My wife and I are having a really bad problem with some new glasses we ordered from JC Penney Optical. We got them there because we'd been ripped off and insulted by a rude Lenscrafters person, and also because JCP had them for 50%. In addition, a relative worked there and got us another 20% off. To be specific, both glasses, mine and hers, were made EXACTLY according to the optometrist's prescription. They were checked several times, by two different opticians and by the optometrist, and all three said they were made perfectly. The problem is that our vision is actually worse with the new glasses. For example, we stuck a printout of some text on the refrigerator door. With our old glasses, we could read it 7-8 feet away. With the new ones, we both had to come up to 4-5 feet. We've made numerous other observations that were similar, or worse. Driving with them is especially stressful: you can't even read a street sign until you're right on top of it, and everything looks slightly "blurry." Again, the problem is identical in both my and her glasses. This is supposed to be some superhard, scratch-resistant polycarbonate lens of some kind. My optometrist was baffled, and suggested that perhaps there's some kind of distortion in the lens material. Can anyone here offer any kind of advice, hypothesis, feedback, or perhaps report a similar experience with JCP Optical? Having to get a full refund on these, and starting all over somewhere else, is going to be a huge, huge hassle. Thanks, Ron M.