# Ack, I broke my glasses!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 2, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545 "2002-10-02T16:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![RaginAzn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@RaginAzn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaginAzn)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545/1 "2002-10-02T16:09:59Z")

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Yeah, the other day, I was playing with my Flexon glasses, against the suggestions of the guy who sold them to me. Eventually, they just snapped in half at the bridge. Duct tape/krazy glue isn’t really holding up that well, so if I take it to people like LensCrafters, will they be able to fix them at all, with a day or two, and a decent fee? My warrantee is over, I think, and I don’t think they cover intentional bending anyway.

Or am I gonna have to drop another $200 on new frames?

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545/2 "2002-10-02T16:16:36Z")

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Are you a AAA member? I just got a wicked deal on LensCrafters glasses because I am an AAA member. You can also get coupons from LensCrafters Web site just by becoming a “member”. They give you like $50 off or something (i think AAA is 30% off).

And LensCrafters should be able to do them “in about an hour” 🙂

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**Author:** ![RaginAzn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@RaginAzn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaginAzn)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545/3 "2002-10-02T17:05:43Z")

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I thought the “about an hour” thing was for glasses that you buy. I figured my case would need them to be shipped to the manufacturers for repairs, since they would need like, a weld job or something. Also, how much should that cost?

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-broke-my-glasses/130545/4 "2002-10-02T17:15:38Z")

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I once accidentally broke my glasses, too. I went back to lenscrafters and they welded them back together within an hour for free. They just do it right there in the lab.