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Click the banner below to enjoy buy-one-get-one savings at eyebuydirect. This is a great opportunity to get a pair of prescription sunglasses on the side. If you haven't done so, get your eyes examined! Ask for the script and don't let the eye doctor sell you overpriced glasses!

Click here: to take advantage of the sale

GetBetterGlasses readers now enjoy an exclusive 15% off coupon with GlassesUSA. Just click this link and enter the code "GetBetterGlasses" at checkout to enjoy your savings.

In case you havent been around internet eyewear before, read my posts about and why glasses and regular stores are so expensive.

EyeBuyDirect Buy One, Get One Sale

In case you don't have a prescription in-hand to take advantage of this offer, maybe pick up one of the 50% off gift vouchers and spend it once you do. For a half-off eyebuydirect.com gift voucher, click here.

Buy two pairs of eyeglasses and take 16% off your total order! Use code: 2Holiday16

Happy Hanukkah! Take 12% off any order of eyeglasses. Use code: Dreidle Offer expires December 31st, 2009!

Get FREE holiday shipping on any order over $70! Use code: HolidayShip Offer expires December 31st, 2009

Eyebuydirect is having a buy-one-get-one-free sale through November 15th.

Click here to go to theEyeBuyDirect.com Homepage and take advantage of the sale.

Note that these folks my daily wearers and I'm still loving the specs.

$10 off selected frames: code "Selected10"
$25 off glasses with Transitions lenses. : code "Trans25"
15% off RX sunglasses: code "Springsun15"

Or if none of those suit you, click here and use coupon code GUSA10 for 10% off

It starts MONDAY, July 20th and ends SUNDAY, July 26th.

This is probably the best sale in the whole online eyewear industry. If you miss the sale this week, another one will (probably) come along in six months or so. If you're reading this too late and you di missed the sale, don't forget about my exclusive coupon for 12% off (see code in the right-hand column of this web page).

Click above to visit Eyebuydirect.com and enjoy the sale! Sorry about the ugly and loud banner, but I think that I need to post it to give you a link to the sale.

I always thought parsley was a plant. And only a plant. In fact, the parsley for my kitchen garden just bolted to seed. But "parsley" is what EyeBuyDirect named the frame shown above.

But the point is, EyeBuyDirect has been offering certain frames at half off or even better for a very limited time. This week's deal is the frame shown above, named "Parsley" with lenses for $8.95. That's seriously cheap. What do you have to lose?

In case you can't tell, those are girl's glasses. And they're cute.

Visit EyeBuyDirect.com for this week's Deal of the Week.

BestBuyEyeglasses

Until now, I haven't seen a company online offering a middle ground -- glasses that aren't as pricey as designer frames but not as inexpensive as those on EyeBuyDirect . GlassesUSA.com seems to be taking on this market -- reasonably priced, high quality frames. I had a chance to send a couple emails back and forth with their marketing director:

All of our glasses are manufactured according to US guidelines- we actually surpass US guidelines during our manufacturing process...we are a group of people who are fed up with high priced eyeglasses made horribly. You can go to Target and WalMart to buy a pair of frames and the glasses are just barely up to industry standards.

We want to change the way Americans buy glasses...I went to America's Best to purchase my 2 frames for $69.95. I still have headaches when I wear those glasses. Yet, my glasses from GlassesUSA cause me no problems, no double vision- no headaches...I'm out to change. I believe in the company. Have you ever worked somewhere that you honestly believed in the work you do? That is how I feel about GlassesUSA. I love my job!

-Hillary Rubin, Creative Marketing Director, GlassesUSA.com

The site has user reviews for many of their frames. I'm impressed with the "Columbus Black" rimless frames, these are pictured below. They have 2 4 star+ reviews and run $60 including a basic lens.

For women, the Hilarie Black reminds me of the glasses Tina Fey wears. $32 including a basic lens.

As a fairly new retailer, GlassesUSA.com has some decent promos going on. Use code: 2gusa15 for 15% off any two pairs. Use code GUSA10 for 10% off any order. Click here to go to GlassesUSA.com

EyeBuyDirect's "Plasma" Titanium Frame

So why not pick up a pair of titanium eyeglasses -- like the "plasma" -- for about a quarter of what you'd pay at the eye doctor?

The one-day sale is Monday, February 9th ONLY. So start lining up at the door.

Click here to visit EyeBuyDirect.com

If you're new to this (online rx eyewear) game, be sure to check out the posts shown in the right hand column to help get you started.

Your entry comment should be on the topic of vision or your experience purchasing prescription eyewear, whether in a traditional store or online. Tell us about your astigmatism or the time a fat kid sat on your brand new glasses. So long as your comment contains some original content, you'll be entered to win an $80 gift voucher to EyeBuyDirect.com .

As always, you can read my story by checking out my first ever post, "Where it all began..."

The contest ends on Christmas day. I may extend the contest into January if I receive fewer than ten entries.

Happy holidays from GetBetterGlasses.com!

FramesDirect.com

As you know, Frames Direct sells designer glasses and sunglasses at forty or fifty percent less than you'll see in any brick & mortar eyewear store.

If you're looking for standard non-prescription sunglasses, you can still take advantage of this offer: simply choose a lens with no prescription.