I’ve been wearing contact lenses since I was in seventh grade.  I’ll let you do the math on that and see how many years that’s been.   If it helps, let me hint that back in those days, you kept the same pair of contact lenses for at least a year.  I wore mine for almost two years at a time because they were so expensive my mom couldn’t buy them more often.   Thankfully, we live in an era of disposable contact lenses so that wearers can enjoy a fresh pair as often as once a day!   I change my lenses every two weeks, so I go through about eight boxes per year.   When the receptionist quoted the price for my lenses at the eye doctor’s office, I was taken aback.  I could only afford to buy two boxes of contacts at their price!   I knew there had to be a cheaper option.

Hello, 1-800Contacts!  You just made my life so much easier.  And richer because of the savings.

1-800Contacts carries all the major brands of contact lenses so that you can just hop right on and place your order.  Colored lenses, lenses for astigmatism, toric lenses….it’s all here.  They even offer free shipping for any $50+ order.  WOW.  As I said, I needed eight boxes of contacts for one year, so I definitely meet the $50 threshold. I checked out my prescription to comparison shop with my eye doctor’s office.  The savings was at least $12 per box, and that’s not considering the gas and time I’d spend driving over to the office.  Also, my prescription is uncommon so it takes at least one or two weeks to get an order when I place it with the eye doctor.   Not with 1-800Contacts; my lenses are in stock and ship right to my door.   It’s even faster when you reorder because your prescription is saved to your account. There’s even a price match guarantee:  Even if I find a cheaper price,  they’ll beat it.   An extra way to save would be to go through a cashback site and make the deal even sweeter.

If you’ve never ordered contacts online before, don’t worry.  It’s really easy.  If you have your written prescription, you can enter that information online.   You can also use your box of contact lenses—just look on the side to find the prescription information (see picture below).   The online chat option gives you help when you need it, too.  They can even help you arrange for an appointment with the eye doctor if necessary.  Everything you need to know is right on the website so that the process is super easy for you.

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