The optical at the Redmond Costco is excellent. They accept VSP in-network for hardware benefits, which means you get the full reimbursement amount for hardware rather than the often lower out-of-network payout. The associates are friendly, down to business, and unlike most private practices, only sell you what you want/need rather than what makes them the most money. There is no pressure here to buy anything.
For my contact lenses, Costco is almost always the cheapest, even after you account for rebates that the manufacturers provide to eye doctors. Shipping speed is... ok. They use one of the major distributors to ship (I believe it is Wisconsin Vision Associates, last I checked). These guys generally don't ship as quickly as some of the online outfits like 1800Contacts, ACLens, etc, but I haven't waited more than 2 weeks to get an order.
I started coming here because I was sick of being guilt-tripped by my optometrist's office to buy boxes of contacts that took forever to ship and were marked up by as much as 50% over what I could pay online. You should feel empowered to shop around and get the best deal.
Note - this is a review of the optical department, not the optometrist. The doctor is actually really good, but that's a different listing. read more