Two years ago, I took a prescription for glasses to LensCrafters in Mission Valley. All was going well. I had selected expensive frames, and the salesman was going through all of the options regarding lenses. As it happened, this same person had sold glasses to my wife some months earlier, and I found it very difficult to get him to accept that she did not want polarized lenses.

I was ready for him, though, and when it came to the question of polarized or not, I told him that I did not even want to discuss the option. He would not let it rest, asking again and again why I didn’t want it, and even tried to take me to a poster showing a driver about to run down a child because he was wearing non-polarized lenses.

Growing angry, I told him that I didn’t like the upsell, and stormed out. They must get one heck of a commission on polarized lenses to throw away what would have been a sale of almost $1,000 (two pairs of glasses).

I ordered glasses from Zenni ( http://www.zennioptical.com/ ) for less than $90. Titanium wire rims, they were fairly easy to adjust. Quality of lenses was decent, and at least as good as LensCrafters.

I wore them for a year, then ordered glasses from Shuron ( http://www.shuron.com/ ) because I liked the style. More expensive at about $400, but very good quality frames and lenses. Although they Shurons have not required adjustment, I expect that I’ll go to Costco for that when required.