Buying glasses online? Prices are low, but optometrists are wary.
One pair of glasses was crushed.
A second pair lost their shape and kept slipping off his nose.
That's because she bought the glasses through online retailer Zenni Optical for about $25 a pair, frames and lenses included.
"It seems to make a lot more sense, especially since they're going to grow, and they're going to trash them, to go for the most cost-effective method," she said of buying glasses online for kids.
Parents aren't the only ones heading online to purchase prescription eyewear. Consumers are increasingly buying glasses online from retailers such as Warby Parker, Zenni and EyeBuyDirect for as low as $6 a pair. By comparison, consumers often shell out hundreds of dollars for prescription glasses at traditional optometrists' offices
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