Vision4Less

Some of the better prices on eyeglasses can be found here. Plus, if you need your eyeglasses ASAP, it’s hard to find another place that can do same-​day glasses. In fact, it was impossible, and this was the only place we could find. For two pairs of eyeglasses with lenses, it ran under $ 100 — which is amazing when I’ve easily paid over $ 150 for a single pair at other eyeglasses places. Customer service was great, and the employees seemed pretty knowledgeable about their options. They didn’t seem particularly up-​and-​up on eye health or eyeglass fashion (or what frames will best suit your face), but they are knowledgeable about what lens and frame options they offer. They’re very friendly too — especially considering how very overworked it seems that they are.
However, be prepared to wait — both to be helped and to actually get your eyeglasses. You should portion out at least 2 hours of your time to be inside this store to get your eyeglass order placed — another hour and a half for them to make the eyeglasses — and another half hour to pick up your eyeglasses. They are insanely busy all of the time, and they don’t usually seem to have the employees to support the amount of customers they have. If you have standard eyeglasses, though, you can expect to have your eyeglasses same-​day. While you wait for them to put together your eyeglasses, this store is located right in the middle of Ankeny shopping area, so you can easily walk to a Starbucks, a mall, a Target, a Best Buy, yogurt places, and more. They’ll give you a call when your eyeglasses are done.
I’m not sure if it’s the cheap cost of the eyeglasses or whatnot, but within 4 months, both pairs of eyeglasses had one of the nose pieces come off from gentle, adult wear. I’ll admit to being slightly annoyed about this, but I went in, told them the problem, and they fixed the eyepieces on both eyeglasses free-​of-​charge. It seems they definitely stand behind their eyeglasses!
Moral of the story: Good company with good eyeglass options for those who are budget-​conscious. However, their good pricing comes with an abundance of other people who want to take advantage of it, too, so expect to have to spend a lot more time here than you would with other eyeglass providers. To me, though, it’s definitely worth it.