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paradox3696



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:57 pm    Post subject: Price of Eye Glasses Reply with quote

hi All, I am currently in the States and will be heading to KSA before the end of this month. I just broke my eye glasses (currently putting on contact lenses) and would like to find out if the price of eye glasses is cheaper in KSA than USA.

Thanks
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scot47



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Depends on the specification. For mine I paid around 500 SR. If it is a simple specification you can buy over the counter without visiting an optometrist. 20 SR for them. (15SR = US$4)
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everywhere in the world is cheaper than the US for glasses or anything related to 'doctors.'

Bring your prescription... or the broken glasses and as long as it is not the lenses that are broken, they can replicate them.

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paradox3696



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks folks for the advice.

Cheers
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Stephen Jones



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The cost varies according to the specification. The optician will test you. My last pair cost nearly 900SR but they are titanium-framed, self-darkening, bifocals, so think of that as top of the range unless you want to waste money on designer frames.

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Everywhere in the world is cheaper than the US for glasses
You've evidently never lived in the UK
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:44 am    Post subject: Re: Price of Eye Glasses Reply with quote

paradox3696 wrote:
hi All, I am currently in the States and will be heading to KSA before the end of this month. I just broke my eye glasses (currently putting on contact lenses) and would like to find out if the price of eye glasses is cheaper in KSA than USA.

Thanks


Try Al Maghrabi Eye & Ear Center, which is one of the best eye clinics in the ME, and its prices are reasonable, especially for high index lenses.
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Mia Xanthi



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In general, I have found the cost of eyeglasses and contacts to be considerably cheaper in KSA than in the USA. The only problem is the temptation to buy expensive designer frames. There is a much wider selection of frames in KSA, and some of them are quite expensive. However, they are also gorgeous, and you will be tempted to spend more than you normally would on glasses.
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paradox3696



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

once again, thanks for the info.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just got new lenses for existing frames from the optician in Azizia Panda in Khobar (Al-Nada Optician)

One pair reactolite - high specification, distance.

Two pairs reading glasses (One for home and one for office)

Total was 650 SR. No charge for test.

(Rate of exchange is US$4=SR15)

Seems okay to me.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

And about two weeks later I had to see an Ophthalmologist and get a new prescription !

My amended advice ? For an eye-test go to an Ophthalmologist. I went to Al Fakhry Hospital in Khobar and consulted Dr Shaheen. I paid the first 30 SR and the Insurance picked up the rest of the tab.


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Griff-James



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's the cost of dentistry in the KSA?

For example, teeth whitening and a brace.
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scot47



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheaper than in the UKofGB&NI that is for sure. Even at Saad which is expensive traetment is cheaper than in Ripoff Britain.

I go to a Syrian dentist based in a clinic behind the Holiday In on the Road from Khobar to Dammam.

I cannot quote a price for whitening and a brace. IO cannot even quote the price I paid for root canal treatrment.

Your obsession with price indicates that you are a candidate for the Fellowship of Five Hnndred.
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Cleopatra



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 3:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Cheaper than in the UKofGB&NI that is for sure.


Everything is relative. Here in the RoI most people who need extensive dental treatment take the train across the 'border' to take advantage of the less horrendously expensive dentists in Belfast or Newry. Even taking transport costs into costs, it is possible to save hundreds of Euros this way.
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trapezius



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teeth whitening is a standard SR. 1,000 in most dental clinics.

For braces, I don't know how much it would cost for a one-off visit, but I did ask some of my high school students in the past, and they said the cost ran into the SR 10,000-15,000 range over the 3 years or so it took them to get their teeth aligned. Of course, it depends on how crooked your teeth are. If they could be corrected in a year, it would obviously cost much less.
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Griff-James



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

"I go to a Syrian dentist based in a clinic behind the Holiday In on the Road from Khobar to Dammam."

I'm thinking Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man. Shocked
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