[Eala]

Something like that. The price can vary for any number of reasons, like whether they're bifocals or not.

[Williams]

I don't want to say that Free Republic is getting a little bit off target but ....

[Khurkris]

A personal reccomendation. If you have them near you and you or someone you know is a member..I highly reccomend COSTCO for glasses/sunglasses. I have a Dr. do my exam and then take the prescription to them. Very high quality, excellent price and a warranty that can't be beat.

[Russian Sage]

Mine, (I think I got them a lens crafters) were the price of regular glasses plus about $10 for tinting.

[Solson]

It all depends on the lense requirements. Typical frames will be 150-200 plus lense cost.

[Hot Tabasco]

Well, just paid $380.00 for a pair of high density, progressives with frames. So, add a tint and you are looking at over $400.......

If you are eligible for Lasik (sp?) surgery, have it done! Alas, I am not eligible for it due to my severe astigmatism

[mystery-ak]

It depends on your lenses and frames....I picked up a pair from Lens Crafters with a coupon for about $100...I didn't want too spend too much cause I always lose them....I do need new ones...can I have your coupon?

[goldstategop]

I recommend buying your glasses from http://www.39dollareyeglasses.com. You can get two pairs of glasses for the price of one pair from Lenscrafters and the quality and finish are just as good. You can even mix & match prescriptions by getting maybe a Transitions pair for every day wear and a sunglass pair for when the sun's really bothering your eyes. If you really want a terrific deal, check out http://www.zennioptical.com. You can get two pairs of high quality glasses for under $100! The reason Lenscrafters is expensive is they sell brand name glasses and every store has to have their own one hour optical laboratory which raises the price. If brand name's not that important to you, you can still have a nice set of glasses and last time I checked no one cared what name you had on the glasses you wear.

[the bottle let me down]

They're priced the same as regular glasses, plus $25 or so for tinting. In other words, it depends on the frame you choose, the type of lenses, and the strength of your presecritpion.

OTOH, if you have to wear glasses full time, it's some of the best money you'll ever spend.

[mdittmar]

A moose once bit my sister.

[Lokibob]

Technician at lens crafters fell into the lens grinding machine............

and made a spectacle of himself.

[Burkeman1]

I have never spent more than 15 bucks on sunglasses as that is an item I seem to lose constantly. I think spending anymore on such a trivial thing as sunglasses is ludicruous. But my older brother loves to indulge such "hip" things and sports some designer sunglasses that can bend in all different ways and are made out of some space age material stuff. He spent over 300. I mock him all the time for that purchase.

[Maigrey]

Well, i had a a set of Oakley frames that I put prescription lenses in, and they ran me $86 (and that was at Wal-Mart) but they've been well worth it.

[Coleus]

I paid 193 for varilux and 123 for bi focals. I would say they should cost less than $100.00. Go to costco, they are the best priced glasses around, target is good too.

[philetus]

I have a pair of Serengetti(non-script)sunglasses that cost $135.00

[Gamecock]

Make sure you pay extra and get them porarized. That will cost a few extrea bucks, but it is well worth it.

[Calvin Locke]

Can't remember what I paid for my only pair of Rx sunglasses, but...

The first sunny weekend I was using them, I noticed something odd. They were polarized, but one lens was fitted off by
90o.

Sort of gave a shimmer to the edge of things. If you get polarized, just look through another pair
of polarized glasses at the same time. If you can see, the grating is hopefully parallel in both.

[mhking]

It varies - I generally will get mine done as part of a special. My present pair of sunglasses are my previous pair of day-to-day glasses, treated to make the lenses darker.

[Petronski]

Wal-Mart opticians made a pair for me for about $100 in 2001.

[Don W]

I paid $250 for a set of Serengeti frames with dark (mirrored scratch too easily) lenses.

It was easily worth it. I can see, and don't look like a complete dork (for a change).