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This morning, while I was routinely cleaning my glasses, they unexpectedly snapped in half, right down the middle of the bridge. I didn't even think Flexon glasses could break like this, but they did.
Now I'm in a bit of a difficult situation, because after calling my optometrist, I found out my warranty on my glasses has expired, and my insurance won't cover a replacement, so I would have to pay $200+ out of pocket to get them replaced, money I don't have. I tried looking up the frames on Ebay, but they aren't that much cheaper. Besides, getting them from there would be a gamble because I can never be 100% sure they're the right frames and if my lenses don't fit, I will have thrown away just slightly less money than would be needed to get guaranteed matching frames from my optometrist.
I've tried taping them back together multiple times, with different kinds of tape I have around the house, but no matter how well I seem to clean them before applying the tape, they keep slipping out. According to what I've managed to find on the internet so far, they might be able to be soldered back together, but I don't have the soldering equipment on hand or the necessary small gauge metal tubing to act as a splint, and it might not even be that effective even if I could do it.
My father doesn't have the money to help me replace my glasses, especially since it's so close to Christmas. I've been trying to see if I can sell stuff on Craigslist, LetGo, and other similar apps, but I haven't had much luck just casually trying to sell stuff on them, so I doubt I'll succeed now even though I really need the money.
At this point I'm grasping at straws trying to figure out what to do, so I figured I would try creating a GoFundMe to see if I could get the money that way.
I need my glasses, because without them everything more than 6 inches from my face is blurry. I certainly can't drive without them. Even typing out this message was hard without constantly putting my face up against the screen.
I've set the goal at $250 in order to compensate for the 5% GoFundMe will take as well as any unexpected additional fees my optometrist might need to apply, such as express shipping on replacement frames, because I never know when they might pull stuff like that.
I know it's the holidays and everyone is strapped for cash, but every little bit would help and I would really appreciate it as you would be helping me out of this situation that I'm starting to realize is rather dire.
Now I'm in a bit of a difficult situation, because after calling my optometrist, I found out my warranty on my glasses has expired, and my insurance won't cover a replacement, so I would have to pay $200+ out of pocket to get them replaced, money I don't have. I tried looking up the frames on Ebay, but they aren't that much cheaper. Besides, getting them from there would be a gamble because I can never be 100% sure they're the right frames and if my lenses don't fit, I will have thrown away just slightly less money than would be needed to get guaranteed matching frames from my optometrist.
I've tried taping them back together multiple times, with different kinds of tape I have around the house, but no matter how well I seem to clean them before applying the tape, they keep slipping out. According to what I've managed to find on the internet so far, they might be able to be soldered back together, but I don't have the soldering equipment on hand or the necessary small gauge metal tubing to act as a splint, and it might not even be that effective even if I could do it.
My father doesn't have the money to help me replace my glasses, especially since it's so close to Christmas. I've been trying to see if I can sell stuff on Craigslist, LetGo, and other similar apps, but I haven't had much luck just casually trying to sell stuff on them, so I doubt I'll succeed now even though I really need the money.
At this point I'm grasping at straws trying to figure out what to do, so I figured I would try creating a GoFundMe to see if I could get the money that way.
I need my glasses, because without them everything more than 6 inches from my face is blurry. I certainly can't drive without them. Even typing out this message was hard without constantly putting my face up against the screen.
I've set the goal at $250 in order to compensate for the 5% GoFundMe will take as well as any unexpected additional fees my optometrist might need to apply, such as express shipping on replacement frames, because I never know when they might pull stuff like that.
I know it's the holidays and everyone is strapped for cash, but every little bit would help and I would really appreciate it as you would be helping me out of this situation that I'm starting to realize is rather dire.
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Friendswood, TX