Introduction

Lensmart is based in the US. Pricing is in USD. They accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover, and Diners Club. They also offer a 90-day "Pay Me Later" through CIT Bank, valid for purchases over $100. They offer phone, fax, and email as methods of contact. Lensmart ships internationally.

Impressions

The website is simple in design and well laid out. Good selection, and you can select either lens type or brand from the left column on their site to narrow down your choices. They also carry a few other things ranging from contact lens solution to jewelry.

When checking out, your payment info is required before entering in your optometrist info or getting the shipping totals. Again, something I'm not too keen on, and therefore I didn't go through the entire process.

Pricing seems competative. However, they mention a processing fee in their help pages which I presume is added to your bill, so the pricing information below after shipping is only going to be an estimate. It'll likely be higher depending on whether there actually is a processing fee, and how much the processing fee actually is.

The little information I was able to gather showed that most people who have bought from Lensmart were happy with their purchase. The BBB has them listed, and with 0 complaints. The BBB file was opened in August 2004, and 3 years without a BBB complaint yet sounds promising.

Pricing

To compare online stores, I use the pricing for a *single* box of daily, 1-2 week, and monthly lenses made by CIBA. If you get 2 boxes (1 for each eye, only necessary if your eyes have different prescriptions), you can double the expected supply listed below.

Granted, you may be looking for other lenses, but this should give a general idea of what to expect when comparing prices.

Prices as of Jan 20, 2008. I did not get to the page with the grand total, therefore I was unable to verify the final price, and there may be an additional processing fee.