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We recently had a question about how online retailers handle Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) / Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and insurance claims. We inquired at two retailers who both replied that they did not deal with insurance companies at all. Some online retailers notate their products indicating the product likely qualifies for FSA spending. FSA credit cards may be used to pay online retailers directly from an FSA account.

FSA accounts work really well with contact lens purchasing because remaining FSA balances must be forfeited or used by the end of the year. Excess money in the account can be spent on up to 12 months worth of contact lenses with a new prescription.

Generally, we cannot answer for merchants on FSA policies and procedures. Specific inquiries must be directed to them by phone or email.

LenspriceCompare blog was quiet during the summer but as the seasons change once again so do contact lens prices, coupons, rebates and discount offers.

We have had many inquiries for CoastalContacts $100 rebates, and sorry to say this promotion ended for Focus Night and Day and Focus Dailies 90 Packs on Aug 31st 2008. The good news is, we continue to run great deals on them and the purchase quantity has been reduced. During the rebate offer a purchase of 10 boxes of Focus Dailies and 6 boxes of Focus Night and Day was required. O2 Optix and FreshLook Colorblends rebates, although now reduced, are still great deals.

Summertime Acuvue rebates are still valid until the end of Sept 2008, so if you are looking to buy Acuvue contact lenses anytime soon, get your prescriptions ready and place your orders. Once the rebate expires there is no guarantee it will be renewed. As you can see above, Cibavision rebates were reduced this time, Acuvue might follow suit.

Coupons have remained very stable during the summer, but we are seeing fluctuations from some merchants and some coupons have changed. Lenspricecompare contact lens coupons are regularly updated and are removed automatically once they pass the expiration date. This way our coupons are always valid.

Changes are on the way to Lenspricecompare.com and we will announce them here as they happen, so stay tuned and subscribe to the RSS feed for convenient viewing. If you would like to see any changes to the site, leave a comment or email us.

Acuvue rebates are now scheduled to expire on Sept 30th 2008. Now is a great time to begin planning for your next Acuvue lens purchase. Usually new prescriptions are required to take advantage of rebates. The details and (not that much) fine print are on  the forms on retailers sites and the Acuvue website. Some retailers like 1-800-Contacts.com use their own rebate forms. The forms need to mailed in along with receipts, box tops, and prescription.