My boy, Zebadiah, is only six years old and we had to buy glasses for him this year. I hate to see kids that young experiencing physical problems. His mother’s side has a history of needing glasses at an early age, so I got off my tangent of these darned computer screens ruining our children’s eyes–he plays PC learning games quite often.

Once I got past the emotional anguish it was time for the financial end. Figuring that he would be tough on frames, we bought the twistable type. All told, those glasses cost about $300. They were broken within a few days. Fixed. Broken again a week later. Fixed. Broken again…

At first I surmised that Zeb was being careless. Now I’m beginning to think that they are just poorly made frames. They broke again when we were in Florida and we bought him a spare pair at Walmart (another $250.) These are holding up for him while the others are being repaired again. Unbelievable.

One area that I have been reluctant to shop via the internet is eyeglasses, but I am about ready to change that. The Clark Howard radio show spoke well about a company called Zenni Optical and a set of bendable titanium glasses for Zebadiah are going for $24.95 at their website. The old adage is that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is…but this may be a case of wonder meeting reality. Zenni says that their prices are so low because there is no middleman. They sell what they make directly to the consumer.

I am absolutely so tired of shelling out big bucks for inferior products that I’m ready to take the leap and try a different path. That’s my RoadTurn for the day. How about you?