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Zenni Optical

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Zenni Optical Reviews Summary

Zenni has garnered a mixed reputation among customers, with notable strengths in product variety and affordability, particularly for fashionable frames. However, significant concerns arise regarding the quality of the glasses, with frequent complaints about incorrect prescriptions, poor craftsmanship, and shipping delays. Many customers express frustration with customer service, citing slow responses and inadequate support for returns and refunds. Overall, while some customers remain satisfied with their purchases, a growing number report dissatisfaction, indicating a need for the company to enhance its quality control and customer service practices to improve overall customer experience.

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service
374
value
379
shipping
375
returns
240
quality
370
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Illinois
1 review
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Late one night I stepped on my backup pair of glasses and broke them. I didn't have a lot of money and needed them very quickly as I was down to a broken pair I had glued together. Anyway, I got on Zenni and found the selection with 3 to 5 day shipping. I'm not even sure it had been 3 days when my glasses arrived. They fit great and while, they aren't my favorite they were the cheapest and fit my needs.

This is my 3rd pair I ordered from Zenni. The first two were super cute and I always received compliments on them. These I just bought for the fast shipping so they aren't as cute, but they are comfortable and durable. I like that you can order a pair very quickly or that if you want to pay a little less you can wait. Even ordering the faster ones they are still so much cheaper than going to the store and they come with a hard case.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Texas
1 review
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Best Zenni experience so far
July 28, 2022

I miss being able to try the glasses on my own face (virtually) and found the try-on feature didn't work most of the time, but the fast feature option to get my glasses in under a week is the very best!

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Colorado
1 review
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So fast
July 28, 2022

Literally like next day and they are perfect. Excellent price for the rush and even if they weren't rushed the price is cheap

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Satisfied
August 27, 2022

Ordering was simple just downloaded the pic then tried on. Opted for fast delivery. Got it in 2.5 days.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for posting your very gratifying Zenni review of your latest experience ordering eyeglasses from us. You are a longtime, valued customer, and we were happy to see that you chose the Fast Frames option, which comes with a delivery-time promise of three-to-five business days. You placed this order on July 21,2022, and on this same date we manufactured and mailed your eyeglasses to you via Federal Express, which advises on their website that the glasses were delivered to you on July 23,2022, two days after you placed the order. We are delighted to know that you found the ordering process easy, and that you used the Virtual Try-On feature to determine how the frame you ordered – half-rim, rectangular, stainless-steel, spring-hinged, black frame 406421, with textured temple arms and a frame width of 134 millimeters – would look on your face. Mr. Braun, we thank you again for taking the time to post your heartening remarks. Moreover, we want you to know that, at Zenni, we believe that it is a privilege to serve your eyeglasses needs, and we hope to do so for many years to come.

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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FAST Delivery
July 28, 2022

Ordered an emergency pair of glasses bc I lost mine floating a river, they came in 4 days or less

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Ohio
1 review
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Crazy fast rush shipping
July 28, 2022

I paid for rush shipping and expected my glasses to come in within 3-5 days as stated. Instead they came within 24 hours! Pleasant surprise!

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Fast, Best Price, Best Fit
July 28, 2022

Needed a new pair ASAP. These arrived in 2 Days and were a perfect fit. Will be purchasing from here again.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great pair of glasses
July 28, 2022

My dog chewed up my glasses, so I ordered a pair from Zenni. They were delivered in just a few days. They are also a great pair of glasses. Can't beat these prices!

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
New Jersey
1 review
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Zenni-Optical- the future
July 28, 2022

I have been wearing glasses for 35 years. This was by far the most positive experience purchasing eyeglasses I have come across during my time. No more expensive doctor bills, and recieve your glasses as soon as you desire. Thank you Zenni- I now have choices with my Eyewear, bravo!

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Texas
1 review
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Great experience
July 28, 2022

I ordered fast frames at around 1pm on July 18– they were delivered July 19th at 11am. The glasses are good quality, especially for the price.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very fast! Great glasses
July 28, 2022

We used the fast frames delivery and it came next day! The glasses are wonderful we are so excited

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Maryland
1 review
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Smooth peeps
July 28, 2022

Easy to use website, good communication, quick ship, excellent product.

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Jo's glasses
July 28, 2022

Awesome! My daughter lost her glasses on vacation last week at the beach. I ordered her a new pair on Thursday because her eye doctor couldn't get a new pair faster than 2 weeks and she had a softball tournament in a week. The new glasses came on Friday! They fit great!

Date of experience: July 28, 2022
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Prices are good but quality is NOT
August 26, 2022

Their warranty sucks. Had a pair of safety glasses for less than 90 days and they broke just by me taking them off. That's why prices are so low.

Date of experience: July 27, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of the ANSI Z87.1 safety glasses, in full-rim, rectangular, plastic, black frame 749121, with a frame width of 135 millimeters. We were sorry to learn that this safety glasses frame broke, and we apologize for any dissatisfaction you experienced as a result. We are also sorry that this order, which was placed on May 22,2022, and delivered to you on June 3,2022, is beyond its 30-day warranty period, which starts the day the glasses are delivered. However, you may reorder frame 749121 with free, nonprescription lenses, and then when you receive the new frame 749121 with the nonprescription lenses, you may remove the nonprescription lenses from the rims of the new frame 749121 and swap the pure polycarbonate prescription lenses from the broken frame into the rims of the new frame 749121. Here is a how-to video, How to Replace Lenses in a Full-Rim Frame, found toward the middle of the bottom of every page of our website, which provides instructions explaining the lens-swapping process: https://www.zennioptical.com/c/how-to#howto-replace-fullrim. In addition, if you would like a customer service representative to talk you through the lens-swapping process, please telephone Zenni Customer Service, at 1-800-211-2105, and anyone who answers will be eager to stay on the phone with you to assist you as you replace the prescription lenses from the broken frame and install them in the rims of the new frame. We hope that this information is helpful, and we hope that purchasing a new frame 749121 with nonprescription lenses will resolve this matter to your satisfaction.

Washington
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Ugh... go to Warby
August 25, 2022

Don't waste your time. Cheap, cheap frames, difficult ordering process, AWFUL customer service.
Go to Warby Parker. They measure your PD and are professional. For the same price you get great glasses, like what you would get from your eye doctor's office.

Date of experience: July 26, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of the first order for eyeglasses you placed with us – order o4880555137, placed on July 5,2022, for one pair of single-vision eyeglasses in full-rim, cat-eye, flexible-plastic, wine / rose ombre frame 2023918, with a frame width of 130 millimeters. We were sorry to learn you were unhappy with these glasses, and we apologize for any disappointment you experienced as a result. You returned these eyeglasses to us for a 100 percent refund of their price in the form of store credit to your Zenni account, and you used the store credit toward the purchase of a new pair of standard progressive eyeglasses in order o4902618924, placed today, July 26,2022, in full-rim, cat-eye, flexible-plastic, black and sky-blue ombre frame 2017016, with a frame width of 137 mm, and with a different pupillary distance (PD), 34 mm for each eye, from the PD you entered on the previous order, o4880555137, a single PD of 62 mm. We hope that you will be satisfied with these eyeglasses.

Maine
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I would give zero stars if I could
August 21, 2022

I ordered a pair of glasses from this company. I ordered them online using the computer generating website. I paid extra for some small engravings on each side of the arms. When I opened the package, the engraving test WAS PURPLE! Certainly not what I ordered. I called customer service, only to be told that I must have made a silly mistake, as many people do this. I was never offered an option for a color for the text. After much frustration, patronizing, and being spoken to like a child from a "customer service representative", I was then told that I cannot have a full refund like I had asked for at this point. I was told that I could only receive half of my refund if I wanted it in cash, or 100% refund in store credit. What kind of scam is this? Now I have to take time out of my day and deal with this package to return with a shipping store. Not the end of the world, but I certainly will not be doing business with this company any further. Stay far far away from the bait of cheap prescription glasses this company tries to take advantage of people with, as well as their ridiculous return policy and customer service experience. I will be passing my experience with this company along to the better business bureau as well.

Date of experience: July 22, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of the first pair of eyeglasses you ordered from us – single-vision eyeglasses with gray photochromic (light-sensitive, auto-tinting) lenses and our Blokz® blue-light-blocking feature. We were sorry to read that you were disappointed to see the engraved text you selected for the outside of one temple arm was purple, a color you had not intended to select. Consequently, we apologize for any dissatisfaction you experienced as a result. We offer fonts in red, green, blue, yellow, black, white, orange, pink, teal, and turquoise, as well as purple. We emailed you instructions to return these eyeglasses to us for the refund option you selected, a 100 percent refund of the price of the glasses in the form of store credit to your Zenni account, and we also emailed you a prepaid mailing label to use for return postage. If you plan to use the store credit toward the purchase of a new pair of personalized eyeglasses, we hope that, if you do not see how to select a specific color for the temple-arm engraving, you will telephone Zenni Customer Service, at 1-800-211-2105, and anyone who answers will be eager to assist you with finding how to select the color for the personalization on your temple arm. If the wait to speak with a customer service representative is lengthy, you may have an online Chat with us by clicking the button labeled Support, at the lower right-hand corner of every page of the Zenni website. We hope that this information is helpful, and we look forward to receiving the returned eyeglasses, so that we may issue the 100 percent store credit refund, and you may use this store credit toward the purchase of a new pair of personalized eyeglasses, with the color you choose for the text. We also hope that this store credit refund and our assistance when you are ready to place your next order will resolve this matter to your satisfaction.

Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I was scammed
August 21, 2022

I was scammed. Explanation below:

I found a pair of sunglasses that looked nice. Then I proceeded to sign up because I always like to have an account when purchasing online.
I paid using Apple Pay and sent the sunglasses to my work address. I didn't take a screenshot of my order number because most online stores send an email when an order is created.
A day later I proceed to log into my account to check whether there's a tracking number ready and the site rejects my password. Using the "Forgot my password" link does nothing as it doesn't acknowledge my email as a valid account email.
Support was next to useless. I can describe exactly the item I paid for (apart from the model number), including the prescription, color of the frame and lens coating. I provided my delivery address also. I can even provide the exact time the money was deducted from my bank account and the approximate time of creation of the account. Yet they can't find me in the system.

Currently I'm waiting for the financial department of Zenni to (probably) tell me they can't find any such transaction in their system. I'd only like to know: was I scammed by a human or is their system programmed to routinely scam people like that?

Date of experience: July 22, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of your experience trying to order eyeglasses from us. We were sorry to see that the only identifying information you posted with your review was your first name and last initial, which does not afford us the opportunity to look up your order. Consequently, we apologize for any dismay you experienced as a result. Since you mention that you are waiting to hear from us whether an order actually was placed, we invite you to reply to our response with the email address that is your Zenni username, so that we may look you up in our system. We hope to hear back from you with the email address that is your Zenni username, in the hope that we may identify you as a Zenni customer.

New Jersey
5 reviews
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Great Selection, Poor Choice of Transitions.
July 21, 2022

This site has a great selection of frames at a great price. I own two Zenni progressives with transitions. Their virtual try on tool is the best online and accurate. They are good with making your prescription to your needs well. Just had your PD correct! What they cut corners on is their selection of Transitions. They ONLY carry Signature 7s. I thought they were totally discontinued in favor of the Sig 8s. Apparently they still make the 7s for Zenni. They fall short of the newer 8s and Xtractive. You can get them on Payne for about the same price as the 7s. Payne's selection is more limited than Zenni, but still good. Zenni is a good place but not for Transitions, until they decide to modernize their choices!

Date of experience: July 20, 2022
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Why Why Why
August 10, 2022

My Optometrist told me not to buy from them... I thought, yeah, you just want to make a buck off me. Jeez was she right. This is the worst buying experience I have had in a long time. It took me almost an hour just to get a return number and then it was not a return, but an "Inspection" only to see if they make the lenses incorrectly. I can tell you the lenses are wrong because they hurt my eyes as soon as I put them on! Do yourself a favor and buy from your local doctor.

Date of experience: July 11, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of the first order for eyeglasses placed with us, order o4828050694, on June 30,2022, for one pair of premium progressive eyeglasses with gray Transitions® photochromic (light-sensitive, auto-tinting) lenses in half-rim, rectangular, titanium, black frame 137621, with a frame width of 133 millimeters. We were sorry to read that you are dissatisfied with these eyeglasses and with the waiting time for the customer service you received when you contacted us about this matter. Consequently, we apologize for any dismay you experienced as a result. We emailed you instructions to return these premium progressive eyeglasses to us for an inspection, and we also emailed you a prepaid mailing label to use for return postage. When we receive these eyeglasses we will inspect them, and if our inspection finds any manufacturing errors on the glasses, we will offer to remake them for you for free. If we find no manufacturing errors on these premium progressive eyeglasses, we can offer to return them to you or issue one of our two refund options – either a 100 percent refund of the price of the glasses in the form of store credit to your Zenni account or a 50 percent refund to the credit card you used to pay for them. We look forward to receiving and inspecting these eyeglasses and emailing you the inspection results, which we hope will lead to a successful resolution of this matter.

South Africa
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Ordered a tortoiseshell frame a year later because I bent the original frame. Left eye has no tortoiseshell design on the new pair and they want me to pay shipping to return and reorder and wait another couple weeks. Essentially if they make a mistake, the customer will deal with the burden to correct it. I attached 3 pictures. 1 is of the old pair and look great, 1 is of the picture online, and 1 is of the new pair that is extremely inconsistent to previous order and picture online.

Date of experience: July 10, 2022
Matthew S. — Zenni Optical Rep
over a year old

Thank you for posting your Zenni review of the new pair of gray photochromic (light-sensitive, auto-tinting) eyeglasses with our Blokz® blue-light-blocking feature you ordered in order o4311037613 on June 29,2022, in full-rim, browline, mixed-material, tortoiseshell frame 1911225, with a frame width of 142 millimeters, to replace the same pair in the same frame you purchased on February 13,2021, in order o2344644236, which we were sorry to learn got bent. Insofar as the tortoiseshell patterns are randomly selected, we were also sorry to learn that the new frame 1911225 came with an asymmetrical design, with no tortoiseshell pattern on the left side of the frame. Consequently, we apologize for any dismay you experienced as a result. When you contacted our social media team about this matter, we offered you a free replacement frame 1911225, and if you accept this offer, we will ask our lab to make sure that they send you a frame with a tortoiseshell pattern that extends across the entire frame. If you would like to contact us to advise that you would like us to send you a replacement frame 1911225, we invite you to telephone Zenni Customer Service, at 1-800-211-2105, and when you advise of your order number, o4311037613, anyone who answers will be eager to ask our lab to send you a free replacement frame 1911225, and we will ask the lab to make sure that the tortoiseshell pattern is equally distributed across the frame. If the wait to speak with a customer service representative is lengthy, you may have an online Chat with us by clicking the button labeled Support, at the lower right-hand corner of every page of the Zenni website. You may also email us, at [email protected], and if you choose this communication method, please put your order number, o4311037613, in the subject line of the email, and please advise that you would like to accept our offer of a free replacement frame 1911225. We will send you this frame, and when you are ready to swap the lenses from the bent frame or the asymmetrical pattern frame into the new one, here is a how-to video found toward the middle of the bottom of every page of the Zenni website, with instructions explaining How to Replace Lenses in a Full-Rim Frame: https://www.zennioptical.com/c/how-to#howto-replace-fullrim. In addition, when you are ready to replace the lenses from the bent frame or the one with asymmetrical pattern distribution into the new frame, we invite you to telephone Zenni Customer Service, and anyone who answers will be eager to talk you through the lens-replacement process. We look forward to hearing from you with your request for a free replacement frame 1911225, and we hope that sending you this free replacement frame will resolve this matter to your satisfaction.

From the business

Our factory-direct, online model allows us to offer all the same high-quality lens options that you’d get from an optician and traditional brick & mortar retail at 1/10th of the price.

Ready to revolutionize the way you buy glasses? At Zenni, we believe everyone should have access to high-quality, affordable eyeglasses. With over 4,000 frames and prices starting at $6.95 for single-vision prescription glasses, you don't have to limit yourself to just one pair when you order glasses online. Express all facets of your personality with our low-priced eyeglasses and sunglasses in every style, shape, and color imaginable.

Use our virtual try-on to see how your favorite frames will look instantly – try a pair of online eyeglasses without the risk! Once you've placed an order for eyeglasses online, your glasses are individually crafted at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and shipped directly to you.

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