Use the power of the free market! Ask beforehand if the optometrist will give you your PD, and if he or she says no, tell the doctor you'll find one who does. N

Use the power of the free market! Ask beforehand if the optometrist will give you your PD, and if he or she says no, tell the doctor you'll find one who does. No one in business likes losing business for something that is autocorrigible. That being said: I've ordered glasses (and lenses) from Warby Parker many times and never had problems getting the PD (in the US), although the doctor did try to convince me that buying online is bad for a variety of reasons. I know that WP has some doctors with whom they associate themselves, and so they (or whomever you are looking to purchase from) may be able to point you in the direction of a doctor who is amenable to that sort of thing. Worse comes to worst, I remember an anecdote about someone walking in off the street to an eye place (in a LensCrafters or similar), and giving the technician a $5 or $10 tip to take his measurements. Works for the same reason: it's business (and money) they wouldn't have otherwise, and they're not looking at it as "losing the glasses sale."