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Netherlands
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Fast, Cheap, Good
May 18, 2016

I've ordered twice now from smartbuyglasses.com and I couldn't be happier with the servive. It is definitely cheaper, they arrived really fast ( +/- 4 days both) and the sunglasses are most definitely the same quality.

Date of experience: May 17, 2016
Mexico
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One good and one bad experience
August 24, 2016

My first buying experience was not good, I bought a pair of sunglasses that were not available. They took their time to tell me and their time to re-imburse.

This time around (second purchase) I had no problems.

Date of experience: August 24, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Hi Juan,

Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback.

We're sorry to hear that the first order was not as smooth as expected but are glad to see that the second went perfectly.

If you have any concerns in the future, just give our support team an email or call and we''d be happy to help out.

Regards,
Ben
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New Zealand
1 review
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I've used this site HEAPS [some would say toooooo much!] every time they've been outstanding, and when they're not 100% efficient they're the first to apologize and rectify any problem. I would, and have, recommended them any time!

Date of experience: January 20, 2012
China
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Customer service is really poor
September 10, 2016

I bought the optical and it had some minor problem and I requested for an exchange, after I return the product, I received a email and was told that the product was out of stock, so I requested a refund together with the shipping fee which was agreed before. However, after I request the refund, there is no one to reply me. I sent more than 5 emails and wait for a few days alr. But I never get any reply. And until now I haven't gotten the money. This is such s disappointing experience. How can I trust the website and recommend this to my friends?

Date of experience: September 10, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Hui,

We're very sorry to hear of this experience. Our support team always replies within 24 hours on weekdays but there may have been a slight issue with communications.

In order for us to help check what went wrong and provide a quick resolution, could you send me a private message with your Order ID?

Regards,
Beb
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Georgia
1 review
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Buyer Beware!
December 4, 2017

Ordered my glasses on Oct 30. The site stated that the frames were in stock. After several weeks I received an email stating the frames were delayed, but their supplier had them in stock. Wait! You said you had them in stock when I ordered them!... Then, every week I received an 'order status update' email stating the glasses were preparing to ship. I ultimately canceled the order, which was an ordeal in itself. If you need your glasses within the next two months, do not order from this company!

Date of experience: December 4, 2017
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Hi Kim D.,

Thank you for your review.

I am so sorry to hear that we were not able to able to fulfill your order prompting the cancellation of your item. I completely understand your frustration and would certainly feel the same way if I were in your shoes. Our sincerest apologies for the inconveniences. I can assure you that we are working on our system update and product offering on a daily basis.

I also understand that the order has already been cancelled but we would still like to check what happened and what caused the hold up so we can further investigate and can try to avoid the same thing from happening again in the future. If you can send us a private message with your order number, that would be much appreciated.

Sincerely,

John
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Brazil
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Dears, good morning!
I am very happy with ine purchase with the SmartBuyGlasses.
The sunglasses is very beautiful and comfortable and makes me very relaxed in the sun of Rio de Janeiro.
I have just two comments. It is as the delay of delivery. I did not know that the purchase would be international and that would come from such a distant place. I even thought it would not receive the product. But it turned out all right.
The other is that I thought I saw at the time of purchase the site, would receive a kit with some dusters and liquid for cleaning glasses. But if it is not true, all right, may have been my mistake.
What matters is that the product has arrived and I am happy with the purchase and placement of you.
Thank you for your attention and see you soon with a new purchase.

Regards,

Fernando Quinteiros

Date of experience: May 8, 2016
Poland
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Good customer care
June 28, 2016

A Little long waiting time for collecting the order, good customer care, but the photos of glasses could be more detailed - leopard pattern earpieces of ones I've ordered were easy to miss (I thought those were all black), but the return went fast and without problems.

Date of experience: June 27, 2016
New York
1 review
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Receved frames within a week, and the eye perscription was too strong. I went to eye Dr and got a weaker scrip and also picked out a frame I thought was more to my liking. I returned the first pair of glasses and they shipped me the new pair with no additional restocking or any hidden fees and new glasses came in 4 days. I will use them again for perscription sunglasses.
Dave B

Date of experience: March 15, 2014
Spain
1 review
2 helpful votes
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They are scams! I sent back the glasses and they never gave me the refund, they are delaying and giving excuses, they mention refund is made in 5-7 working days, it's already 10 days and I got nothing back! I keep sending emails and they don't send the money

Date of experience: January 2, 2020
Sweden
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Progressive glasses
April 28, 2016

I had a very good experience when purchasing glasses.
Since it is the first time buying glasses on the internet I would have appreciate a response from you when you handled my prescription that all information need is there and everything looking complete to make the glasses.
I also would like to have a more specification of the glass since I am not sure of the quality of it. My other glasses seems not to be needed to clean as many times as my new ones purchased from you. The reeding part is very small on the glass.
Otherwise I am very happy with my purchase.

Date of experience: April 27, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Anne-Lii,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

We offer a variety of different lens indexes as well as lenses from the renowned opthalmic lens manufacturer, Essilor. If you could perhaps send me a private message with the Order ID, we'd be happy to check your order details and provide more advice on our lens selection.

Regards,
Ben

Hong Kong
1 review
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Put in my order for Persol glasses and was wondering why this site was so much cheaper than any other site. Did my research and they seemed to be kosher, until they charged my card and they advised me that my address was flagged as a cautionary flag. I replied that I would be more concern buying something from them as they may send fake glasses or even fraudulent transaction with my card than to be flagged as a cautionary risk! If it was flagged as a cautionary address why do they charge my credit card then and later to refund me when I told them I want to cancel the order? I did ask that question to which there no reply to. I would not buy from them and luckily my money was refunded to my credit card. And I would also cancel my credit card in case there is any fraudulent transaction by them.

Date of experience: September 23, 2013
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear June,
Thank you for provided feedback. Being in business since 2006, we've shipped thousands of orders around the world and always doing our best to provide good service to our customers. Being online company, it's very important to us to protect our customers from fraudulent transactions / unauthorized transactions, that's why, for example if card's billing address and shipping address are different, payment system will flag this order and request documents to confirm / approve transaction.

If you have any further questions, please, don't hesitate to contact us at servicemanager@smartbuyglasses.com

Kind regards,
SBG

Canada
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Horrible experience with this site. First of all when they charged my card it got flagged by VISA and my card was frozen. Then they said it had to be reviewed by their credit department before the order could be placed. By the time they released it they were sold out of the glasses I ordered. They didnt tell me that though I had to contact them to find out the status. Then I asked for a different pair of glasses, and when I checked back a week later they said they were also sold out of those ones! Again they didnt contact me to tell me that either! Terrible, asked for a refund. Won't use them again.

Date of experience: September 12, 2013
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Lisa,

Thank you for provided feedback.
First of all I would like to thank you for your time and patience. Please, note that such notification we receive from payment provider directly and unfortunately, can't resolve the issue from our side unless requested documents are provided. Most common reason why this happens is - different billing and shipping addresses.

I'm also sad to hear that ordered glasses were not available. I'm sure that by now your issue has been resolved already and you got full refund back to the same account that you used to place the order.

If you have any further questions, please, feel free to contact us at servicemanager@smartbuyglasses.com

Kind regards,
SBG

Mexico
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Nice service
March 17, 2016

I was hesitating on purchasing from this website, it ended it being trustful. I asked the representatives to pick the darkest havana pair and they did it for me. It just took a little bit more of expected as the order took a week more because of some delays on customs.

Date of experience: March 17, 2016
Colorado
1 review
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I order my prescription glasses from SmartBuy Glasses after 'researching' different websites. I already tried on the frames in a normal store and knew what I wanted.

The purchase was easy, the price was the best and delivered on time and as expected. I'd definitely recommend the site and will use it again.

Date of experience: January 9, 2015
Saudi Arabia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had ordered Tom Ford sunglasses and after 5 days I received the item with color defective, after contact customer care and long discussion through email and asking a lot of photos for the proof then they asked me to send the item for exchang.
I sent the item for exchange, but they not refund the shipping cost they told me they will give me discount code 5%!
After this long process I received the same defective item again with same tag. Which company is this?!
However I'm stuck on the same long process for second time. The problem is that I bought this item for gift and smart buy glasses put me in worst case with people. And smartbuyglasses just thinking about money!

Date of experience: September 4, 2015
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Hi Basel k,

I'm sorry to hear of this experience. Rest assured, our service manager is already in contact via email to assist in choosing the correct product for you.

Regards,
Ben

New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I had a good experience with this company, the ones I wanted first weren't in stock and neither were my second choice, but my third choice were so about a week later I got them. They arrived in perfect condition no problems, and I got a partial refund for the price difference from my first choice. Great helpful customer service and good deals.

Date of experience: October 25, 2012
South Africa
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Misleading communications
March 29, 2016

After having purchased a pair of spectacle frames that were flagged as available for immediate despatch, the updates that followed indicated that this was not so. The communications indicated that the item ordered was in stock, not in stock, ordered, delayed, and then finally arrived. Not good.
The price was fair, the quality was excellent, but the experience was bad.

Date of experience: March 29, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Graeme S.,

I'm glad to hear that you are happy with the product but do apologize for the lapse in communication during your order. If you could send me a Private Message with your Order ID, we'd be happy to check and assist with any concerns.

Regards,
Ben
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Sweden
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Late delivery!
May 31, 2016

It took about 4-5 weeks before I got my delivery. Very happy With my sunglasses that i ordered, but not that It took so long before i got them. On the website It says that It will take maximum 10 says.

Date of experience: May 31, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Sandra,

We are very sorry to hear of the delays in your delivery. We'd be happy to check on the reasons of the hold-up for you if you could send me a Private Message with the Order ID.

Regards,
Ben

California
1 review
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Good quality product
April 29, 2016

The glasses were great value for money and good quality I bought a smartbuy collection pair they were nice. But it took ages for them to be delivered maybe it was just my order but it really was weeks before I got them.

Date of experience: April 29, 2016
SmartBuyGlasses S. SmartBuyGlasses Rep
over a year old

Dear Eileen,

Thank you for your feedback and we're glad to hear that you are happy with your order.

Deliveries to the US should only take around 3 working days, so we apologise if there were any delays with the courier service. If you could send me a private message with your Order ID, we'd be happy to look into this with the courier to prevent it from occurring again.

Regards,
Ben

Australia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a pair of men's Tom Ford Leopold Havana sunglasses. In my opinion, they are *FAKE*. The reasons why I think they are fake:

1. The glasses case is the wrong case

2. The Tom Ford brand name on the glasses case is pressed and not embossed in gold

3. The glasses do not come with the Tom Ford branded glasses cleaner

4. The frames are twisted. They don't sit right. I put them on, looked in the mirror and they sat really crookedly. I took them off and had a look, the frame is really obviously twisted. This would not have passed Tom Ford Quality Assurance tests and/or they would never have been manufactured by Tom Ford with a fault...

Before you suggest that they were damaged in transit, they are so twisted, there's no way they could twist this much without them breaking. Also, the were packed really well in multiple boxes and well protected.

imgur.com/a/sH4uX

Date of experience: December 14, 2012

Overview

SmartBuyGlasses has a rating of 3.2 stars from 1,756 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with SmartBuyGlasses most frequently mention customer service, fast delivery and ray ban. SmartBuyGlasses ranks 13th among Eyeglasses sites.

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