More Patients Turning to Online Buying

"You get what you pay for when you buy cheap eyeglasses or contact lenses over the Internet, says Dr. Lil Linton," according to a Times&Transcript post. "'A lot of people don't realize that a lot of the new (online) companies out there don't really care what they sell you,' the Perth-Andover optometrist says." Linton is president of the Canadian Association of Optometrists, which is about to launch an intensive campaign warning of the pitfalls of buying glasses or contacts online, which according to them includes disreputable vendors, eye infections and ending up with eyewear that does more harm than good. Yet an untold number of New Brunswickers are turning to their computers instead of their eye doctors and opticians when it's time to get, or update, their eyeglasses - and many are very happy with their choice." Read more.