Save £’s on prescription glasses by shopping online

Wantglasses.co.uk exposes the 1,000% high street mark-up scandal

Why pay high street prices for your prescription glasses when it has been well documented that high street opticians charge mark-ups on some products of over 1,000 per cent? If you’re watching your pennies or are looking to cut costs on necessities, buying your glasses online can offer huge savings.

“Because of the prescription side of things, I think people forget that an optician’s is also a retail outlet,” said a spokesman of online glasses retailer wantglasses.co.uk “People need to know that all the information required to produce a perfect pair of glasses should be contained on their prescription and that they’re under no obligation to buy glasses from their optician’s.

“It’s easy to assume that such large discounts must be due to a difference in quality, but it’s simply not the case,” said WantGlasses.co.uk. “We stock exactly the same products as the high street shops and they’re from exactly the same suppliers and carry the same quality or standard marks.”

And WantGlasses.co.uk should know – most of the staff have worked in high street opticians before deciding to retail online: “We simply don’t have the overheads of a high street shop, so we can be less greedy with our pricing structure – although I have to say that some of the mark-ups on the high street are a total rip off!”

Price comparison 15/5/08

How much can you really save on the same pair or prescription glasses by shopping online?

Typical savings from wantglasses.co.uk

We carried out a sample on five different pairs of frames and lenses, both standard frames with standard coated lenses, and standard frames with high index lenses. We looked at the prices across two leading high street retailers and compared them with our online prices. The results are staggering. If you shop online at wantglasses.co.uk, your minimum savings ranged from £110.25 to £215, depending on the frame and lens type required.

“Just to pick out an example, high index 1.74 lenses cost £249 in both high street opticians sampled, whilst you can buy exactly the same lenses from us for just £99. And that’s a saving of £150 before you’ve added on the huge savings you’ll make on frames.

“If you buy prescription glasses from your high street optician you will most likely be throwing your money away,” said WantGlasses.co.uk. “Our prices start from just £15 for complete prescription glasses and we offer huge savings across the board, relative to your frame and lens choice.

“As an online retailer our service is not only cheaper, but also offers 24/7 shopping convenience and a fast, efficient service with after sales support.”

And it’s not only prescription glasses wearers who benefit from online retailing. “We’re also getting increasing demand for plano lenses, from people who want to wear glasses purely as a fashion statement. With perceptions such as higher intelligence being attributed to glasses wearers, our planos are popular as an interview or business tool, as well as with those who choose to accessorize with coloured glasses.

“Likewise, we can also offer a wide range of designer frames at discounted prices compared to those available in the high street.”

Advantages of buying glasses online

* Huge savings on both lenses and frames
* A wide range of men’s, women’s and designer glasses
* Custom-made glasses to prescription from just £15
* Fully qualified online opticians to advise you
* Simple to order
* Shop open 24 hours – shop at your convenience
* 30-day money back guarantee on glasses
* All lenses to British Standard

Wantglasses.co.uk background

WantGlasses.co.uk has been developed from a traditional family optician’s business that has been operating since 1902. The company is staffed by a team of experienced optometrists, dispensing opticians and laboratory technicians, offering customers the choice of buying their prescription glasses online at low prices.

WantGlasses.co.uk offer an amazing range of over 1000 frames including leading top designer styles which are custom made to your prescription.

Just like opticians on the high street we can offer our customers almost any lens available, for example, Single Vision, Bifocals or Varifocals. We can cater to your every optical need, maybe it might be high index prescription lenses or lenses that change with light, we have you covered.

We also offer every type of lens coating and tint, so if you require your lenses to have anti reflective coating, scratch resistant coating or you simply want them pink in colour we can tailor them to meet your exact requirements.

With over 100 years of optical knowledge and background in the industry, in fact our 100th anniversary was in 2002 we have build a team of top optometrists, dispensing opticians and lab technicians to insure your glasses are custom made and checked to meet the high standards that we have set.

We now have, thanks to the growth of the internet made the opportunity to offer our range of prescription glasses and lenses more easily available. By lowering our prices, we can now offer more volume with less overhead. This means that you are still getting the same quality and knowledge that we offer on the high street but at the same time saving money.

We are also extremely confident in our staff and the quality of their work, that we are very pleased to offer a ‘no questions asked 100% money back guarantee’ on all our products we offer.

At WantGlasses.co.uk we pride ourselves on our customer service

We are proud to say that the vast majority of our business comes through delighted customers and their recommendations. The positive feedback we relieve from our customers is a result of:

1. Offering excellent pricing and service though our online opticians
2. Employing only the best high street and hospital trained optometrists, dispensing opticians and lab techs some of which worked for various high street stores.
3. Tirelessly working to ensure customer satisfaction at every level.
4. Our unique personalised service and approach to every order.
5. Our happy, well motivated and fully trained staff.
6. Our 100% customer service guarantee.

We sincerely hope that you love our customer service and the quality of our products that you are happy to tell a friend or two ?

We are more than happy to discuss any questions you might have. Please feel free to contact us.

With Thanks

The Want Glasses Team