Timeline for Can a foreign eyeglass prescription be used to buy glasses or contacts in the US?
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| Jul 8, 2018 at 12:11 | answer | added | Willeke♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 20, 2018 at 17:41 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1009491539649843201 | ||
| Jun 18, 2018 at 21:29 | comment | added | nikhil | Yes It works on most sites but not all. Warby Parker won’t take my money because my prescription doesn’t have an expiry date. Eyeglasses USA took my prescription without any issue. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | If you have rather standard eyes with rather standard corrections needed, you might well do it online. But if you have non-standard corrections needed I would not do anything but going to a shop which is willing to check the prescription to your eyes and actually fit the glasses to your head. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 17:15 | comment | added | choster | FWIW, the U.S. is an expensive place to get eyeglasses made. I know a great many people who get them in Latin America or Asia instead. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 16:02 | comment | added | Azor Ahai -him- | When I did it, I just plugged in the numbers. There was literally no way for anyone to know where I got them from. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 16:02 | history | asked | user51516 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |