The staff is polite and knowleadgelable, this review does not reflect on them, but this is the new experience getting glasses. I've been coming to Lenscrafters for many years, probably the late 80s. I've purchsed dozens of glasses, sunglasses, contacts and eye exams over the years. Usually it is pretty predictable and hassle free. But, it keeps getting worse. In the 80s and 90s, you could go in and they'd have your glasses ready for you in an hour (remember that?). But they pulled their labs out of the stores so now it takes a week or more to get new lenses, but that's OK, times have changed. But if you don't also order new frames, here's the experience. You take off work and come in for an eye exam. Then you order your new lenses. In about a week, you have to make an appoinment to come back and drop off your glasses and leave them with them. If you are lucky, they will have someone staffed to actually fit your leneses into the glasses (this used to be done when you walked in in the past, but not any more). So, you leave the glasses with them and then somehow either have the luxury of waiting around the mall for a few hours, or finding someone to drive you back to work, schedule to take off another day (or few hours) and schedule another visit to come back, hoping when you do the glasses will fit and you won't need to leave everything again. For the first time since the 80s, I'm now asking myself why go to Lenscrafters? There is more selection online, there is more convenience online, and you can get a quicker exam for less at Costco. Not to mention all of these alternatives are less expensive than Lenscrafters (way more expensive when you include gas, time off work, etc.). Pretty hard to understand how this model will succeed moving into the future, but my guess is they will go the way of Sears and other retail outlets that forgot how to take care of their customer. UPDATE: Called to make sure the glasses were ready. After a long hold, they said I'd now have to take off work again Monday to pick up only one of my sets of lenses installed in my glasses. After explaining how bad this experience was and how often I've had to take off work, the person said, well you should be able to pick today. No guarantee (like they had given me yesterday, but just a vague "should" be able to pick them up. Wish me luck, I'll now waste my Saturday waiting to see if I can ever get these glasses. read more