Category: News & Announcements
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400% Mark-Up for Prescription Glasses on the High Street
Prescription Glasses on the high street have a massive 400% mark-up according to an article – “The 5 Biggest Retail Mark-Ups” on Yahoo Finance. More than 32 million people in the UK wear glasses and the majority of these — around 21 million — buy their optical goods from where they have their eye examination…
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Our Glasses are Desirable
Our £6 Glasses are one of the 10 most desirable buys of the week in Closer magazine’s Wishlist this week! They are also the cheapest item on the list at only £6 and that’s including prescription lenses with UV protection, Scratch Resistant & Anti-Reflection coatings! Closer – 16th April 2011 edition is on sale now…
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Protect your Oakleys with these Cool Cases
If you have a pair of Oakley Sunglasses (or Oakley Prescription glasses), chances are, you’re probably pretty proud of your purchase, but not all Oakley Sunglasses are supplied with protective cases beyond the soft cloth pouch. So if you want to throw them into the glove box of your car (like me) or not have…
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MIDO 2011
In the never-ending search for the latest and greatest innovations in all things relating to eyeglasses, four members of the Selectspecs team spent last weekend at the MIDO trade fair in Milan. The MIDO exhibition, for those of you not in the know, is held in Milan each Spring. The exhibition is 340,000 sqm in…
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SelectSpecs in Daily Mirror – Best Value By Far
SelectSpecs has received a nice mention in the Daily Mirror today (4th March 2011) thanks to our unbeatable value for money compared to both the High Street Opticians and our online competitors. No one can even get close to our Value Glasses Range (£6 + delivery) and we even include ALL the coatings in the…
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Deal of the Day – Arbor Prescription Glasses
Well, it goes without saying… The snow has all but melted just in time for Christmas, I spent all last weekend breaking my back to build a world record (if slightly deformed) snowman and now he’s nothing but a disappointing mushy melted puddle on the floor 🙁 Oh well, lets open door 23 on our…
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Deal of the Day – Ray-Ban RX5184 New Wayfarer
OMG!!! It’s the last week before Christmas… Are you excited yet? Let’s open door number 20 on the Christmas Advent Calendar… The Ray-Ban RX5184 New Wayfarer is one of our fastest selling products, we honestly cannot stock enough of these, they literally fly out the door as soon as we receive them. We’re expecting today’s…
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Deal of the Day – Jimmy Choo 01 Prescription Glasses
Door 16 of the SelectSpecs Advent Calendar is now open ladies… Jimmy Choo fans can now get these Jimmy Choo 01 prescription glasses to match their designer shoes when they head to the shops to pick up the latest Sex & The City movie on DVD or Blu-Ray. We’re giving a further 15% OFF our…
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Deal of the Day – Hawaii Prescription Glasses
Day 15 of the SelectSpecs Advent Calendar is now open and its tropical baby… Our Hawaii Collection of prescription glasses are some of our most favourite and high-quality models at SelectSpecs. Ironically I don’t actually wear glasses myself (even though I work for SelectSpecs) what can I say, my eyes are damn near perfect 😉…
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Deal of the Day – Ray-Ban RB3025 Aviator Sunglasses
Lucky number 13 is now open on the SelectSpecs Advent Calendar… These Ray-Ban RB3025 Aviator Sunglasses can be had for as little as £78.96 today. That’s £69 OFF the normal RRP. We’re offering big savings like this across all colour options in the Ray-Ban RB3025 selection with various prices and options available including graduated or…