You can get glasses in Japan for $50 without a prescription. It’s awesome.
Wally World already has glasses for about $75, including the eye exam.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Contour-Mens-Prescription-Glasses-FM12001-Dark-Silver/23607134
$38 bucks!!
You can go to discount optometrist services in lots of areas. They give you a free eye exam if you buy the glasses from them.
I take my whole family to the optometrist and get their prescription. I then go to the discount place and buy them two sets of glasses for under $100 and get them insured for another 30 or so.
My six year old twins break glasses like nothing. One has had four pair this year alone. The other has had three.
The regular optometrist sells glasses that look identical and cost five or even six times as much. For my multi-focus extra thin lightweight difficult prescription glasses the optometrist wants around $500 for a cheap set of frames and lenses, significantly more for “designer” frames. This is WITH optical insurance!The discount glasses cost me under $450 for TWO pair and I get reimbursed for much of that from the insurance company by filing claim.
I have also used my prescription to buy glasses online. That works pretty good as well.