I don't remember for my glasses, since I usually wear contacts, but my prescription for those is -7.5 and -7.75. I'm legally blind if I'm not wearing corrective lenses.
If your glasses are 10 dollars, they're shitty. Trust me. And with -3,00 you NEED good glasses, since you can't really go without them. I'm an optician/optometrist, and I'm still baffled over how people think 10 dollar glasses are okay to wear full time.
Hmmm, depends on where you live, here the salary is also low compared to the US. You gotta pay more in the city but not here I guess. (I don't remember if there was a discount or not but roughly 10 to 12 bucks). Trust me, if these were shitty I would have bought new ones.
There are usually at least a few ways for someone to get free or heavy discount glasses. As I said above I got mine from my tribe. I know there are some non for profit groups that supply glasses to those that need them. Just have a look around the internet about stuff and if it's got anything near you and if you've got native blood check if your tribe has anything. Specifically if you're cherokee, in college or probably high school too, and actually in Oklahoma you can get a free exam and glasses at Wilma P optometry center.
Where are you from la? And theres a difference between glasses worth 300 dollars, but discounted to 10 and glasses worth 1o dollars. You made it seem like your glasses worth 10 dollars were as good as the 300 dollar ones, which they're not. If they're worth more and you only paid 10 dollars due to insurance/discounts/gift certificate etc, theres a BIG difference.
I am from India, and I never really meant that $10 glasses are better than $300 ones (sorry if it came across that way I guess) there are many factor that play into it. Pretty sure there was a discount involved but I dunno how much, other people we know have gotten it for more but it's still less than $400 or $500 dollars. The glasses there are still a lot more expensive than the glasses here, that's all I wanted to say.
This is more of a problem in america. Most places in the world don't extort people over vision as much as the US does.
Find an online store to buy your glasses and contacts, you will save a bundle. I got glasses and contacts for under $100 and they last me at least a year.
Aren't the main reasons they're so expensive because mainly one company makes the lenses ( so they can upcharge with very little competition ) and from what I've seen most eye doctor places only sell " name brand " glasses
There are lots of different brands og contacts with different price points. But the more expensive ones are usually better quality and has better wear, which is VERY important for ocular health. And some frames for glasses cost more because of the brand sure, but the quality is very different too. And then the lenses for the glasses - very different quality. And quality is important, even more so with high refractive errors.
Edit: mine is -3 both eyes and it cost like $10 (and it's not shitty glasses either).
Find an online store to buy your glasses and contacts, you will save a bundle. I got glasses and contacts for under $100 and they last me at least a year.