Geeks everywhere search far and wide for a reliable, competent retailer of eyeglasses to keep their vision clear and their faces looking fresh.

Now, I’ve been wearing glasses since I was three (I was a wee nerd) and I know it’s hard to find a place that has:

a)    Good selection
b)    Good service
c)    Good guarantee on their products

Well, you can stop searching fellow four-eyes, because Crown Opticians (758 Yonge. St)  has all you need to get your specs on. 

When I went in my first time, a young, friendly sales woman greeted me. She asked what I was looking for, and when I told her thick, dark non-black frames, she picked out a selection. Then, and this was the coolest part, you try on your glasses in front of a 360 degree machine and it takes pictures from various angles. Then you can compare different frames and the different angles.

It was/is an ingenious (and practical) aspect to purchasing glasses and I appreciated it a lot.

The young woman who helped me was very helpful, giving her opinion on which frames look best (a rarity in retail I find) and I went up to the cash to pay, they even offered me a discount on the cost (I have a really rare prescription and when you add the scratch-proof coating, thin lenses, etc. it can really add up).

The one thing that really blew me away with Crown was the follow up service.

Two weeks ago I went in because my glasses were really scratched – more scratched than any pair of glasses I’ve ever owned. When I came in to get them fixed, the same young woman told me that the damage should be covered under my warranty, but that it had expired. Lucky for me, the next day they called me told me that the lenses had been repaired at no cost.

So if you’re looking a new sick pair of glasses and great service,  Crown Opticians is the place to go.