"An absolutely terrible experience. I was shopping for a new pair of sunglasses online and found a great pair on the Frames Direct website. I went to select my lens type and noticed that every single lens type offered showed the following phrasing: "Passes 20% Light, Blocks 80% Light." I selected the color I wanted and completed the order. The glasses arrived within 2 weeks and I immediately discovered that they were not sunglasses, but regular clear prescription lenses. They blocked no sunlight, as they advertised on the website.

I called the next day and was told that I ordered the glasses incorrectly and they would replace them but only if I paid them another 50% of the cost of the glasses. The website was incorrectly showing the "Passes 20% Light, Blocks 80% Light" on all glasses at the time I ordered them (this has since been fixed), so after I insisted upon a full refund they met me in the middle and agreed to only charge me 25% of the cost of the glasses to re-do them. This is unacceptable as it is NOT my fault that the website was showing incorrect information.

The customer service was terrible. I called in on a Thursday and spoke with a very rude representative who questioned my intelligence. She told me she was going to speak with Wiley X about doing a free remake since it was their fault, and she told me she'd call back by the end of the day. She never called. I waited a week and called back, the representative said she had just gotten off the phone with Wiley and that they were not going to re-do the glasses, which left my options either a) pay 25% just to get what I originally ordered, or b) return them and only get 50% of my cost back. I decided to take neither option, and asked to speak with a manager.

The manager was unavailable and I was told the manager would call me back. He never did, but I got a call from the same customer service rep the next day who told me that management decided they didn't want to assist me with this situation.

I have never dealt with a company as mismanaged as Frames Direct and would HIGHLY ADVISE against giving them any of your money. Check out the better business bureau and look at all of the unresolved complaints similar to mine. It is horrifying that this business is still operating. Never give them business! "

"I simply don't understand all the hatred from those 1-star reviewers. They sound more like a paid 1-star reviews. I ordered my prescription glasses with the exact numbers from my prescription and was delivered exactly that. It took roughly 2 weeks for the glass to be made and delivered but that is a normal turnaround time. I had to change my payment option after the order was charged and still, the outstanding customer service stepped in and solve that request immediately. The price for single vision lenses and frames was $122 less than what my local Walmart offered! Keep the great work Framesdirect! "

"First time getting glasses on line. Ordered silhouette frames, thinnest (most expensive) transistion tinted lens.
I have had transistions, b4, loved them. These don't change or offer any protection.travis sent me 2robbie. Robbie said I need to put in thicker, heavier polycarbon lens to get any darkness of lens. Also, no certificate of authenticity for essilor/transistions.
WANT TO RETURN. ceo Roy Hessel needs 2know order form says nothing about diff.levels of lens protection:no way to reach anyone with authority.only way to contact the hesses' is by facebook. BUYER BEWARE"

"I ordered the frame and lens in April of this year. I was not told that the frame ordered was backordered. I called trying to find out why it was taking so long and wanting to make sure they got my prescription from my doctor they finally told me it was backordered. I asked to change my frame to one that was in stock. Said okay. It added more time to my order. Did not get my lenses until more than a month later.

When I finally did get them the lens were defected. Why? Well there is no physical person there to measure your eye distance and I wear a progressive. I felt like I was looking through a fish bowl. Returned them and had them redone. Got them back a 2nd time and again still not right.

I tried wearing the lenses for over 2 weeks thinking it was perhaps me. It was not. Left them a negative review and promptly got a call. Had a long conversation with a Candace Bronash. Very unprofessional person. Tried to blame me. Finally agreed to try to fix them one more time if I agreed to get a new prescription from a different doctor. Which I did.

This is where it gets real bad. I was told I would get a return shipping label. Did not. Waiting a week and contacted again. Finally got one sent to me via email (The whole time dealing with the same person) Shipped them back and faxed new prescription. UPS shows they had received the frames and they were sitting on them for a week before I contacted them again wondering why they had not worked on the new pair. I get this email:

"Hi Albert,

The management team wanted to review your orders and the return for the remake.

I just got them back last night.

They will step outside of our normal return policy and remake your lenses at no charge but they are asking that you modify your trust pilot review.

Please let me know once the review is completed and I can send these to the lab for the remake.

I have also searched our emails for the new RX copy.

Can you please resend it to me as I cannot locate the email.

Thank you!"

So we are going to hold your glasses hostage until you remove an honest negative review.

Do not do business with this company. They are incompetent, unethical, dishonest and slooooooow.

PS. I asked for a refund and told them I was starting a chargeback request. Instead of doing the right thing and just crediting me back they blame me once again saying they cannot because I started the chargeback process. Which is not true. I run a business too and know the truth on that. You can always issue a refund and stop this entire insane and frustrating process."

"I will never order another product from Frames Direct. After placing an order for eyeglasses frames, I was notified that the frame is backordered for 3 months. I was directed to sign in to my account at their website, and instead of being offered to cancel my order, my two options were 1) wait three months or 2) choose another frame. No option to cancel offered! In order to cancel, the customer must personally call the company and speak to a sales rep whose name was listed in the email. Stay away from a company who practices such deception and dishonesty. It should be as simple to cancel an order that cannot fulfilled as it was to place the order! Beware of this company. "

"I have never experienced such poor service has I have from Frames Direct (www.framesdirect.com) for anything I have ever purchased. In August 2014 I purchased 2 pairs of prescription glasses one for normal wear and one pair of sunglasses. The first prescription that was made in these I couldn't focus for longer than about 60 seconds out of the sunglasses and the clear ones I couldn't at all. That told me the prescriptions didn't match and I thought maybe the doctor had screwed up the prescription so I went to a different doctor and sure enough the other doctor had. So we lost money on the first prescription lens that was made even though I know they were made wrong since I didn't get the same reaction from both pair. When I got the second ones made and received them I tried them as soon as I got them and got extremely dizzy and sick with a migraine. We took them to a local optical store and they tested the lens for accuracy and found that the prescription was not made correctly and did not match the prescription from the doctor.

When I went for my eye exam this year I went back to a doctor who had always done a good job for me and sure enough the prescription was different so I had lens made to put in the ray ban frame I had bought but had not used 10 months before and the prescription was good. So I thought I would send the sunglasses frame back to frames direct and give them yet another chance (3rd one) and they won't make them I find this out after first calling them before shipping them and then waiting a week to hear from them, which I had to call to get an answer. Now after a big to do over these glasses they finally said they would refund the lens cost (only 1 set was refunded or even offered to be) and we would keep and pay for the frames. They sent the frames back but did not include the stock Ray Ban lens for the sunglasses but actually returned the bad prescription lens. I am now fighting with them to get my frame back and the stock lens that were never returned to me. Their guarantee on the lens means nothing as they won't back it up. If you have a problem with them don't count on them making it right. Every time I have talked to someone on the phone I have gotten nothing but the run around along with the "I don't care attitude". Frames Direct has some serious customer service problems which really need to be addressed. The one person that I got some help from is no longer with the company. She probably did the right thing and got in trouble for it.

My suggestion is to not deal with this company. You might get lucky and everything be ok but if you have a problem it won't get resolved."

"They never got the prescription. The sent out the first pair, wrong prescription. I received the second pair SEVEN weeks after placing my order---still wrong. I'm totally turned off to ordering glasses online."

"The best customer service I ever had. Excellent service, fast response. I've got my Ray Ban in just two days. I truly recommend. "

"I have been going through an odyssey regarding getting my son's reading/seeing glasses repaired. The representative actually had the temerity to take issue with the fact that I was upset and actually inferred that I would have received better treatment if she was treated with respect. Just so you all know, you are in the business of serving the customer. No one spoke to any of you in a vulgar or profane manner. I think over a month of not being able to use glasses is too much for anyone to ask. First, they did not want to send a mailer and when they did, ti was for ground mailing--almost two weeks of travel. Then they had the nerve to say "if" it is covered under warranty, then it will take 48-72 hours to let me know and then I would have to pay for my own expedited shipping. And yes, the representative had major attitude. You all are asking us to spend our money and then you want us to treat you with kit gloves when a product is defective and/or broken" Seriously, really? The rep was unprofessional and childish."

"One of the single worst experiences purchasing online. Not necessarily from a customer service perspective as they were generally informative and kept me up to date. Where they failed was in their primary responsibility to provide me with the product I purchased.

I ordered two pairs of prescription glasses on Jan 1. About two weeks later I received one pair of glasses. I was ok with that time frame. Despite no indication of these glasses being out of stock or requiring ordering direct from the manufacturer at the time of purchase, the 2nd pair (sunglasses) were finally received by me on Feb 2.

There was an almost comical series of events that proceeded between my purchase and receipt of my sunglasses. As mentioned, I was kept well informed. But, after three weeks without product I really didn't care for the updates. I just wanted what I had already long since paid for."

"A bunch of liars. They gave me the wrong prescription sunglasses and when I ask for an explanation and they just insist they're right. I can only stared it and do nothing about it! "

"Company does not always honor return policy. Bought a $800 pair of glasses last year and within year lens cracked and rimless frame starting to falling apart. So I ordered some different frames to select a replacement for them and was then contacted by a customer rep and told that a mgr had singled me out and said that they would not except any returns from me anymore b/c of the high dollar amount of frames. I was told by the cust service rep that this special return policy is not listed on their site and was only being applied to me after I spent hours shopping their site. So I canceled the order and will never be ordering from them again or recommending them to anyone. The appropriate thing for them would have been to tell me before hand so that I did not waste hours on their site or list this policy on their site. "

"What ever you do, don't order from this company. I ordered the same prescription sunglasses from them which I had tried on at my doctors office. The glasses Frame direct sent me were so badly made that they would not fit. However they were putting in the prescription lens was ruining the shape of the frame. I took them to my eye doctor to try and have them adjusted but they were beyond fixable. I never recieved a refund from frames direct and now I have no glasses and I'm out over $300.00. Terrible customer service from their operations manager Craig. I'm currently in dispute with them and my credit card and Frames Direct is doing what ever they can to keep my money "

"I liked the look of these glasses and felt pretty good about the fact that they would look good on me when they arrived. When they came in though the glasses seemed somewhat subpar. To start the arms are slightly bent differently, the left bowing away from my head quite a bit. The second thing I noticed was that if I squeezed the lens section at all they squeaked, felt like the lens weren't 100 percent secure or fitted right. If I got these in the store I probably would have made them adjust them or sent them back. Considering that I probably didn't save that much money after all told with the thinner lens and misc extra charges it doesn't feel like I got a value."

"love, love, love, my glasses. my first pair was too tight and stressed the frames which broke, I sent them back and received not only a new frame, but the lenses in mine were scratched and clouded (by me) and they replaced them too! all at no cost to me. customer service was attentive and very sweet experience. Sandi"