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 Does anyone order contact lenses on line?  I need to order some, but I'm thinking I could cut costs a little by ordering directly instead of going through my optometrist.

 I don't wear contact lens but I know that a friend of mine does order hers online and she's never complained to me.

 I am curious too.

Where I work (as an optometrist-student) we sell lenses in the store and online. If you buy online you just have to make sure that you get a check up every 6 or 12 months or if you feel that there are anyproblems at all, and that you buy the same brand and kind as you usually use, and don´t wear them any longer than precibed by your optometrist. And again, go see your optometrist if you feel there are any kind of problems

 I've used shipmycontacts.com and they were great. They actually call your eye doctor for the prescription. On a side note, I told my eye dr that I was going to get my contacts elsewhere and he matched their price for me.

 I've used 800-contacts for the last several years and they are terrific. If you order online, you usually get free shipping and I usually search for a discount code online before I place an order. (an extra $5.00 coupon available sometimes)

You have to have a valid prescription available through your eye doctors office. They verify the prescription and then send them out.

HTH! 

 I just got mine from Walmart.  They were half the price that my eye doctor was charging.

 We just tried our first order with discountcontactlens.com last month.  So far so good -they had to verify our prescription, but then I ordered enough for free shipping.

It threw them off a bit, because I only wear one and hubby only wears one and I sent them in on the same order!!
But it worked out great!!!

Before lasik i used to buy them from Costco!  much cheaper then at the Drs. Office

 Try contactlenseking.com - really good prices and quick shipping.

 I do! It's very reliable and easy. It's a lot cheaper to order online. I go through www.visiondirect.com

 I just ordered a year's supply of lenses from shipmycontacts.com for less than half of the price my optometrist gave me and their quote included a 10% discount.  Thanks for your help!

 Funny you ask.... UPS man just dropped off our 1800contacts order yesterday.  BUT we just found out that they are $4 a box cheaper at Sam's club so we'll be ordering there next time.  Costco is another great place (but we don't live near one anymore)   This was our second time ordering from 1800contacts.com and everything went super smooth, no complaints!!!

 There are a lot of places to get contacts.  I tried to wear them a few years ago, but could not get the hang of it.  Nuts!

janello wrote: Funny you ask.... UPS man just dropped off our 1800contacts order yesterday.  BUT we just found out that they are $4 a box cheaper at Sam's club so we'll be ordering there next time.  Costco is another great place (but we don't live near one anymore)   This was our second time ordering from 1800contacts.com and everything went super smooth, no complaints!!!

I typicaly order my daughters contacts from Sams, but thought I could get them faster with 1800Contacts--had the Dr. verified quicker, they would have been faster than Sams, but they ended up coming in one day before Sams would have.  I did like having them delivered to the door--and it kept me out of Sams (which can be dangerous for me!!).  I paid about $4 more than Sams, and that was with a coupon code.  The online help chat at 1800Contacts was super helpful.  I will use them again, but won't procrastinate next time!!!!!

My contacts ended up being the same price at the Dr office as theonline service I checked. Also, I used to work at a pharmacy about 10 years ago and you could send your prescription in there. You might want to check into that as well.