Date: 19 August 1980 1446-EDT (Tuesday)
From: Gary.Feldman at CMU-10A
Subject: contact lenses
To:  Robert.Frederking at CMU-10A
Message-ID: <19Aug80 144610 GF20@CMU-10A>
Origin:  C410GF20 at CMU-10A; 19 Aug 1980 1447-EDT

Several people in the department, including myself, have gone through Falk
Clinic.  They are cheap when compared with optometrists in private practice
($85 for lenses + $25 for eye exam + $12 for initial fitting, as of last
year) and they are reliable and good, but they are slow.  It may take weeks to
get an appointment.  If you check the Guide to Pittsburgh you will find
another recommendation.

I have a friend who just got lenses from one of the super cheap places
downtown (Professional Contact Lenses, I think) with the obnoxious eyeglass
ads which play on people's vanity.  Prices are in the $20+$30 range, plus
eye exam ($15), and they are semi-reasonable.  They optometrist actually looks
at your eyes in all of the right ways, but they don't schedule a follow up
appointment after giving you the lenses (although you can get one, included
in the price, if you ask).  The decision is yours.

   Gary