I am dismayed at the low quality of eye glasses frames available to me a the local opticians.  My new frames of four months have spontaneously busted themselves.  The spring loaded mechanism broke on one of the temple pieces.  I didn't damage them in any way.  It just went >snap< and the temple piece fell to the desk and the rest of the frame went askew. 

The optician will replace the frames at half price since they are less than 6 months old.  $56.00 and change.  To me that's a steep price for frames only durable enough to last 4 months.

Has anyone had any experience ordering frames from on-line vendors?  I'd like to save a buck wherever I can.