Buy your bad donkey glasses at Trufocal.com

Sphere powers are from +6 to -11, cyl up to -3.50, any axis, up to 3 p.d. prism horizontal and vertical per lens, add up to +3.00, and p.d. from 50 to 70 mm.

Patients can upload a scan of their Rx to the TruFocal folks. That is awesome! (My bank has been accepting scans of checks for deposits since 2006. How come contact lens retailers aren’t doing this?!?!)

As soon as I have a spare $900 I’ll have to get me a pair.

(H/T to Maino’s Memos)

Clear vision isn't all it's cracked up to be.

It’s the return of the Optoblog comics! Comics are by far the most searched for items on my blog, so I’m just bowing to demand.

I once heard this from a rep, and this cartoon was immediately spawned in my brain.

And I know that women don’t normally buy the engagement ring, and yes, I just use the same pictures and change the words.

This is what I wish I could say to patients when they ask about private practice glasses prices. Do you ever feel like we’re being sold out by the very lens companies that say they’re looking out for us? For example, Wal-Mart sells lenses for cheaper than I can buy them from my lab. How does that happen?

What if a whole bunch of private practices started a co-op lab so that all profits from the lab go to the doctors? Or is Red Tray Optical the answer?

I like the consignment deal that VSP offers with their line of glasses. Why should I have to pay for frames that haven’t sold? Since frames now days look so freaking wacked, I think all frame vendors should work on consignment.

All I know is that doctors seem to be getting the short end of the stick while the frame and lens makers are assured their cash. I don’t see a profit motive for Big Lenses to help out private practice docs since commercial makes them more money overall.