Need new glasses, none I like in the shops.

[TheBlackKnightinYellowWellies]

I've been looking for new glasses for a month. I wear them all the time so they must be right.

I am an awkward git, I don't like many glasses and not many of them fit.

I got some I liked last week, but they did not fit me properly and I have had to return them. I pretty much poissed that optician of so can't go back there.

To make things worse I haven't much cash to spend on them. (no more than £100)

I am tempted by the ones I've seen on line, but then there's no aftercare and what if they need adjusting and they will knowing me.

Do I keep hoping I will find my dream pair, or take a chance on the online opticians?

Sorry for such a dull question.

Bought mine on line from Directsight, used the measurements printed on my old frames to get a good fit. DS also bought on line, took his into Specsavers for adjusting which they did for free. Mine cost me £32 inc. P&P, one week from order to delivery.

Glasses Direct will send you up to 4 pairs for you to try. It costs £5 iirc, but you get that back if you buy a pair - but you need the prescription to be under 2 years old to get them. Although you could lie

I've had no issues with them, and my local independent optician charged me a flat fee to wiggle the nose pads to get them to sit perfectly. And they even took a varilux & reactive pair back as the change in colour made me dizzy.

Can't recommend them enough!

No, it's a fully refundable deposit with Glasses Direct - I did it, and then got my glasses elsewhere in the end.

I'm a bit confused about the sizes, different companies seem to measure them differently. The glasses I had to return because the arms were to short, actually had an arm length of 130, but my old frames say they are 125 and they fit fine.

Makes me a bit wary of buying without trying.

Sizes do vary from brand to brand, just like clothes.

If your usual opticians don't have any you like shop around. Have a look at what other opticians stock.

Better to see them in the flesh and try them on.