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    Did you know?

    Did you know that 1 800 contacts is selling acuvue 2 lenses for less than we can buy them for? Vistakon strikes again.

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    Bad address email on file Strab's Avatar
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    Is it true that internet contact lens sale companies like the one previously mentioned are able to fill an Rx for contacts with a different contact than was originally prescribed? aka substitution? If so can we prevent this?

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    Don't fit acuvue 2...there are much better lenses than that on the market today.


    They cannot fit different lenses, I believe their approach is to "private label" lenses, especially from cooper...where they state that the "such and such" is equivalent to...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrmac View Post
    Did you know that 1 800 contacts is selling acuvue 2 lenses for less than we can buy them for? Vistakon strikes again.
    Aren't they owned by WalMart now? The same company that is advertising kids frames with a 12 month customer satisfaction warranty for $9.00 and poly lenses for $29.00.

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    Partners not owned

    They are partners not owned by Walmart. Sam's and Costco still sell them lower than anyone can.

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    There was a time in the mid-late 90's when 1-800 actually had more Acuvue2s than Vistakon.

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