there’s always the good old telephone. More details below.

Online ordering

Check out our prescription glasses on the sidebar. Then just key in your prescription details and choose your lens. After that, we just need your personal details and a credit or debit card details.

Telephone ordering

Got your prescription? Chosen your glasses? Got your card handy? Find ordering online a bit scary? Then just pick up the phone and call 0845 259 1151. Our operators will discuss your lens options and take your prescription details.

Catalogue ordering

Traditionalist? You’ll love ordering from our catalogue, then. So let us mail it to you free, gratis and for nothing. Just complete the order form and post it to Wantglasses, Unit 3, Bredbury Business Park, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 2SN with a copy of your prescription. Alternatively, fax them to us at 0808 280 0317.

Which lens is right for you?

You’ll notice we’ve a choice of lenses - single vision, bifocal and varifocal. Single vision are standard lenses and will suit you if your needs are for short-sightedness or long-sightedness.

If you need bifocal lenses, you’ll pay a little more - but still a fraction of High Street prices. You’ll need bifocals- which come with a line separating the near-vision and far-vision parts of the lens - if you’ve been advised to have two strengths of lenses.

With varifocals, you can see near and far with the same glasses. They’re like bifocals, but without the line - the transition from near to far is more gradual.

Whichever lens is right for you, you won’t find your glasses cheaper anywhere else. So let’s start the journey.