Community Services Card?
If you choose your frame and local optometrist carefully you should aways be able to get at least 1 new pair of glasses for your child each year, which for most children is perfect. And you can often have a 2nd pair funded or included in the price of the glasses, to cope with breakages and loses.
But, if you find that you will be charged more money for the glasses (ie beyond the yearly subsidy you have available), and would like another option - make sure you discuss it with us, as we will make sure you don't have to pay anything extra, ever, if you are one of our patients (be aware that this may limit your range of frames available).
No Community Services Card?
Many families find the cost of glasses very difficult.
This is especially true because poor vision and turning eyes that can only be fixed with glasses often run in families, all of your children could need glasses, as well as at least one parent. Often these glasses are for strong refractive errors, which can make lenses very expensive. So we have committed ourselves to finding our patients a whole range of options that allow them to afford glasses fo their children.
Many optometrists offer very good deals on a pair, or 2, of children's glasses (but still usually $170 or more), so shop around, but you will find that you are seldom going to get a pair of glasses for those high refractive errors for much less than $300-400.
Because we supply your child's glasses prescription you are then free to order glasses online for around $60-70 NZD including shipping for most strengths and frames (and often alot less depending on the frame you choose). The downside to this that you can't try them on carefully for fit beforehand, but all of the good stores offer you a return policy where they will provide another pair if the one you've ordered is not right. You'll have to pay for shipping back. And any repairs will be better to do here in NZ -so you'll be charged for that.
The Children's Vision Center can help you.
Choose your frames and get a pair of glasses made, especially for very young children.
As a service to families we can help you correctly choose a frame if you want to order on-line, we have a selection of frames for children to try on from the best and most reasonably priced online suppliers.
We also often arrange for glasses to be made for your child in a frame you can check the fit of beforehand - that takes any uncertainty and difficulty out of the process for you. We will fix or replace any glasses free of charge if they break, and a complete pair of glasses will usually only cost $100-150. See our Kids glasses guarantee of quality and price.
We specialise in glasses for children who are very young or have differently shaped faces, as these are the frames that are difficult to find a good selection for in most optometry practices - they don't sell many glasses to these groups.
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