You can get a paper copy of your contact lens prescription, which can be photographed and uploaded to online contact lens sellers. Those sellers are incentiviz

You can get a paper copy of your contact lens prescription, which can be photographed and uploaded to online contact lens sellers. Those sellers are incentivized not to look too closely at your prescription and whether the year has been altered. Obviously breaking the rules doesn't make it less of a cash grab but at least one can work around it.