Thursday, June 10, 2010

My experience of buying eyeglasses online for the first time

As an editor, I have to endure long-time sitting in front of the computer. Recently, I find my eyesight is getting poorer. After consulting with my eye doctor, she advised me to have a pair of glasses, or else, poorer eyesight and bad work performance caused by eyesight may bother me. Oh, it is terrible. You know I have hated to wear spectacles ever since I was at school. It is uncomfortable and inconvenient to wear, and more important, I always think it is like a bookworm to wear a thick pair of glasses, which make people loosing their glamour. A few years ago, when I chose boyfriend, the first point is he must have good eyesight and don’t need to wear eyeglasses. Although there are a wide varieties of contact lenses invented to meet people’s requirements, I still think contact lens is inconvenient and even dangerous if improper means for contacts are used.

But now, I have to wear glasses. Oh my God! Day after day, I begin to find I can not see words clearly on the computer and the eye strain has increased. After struggling with my “stupid” ideas on glasses, one Sunday morning, I made up a decision to buy a pair of glasses to ensure my eyes healthy and keep my work going well. After visiting some optical shops, I found glasses are so expensive than I expected. I don’t know why. Maybe I don’t care about this before. But under this economic crisis, it is really hard for me to afford so much money just on a pair of glasses. In addition, I think the style is, to some extent, old. There are some fashionable ones, but the price is too high!!!

Then where can I buy a pair of glasses with high quality, reasonable price and fashionable style as well? With this, I began to log on the Internet and consult with people who wear the glasses. One month ago, I found one of my peers wearing a pair of glasses which makes her very impressive and elegant. To my surprise, she told me she bought this from an online store. Are glasses from online stores reliable? That is my first concern. She said the online eyeglasses are just the same as those of street shops, but they don’t need to pay the rent and other overhead, so they are cheaper. More important there are a wide range of glasses and you can have a lot of choices of trendy glasses. She recommended me to buy from www.Firmoo.com as I like fashionable glasses at reasonable price. After browsing the webpage, I find I really like there. There are many categories, and the price is not high at all. Finally I bought a pair of stainless steel full-rim glasses at the price of USD23.95. Within two weeks I received my order, and it is really perfect! I really like it. The color of frame suits my skin tone perfectly. And the eyeglasses are very comfortable to wear, not as what I think before. Some friends say I am more charming now with this pair of glasses. From now on, I really enjoy the feeling of wearing glasses.

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