Comments on: How do you save money on contact lenses?

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:13:23 +0000

I find them cheapest through Drugstore.com. If you go through ebates first, then drugstore.com, it turns out to be pretty cheap.

By: Abigail

Abigail — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:29:41 +0000

I have one of the most expensive kinds of contacts (gas permeable). Even through 1-800-Contacts, I was being quoted over $100. The regular vision place wanted to charge closer to $150-170.

So I gritted my teeth and called up America’s Best. I got my contacts for around $60. I was astounded. Granted, one day, when I have vision insurance, I’ll happily go to a more reputable place. But the contacts are great and have lasted quite a long time. (In fact, I need to get the prescription updated after around three years. But the lenses themselves are the same quality I’d get anywhere else.)

In other words, if money is a big deal, call America’s Best and compare prices with 1-800-Contacts. I don’t recall Sam’s Club having all that great of deals, but then again that was on my type of lens.

By: Krystal of Solsisters

Krystal of Solsisters — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:23:49 +0000

I also get mine from Sam’s Club a sit seesm they have a good price on Acuvue Oasys 2.

By the way, YOU DO NOT NEED A MEMBERSHIP to buy contacts from optical. Just tell the person at the door you are going to optical.

By: Free Games

Free Games — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:03:25 +0000

I have a upromise account that I get rewards for shopping online put into a 529b college tuition savings account for my child. I then do most of my online shopping through upromise, so I get a little bonus money back. I buy my contacts through 1800 contacts from upromise then since they are a partner, and also turn the receipt into my flex spending account to make the purchase tax free.

By: Mrs. Money

Mrs. Money — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:54:48 +0000

I would be happy to purchase them at Costco for you and send them if you wanted. :) I don’t wear contacts, and neither does Mr. Money so I’m not very much help.

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:15:09 +0000

I wear the same contacts and I have good luck at ACLens.com. I had been told before they were two week contacts, but I clean them good, and make them stretch. I also go to MrRebates.com first to get the rebate for the aclens website to make them even cheaper. We just got a Sam’s Club membership, so I need to check there since I’m due for a new prescription. I know a friend of mine just went to CostCo to purchase her glasses and got two pair cheaper than her optometrist was charging for one pair…..and that was even without using her insurance!!!

By: Kacie

Kacie — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:31:28 +0000

Thanks for the help, everyone! I knew you’d come through :)

I tend to only want to buy one box per eye at a time, because if our prescription changes we’re left with a bunch of unusable contacts. Maybe you can return/exchange them but I dunno. Sounds like kind of a hassle.

Shane tends to wear contacts daily but I don’t know how often he changes — I’ll have to ask. I wear contacts just once in awhile. I guess I’m just too lazy to mess with it every day, though I need to start doing it again because Johnny likes to grab at em. Many years ago, I wore contacts all the time (napped in them on occasion, but never slept through the night in them). My eyes developed a contact-related problem so that’s when I switched to wearing glasses most of the time.

Oh, and Karen — I have a Sam’s club membership already but thanks for the coupon!

OK time to start shopping.

By: S.B.

S.B. — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:09:04 +0000

I also give a vote for visondirect.com

Here are vision direct coupon codes:

http://www.couponcabin.com/coupons/vision-direct/

By: Vanderbilt Wife

Vanderbilt Wife — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:51:37 +0000

I wear Oaysis too and it’s nearly impossible to not break the bank while buying them. They offer a rebate ($30) if you buy a year’s worth at a time from the eye doctor.

I also stretch mine out by wearing them longer than 2 weeks. I am not sure if that is the healthiest option or not, though! I take good care of them and change my solution, so I doubt it’s really affecting much.

Never heard of VisionDirect, I will check them out next time!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:49:23 +0000

I have found the cheapest contacts online, but then I also discovered that my eye doctor will price match. So, I just bring in a print off of the website price to my eye doctor, they adjust the price and I walk out with my contacts that day – no waiting on them to be shipped.

Also, sometimes the doctor’s office will have rebates going if you buy multiple boxes at once, but I’m leary to buy more than a year’s worth in case my prescription changes.

Let us know what you discover!