I think the £30 off only applies to the glasses that cost £49 or more

As a new customer what if i wanted a single pair of glasses that are slightly less than £30 pounds (or a few pounds more) would i still be able to use the £30 off?. By paying those few pounds more or costing nothing?. Not clear on their web site. I understand the 2 pairs offer but single pair not sure. Thankyou

You still have to pay delivery though.

The 2 pairs for £19 offer is still live if you register with them

This really should be expired as the MSE code doesn't work anymore. You can add it but it doesn't take any more money off.

You can however get two pairs for £22.95 delivered using a personal offer code.

Both of my pairs have now turned up. Great service and great value. The frames are not as well made as some expensive ones, but they look fine and the lenses are as good as two pairs of glasses I paid 20 times as much for a few weeks ago. I bought the cheapy ones as spare pairs but I'd be happy wearing them anywhere. Top value. I'll shop there again.

This worked perfectly for me, £15 for 2 pairs is a great price, never brought before without anti glare so see what difference that makes, Cheers OP.

Got mine yesterday. Very pleased. My old pair were broken but only used them sparingly. Cost the same for 2 new pairs as to get them fixed!

(a bit long but hope this helps for your future order)
I've recently ordered mine from Glassesdirect. I've used £10 Boots eye test coupon to get prescription but they couldn't give me PD as I've never made glasses apparently.
Glasses direct said that I can send in my current glasses instead of measuring PD myself but I didn't want to send in my current one so I visited where I ordered mine three years ago (Vision Express) and they gave me my PD number on a form, handwritten. so when I came back home I emailed Glassesdirect my PD (not scanned) and it was accepted. they say delivery is between 10-14 days I am so looking forward to receive a new pair :smiley:

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A mighty high five to posting this deal. Awesome, and the **£15 code STILL works**, despite customer service telling me it expired a week ago!! :O :smile:
No idea where or how to get that amazon voucher though. i referred 2 email addresses...but doesnt say where they send your voucher strangely. how did you finally get yours?
cheers

Tried this myself and getting variations of +/-3mm! Going to have to send my old glasses in I think

just found my prescription - and luckily this code still works! - 2 pairs of glasses, gold lens pack and sunglasses for £60! cheers OP

​I found the link on their site and sorted it. Got my £15, so that's effectively, 2 pairs of glasses for free!

I received a code that can be redeemed on amazon website

Did it show up on your amazon account or was it emailed to you?

I've got mine - spot on! I'm thinking of getting some more of the same if the codes are still working - how does one go about getting this £15 Amazon referrals voucher?

Anyone know how good their varifocals are? Very cheap at £49, does that make them equivalent to the optician's "basic" option, or are they better than that? I always pay for the top grade at Boots, but it costs a fortune.

I've received mine last week. Very good frames and a proper bargain for the price.

thanks OP. I got an order in using your original code.

Still working today, order 2 pairs thanks! :smile:

Awesome! Thanks OP. Could have gone for standard at £15 for 2 but added the silver package because I scratched my last pair 2 days after I got them! £39 for 2 pairs with extras is awesome :smiley: always look out for these MSE codes. Can't recommend glasses direct enough!

To be fair to them, it's because the lens gets thicker the bigger it us so if its a larger frame like Christopher Biggins then it's going to be too thick to sit in the frame.

I had the same and my issue is they appear to have ignored the £12.50 upgrade and jumped straight to the £25 option. I went for it so hope they're nice!

Best bet is too ring them
I couldn't check out so gave my prescription and voucher over phone
No problem

I have just ordered a pair as spare glasses. I tend to get my main glasses from a high street shop, and get them to adjust them to fit, and buy second spare pairs from online suppliers. If you're bothered about them fitting, it's actually pretty easy to adjust glasses to fit, as long as you're patient and careful. There's a good guide here.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/HOW-TO-ADJUST-EYEGLASSES-/10000000178567752/g.html

If you're clumsy or hopelessly impractical, then you might struggle, but it's not difficult. And when the glasses only cost £15 for two pairs, the stakes are not that high.

Useing Code MSE15JAN

Ordered two for £15. They emailed a few days later asking me to phone them , so I did and they said I can only have one of the pairs if I pay to upgrade to thinner lenses... Said I'd just have two of the same pair. Not pleased

Ordered 2 pairs, total £15 delivered - great value, thanks.

great, samples arrived (really good quality) and have ordered. 2 pairs (one silver upgrade) for £27. £1.63 topcashback tracked. Bargain. Thanks OP! :smile:

Type the code here that you are trying

Thanks op

have tried that aswell still nothing?

Try leaving no spaces after the letters

Why isnt the code working for me?

Have those of you who have bought from GlassesDirect been using the 'refer a friend' option? I noticed there were a couple of comments about this. It seems a pretty good deal.

That's fair enough, I meant no offence to you.

Been using ready readers from poundland for ages, splashed out for these as can't get +1.75 off the shelf, hopefully they'll fit. heat added.

It was years ago since I did it (won't buy online now for that reason!), but if you can't afford opticians prices then it's the only option really. I don't think that you should be telling people that can't afford it that they have no other option than to deal with it, because it's not true.

Glasses that don't fit right are terrible. I actually tried your Option 1, and it didn't really work. The glasses pushed hard on one side of my nose and hurt, and eventually one of the arms broke, presumably because of the constant strain.

No offence to you but those are the only three options unless you are absolutely shameless.

That's not true. Any Opticians will alter glasses for you.

Obviously it's a bit cheeky, and they might be a bit grumpy about it (maybe even request a small fee), but they will do it. I know because I did it various times when I was a student.

Obviously with a bricks and mortar opticians you go in and they customise the fitting to your head. You clearly can't do that with a internet based opticians so you have three choices.

1) Buy frames with spring hinges.
2) Order them and hope for the best
3) Stay away from online opticians

If you have a small head, I think it might be an idea to stick with the high street where you can physically try the frames before you buy.

For glasses direct, I think the best way is to look at the frame sizes as they are all specified on the website. The frames seem to be have various sizes, but they are not customisable.

what i would like to know is how you get these fitted as when you go to a bricks and mortar opticians they adjust the arms to get a good fit on your head, what is the procedure if you buy them off t'net???

I doubt it is a sign of a cancellation. Most likely they may want to discuss your prescription if it is the opticians that want to communicate with you.

received two same emails saying that "Our opticians need to discuss a couple of the elements of your order before we can proceed further." Is this a sign of cancellation? or anyone else receive similar email?

Great deal

Spent easily about 2 - 3 hours on the website trying to choose two pairs as the website is slow (might be the browser). Got two pairs each worth £69 each, one with full tint, both with silver lens package. Using the MSE discount the net price came down to £69. Pleased with the price.

Don't forget the refer a friend schema to get £15 amazon voucher.. I got mine almost instantly after the payment..

I still use daysoft, although no idea if they are still the cheapest!

I've used feelgoodcontacts.com quite a lot. No complaints.

You can buy contacts online same ones from specsavers at fraction of price for disposables

Thanks for posting, ordered my wife's glasses and saved a fortune on what we'd of paid in specsavers!

On a separate note does anyone have a good recommendation for where she can get contacts instead of specsavers?

awesome deal, heat

I used this to make sure of a good fit and size that I like - http://www.glassesdirect.co.uk/best-fit/

Same problem here! Any opticians will alter them for you. I did feel bad asking when I did it though.

My partner and I both needed glasses, so he recommended me and we got a £15 free amazon voucher, so 4 pairs of glasses for essentially £15 thanks op :smiley:!

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh looks like they have video thingmajig to suit your face shape, cool, I am just being dumb, I will take a look

Wish I could go for this but I am a freak with one ear slightly higher than the other so needed them amended to look straight on my face :sunglasses:

Wow, what an amazing service. I'll look into it thanks.

This was a few years ago so might not be exactly the same, but you select "add to home trial" on up to 4 pairs. They then post them to you (with plain glass lenses, like examples in normal Opticians) and you just send them back using the pre-paid postage stamp inside when you're done. Got a feeling there might be a deposit involved to stop people stealing them, can't remember now.

Think I went through 12 pairs (so 3 separate home trial orders) before I found some I liked.

How do the home trials work?

oh and heat added! thanks op

But what's the point of having six pairs of glasses that don't fit right?

I have bought from Glasses Direct in the past, but only after a few rounds of home trials until I found a pair I liked.

Although at £15 you have a point about buying them as spares. Thinking about doing that to leave in the car as emergencies (always been a bit worried about how I would get home if a contact lense fell out after I've driven to play football or something!).

​for 15 quid a pair even if not perfect fit handy to leave in car or as a spare I've ordered many pairs without any problems

Very true. But at that price, theoretically you could get 6 different pairs for the price of a single pair of the cheapest from specsavers (if their cheapest is still £50 ish - I'm not 100% on that). That was the argument I gave for my Mother when I said to her about getting a spare pair to leave in her car. It's a shame this offer is so short that you won't be able to receive your order and then, if all is good, order again. But they do tend to have lots of offers on throughout the year.

Each to their own on this one!

Don't know if these work in conjunction with the home trial but order a pair anyway as they're so cheap

worked perfect for me. got 2 for £40 with upgraded lenses, cheers

Hmm tempted to try, but if they dont fit properly or look diff in real life?, then theyre useless and you cant send them back surely? ..but i guess some people dont care abt that stuff at that price!
...i'd rather try before buy, at specsavers! :wink:

For those with high prescriptions i think asda is still cheapest with 2 frames including thinnest lenses for £99. I have -9 and -11 with astigmatism so sadly these online guys are not actually the cheapest for me.

Great company. Have ordered with them before. Fantastic prices.

Code MSE15JAN also works for existing customers - heat

​Though I think with all this interest in such a short space of time, the 28 days might be more realistic than 10!

found my answer ...

How long will they take to arrive?
As a general guide we would normally expect you to receive your glasses within 10 to 14 days from placing your order, and it can be much quicker than that. Our terms state that delivery can take up to 28 days, however this is very seldom the case and the length of time is mostly dependant on the complexity of your order, so the prescription and lens combinations and any coatings or tints that have been added.

anyone know on average how long they take to arrive? Am in UK mainland.

Couldn't get any of them codes to work but GD50 worked a treat 2 pairs for 28 quid

Couldn't get any of them codes to work but GD50 worked a treat 2 pairs for 28 quid

​There were no issues with the site earlier. Don't blame the site, blame everyone who got home from work, checked their emails, read the mse one and decided to buy cheap glasses...all at once!

Lol - That could explain the frequent problems people are having with the website.

think we have crashed the website lol

No, you can enter different prescriptions for each pair.

Not that I'm aware of. It asks for the prescription for each pair you add to basket, so you could put another prescription for each pair.

Do both pairs need to have the same prescription?

Sadly I don't think many opticians do, unless theres actually a fault obviously. I mean this deal works out nearer the £100 mark with the extras for me but thats still a fair chunk lower. Ah well, live and learn. I don't change my glasses unless my prescription changes and its been 4 years since I've last changed. Makes it a bit more palatable.

should of gone to spec savers :smiley:

Cross-browser failure to load basket for me also....try again laters.

This website is awful. I have been trying to order for the last 2 hours, tried 3 different browsers (Safari, Chrome and Firefox) but no luck. Sad!

A few people seem to have had similar issues. Try a different browser. Firefox seems to work fine.

Surely Boots have a returns policy if you change your mind...

What is a home trial?

Ugh just bought a couple pairs from Boots yesterday for silly money :disappointed: Wasn't a code last month and was in dire need of a new pair haha.

Same.. keep getting an error message when I add something to my basket. Perhaps this 'deal' was an error on their part?

​Just ordered a home trial too. I really needed some new specs after losing my favourite pair on Halloween (drunken bum)...

Website isn't even loading for me!

Is the code valid for whole jan

Their whole website is nerfed...

any way to measure Pupillary Distance?
Opticians aren't legally obliged to tell you, but glasses can be a bit off if you do not measure them accurately

Been trying to place an order for at least 10 minutes, the site keeps crashing for me.

Nice deal thanks. Have ordered some for home trial. Hope the offer doesn't end before I get them!

It works! :-)

I got my first pair of glasses last year as I found I needed them at night. However I find am needing them more and more now. And more importantly I drive for a living.

Is there I way of getting a pair of Oakley sunglasses that have my lenses in them? How can I go about this online if I don't have my lenes settings?

I know it's a noob question but did a quick eye test last year in specsavers and walked out with a pair at 25 quid or something lol. But with me being short-sighted i feel I need them more now I than I ever did especially driving when tired

Thanks in advance

Glasses Direct are excellent. The quality is brilliant and they normally request your prescription via email afterwards if they are unsure on your exact prescription. I have used them twice and opted for Ray Bans last time I ordered, the first time I ordered using the try before you buy on 5 frames, but this excludes the Boutique Frames. However the software they use on Boutique frames works very well to virtually try them on.

I can't fault them, and they are at least as good as Specsavers.

There is also the potential for Quidco of 5.5% on all sales. However be warned that my last order was not honoured by Glasses Direct on Quidco.

Thanks op

Cheers boss

Another excellent deal from moneysavingexpert: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

Beautiful set! Extremely pleased with the quality!

For those having problems getting it to work, this explains how to do it (from the MSE site)...

MSE Site

Yep, but - £24 from the total and it doesn't come to £15 as it did in my 2nd screenshot. Must have done something weird adding them to my cart, or the code didn't apply correctly or something.

Possible to get prescription sunglasses for cheap using this? Can't find any frames that I like for £49. :disappointed:

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Edit: Using NY50 brings it down to £28.45 if I have basic lenses.

I can't get this to work at all, see below. I know I have added silver lenses, but the bronze ones are £10, and ifI change them to basic lenses, still doesn't apply the relevant discount.

Did you choose lens options?

Not sure what I did differently, but I seem to have got it to work now:

Not sure how to add an image or two in here, which may be helpful.

To ensure it works, when you go on the website, select Premium option which offers two-for-one. These cost £49 or more each. (The old link seems to have broken - it was sent from a laptop - so use the new one provided in the description). Then select the two pairs you want and add them to basket (click Buy Now and they will get added). You will get the option to add extras such as anti glare if you wish, but it is not mandatory. Go to your basket and add the code and the price should be reduced by at least £83, making a subtotal of £15 (or more if you have selected more expensive glasses and added extras). You will also get the option to add your exact prescriptions (this can also be added a later date) when you go to your basket. These guys have a good returns policy too.

how do i just do a +1.5 prescription?

Link amended. Great find, heat added.

Yup - hence the discount it shows.

Subtotal £202.00
Discount -£89.00
Delivery UK Delivery fee shown. International order charges may apply at checkout. +£3.95
Total £116.95


Think I'm doing something wrong :/

NY50 code gives you 50% off.

Works for me, chose two of the £89 pairs, and they are showing as both for £55.

cannot get this code to work...£49 for 2 pairs + postage £3.95...good if it works.

Thanks, left a pair in a cafe yesterday. Was about to order another 2 forb29, so even better.