Save Money on Contact Lenses

If you're like me and you wear contacts, you know that wearing them can get expensive. When you factor in the appointment with the optometrist, the lenses themselves, all the contact cleaning solution, cases, eye glasses and so on, the bill really adds up. So here are a number of ways to save money on contacts.

First, when you go for your next appointment, check out the prices of other places. If you normally see a doctor at his office, find out if going to a clinic inside a department store is cheaper. Places like Sears and JC Penny have optical departments that do a great job and have licensed eye doctors on staff. You may be able to save money by going there.

Next, when you get your prescription and order your contacts, you should first order free, trial pairs of contact lenses. When you do this, you can try different brands to see which ones you like the best. You can order many sets from different manufacturers, so you will be saving money on the lenses themselves just by ordering these free contact lenses.

Then instead of paying for your appointment, contact lenses, cleaning solution and cases yourself, see if you can use tax free money in the form of a Health Savings Account (HSA). With your HSA, the money for this account is put there before taxes, so you do not pay income tax on it and you get to use it for a variety of health related expenses - not just for your eye care.

And then you want to look for sales that happen from time to time. Many national chains and department store optical departments will run sales every few months. With those sales, you can either find discounts on eye care, a free eye doctor appointment, free eyeglass frames or other deals and discounts. Look for email newsletter lists that you can sign up for and they may send you special offers for doing that.

Conclusion

To review, you can search for the best prices on eye doctor / optometrist appointments. You can get free, sample pairs of contact lenses to save money there. You can use your HSA to pay for all your eye related expenses and then you can watch for sales and special offers. All of these things together could save you literally a few hundred dollars a year, which is money in your pocket!