I will never again throw out any reading glasses (or sunglasses) due to losing a hinge screw

[BWdem4life]

Paper clip and needle nose pliers

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Smart move on your part, my dear BWdem4life!

[czarjak]

2. Coulda saved a lot of dollars at Dollar Tree before the surgery.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. Dollar Tree has a great selection of readers nt

[usonian]

4. IIRC, most grocery checkout counters have cheap little eyeglass repair kits

with screws and screwdriver. And nose pads.

[BunnyMcGee]

5. I work in an optical lab

and occasionally have to fix this

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Modern frames use smaller screws than their predecessors, but you can still find the right size.

I bought a collection of a huge number of screws on eBay for a few dollars.

Not this exact one, but you get the idea ....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234166614554?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D245021%26meid%3D001029843dd740a5b782dab46e4344c2%26pid%3D101506%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D25%26sd%3D322963638032%26itm%3D234166614554%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv9PairwiseWebMskuAspectsV202110NoVariantSeedNoPLX%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c101506.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A234166614554001029843dd740a5b782dab46e4344c2%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABIAzdIKOcP6rVYsexH8mCu6bA2DY6ElM67JKComxjxAnyT9vOhsWu88eBePRdeUyezF0KDA7BEV0Wzxi5ZF4sTWhXeThHKytOWN%252B5QHVlcBQl6ZAlO6kkiNyfKyWE%252F0VE0FJUSm7IfG3eGU0BDUZqNvyX8cOas5WVi5zVBLURPqC81wiJ1%252BSHzwz5ZvNUsyZNaj6XPVs9qU0W9yONoWjr0E9tVYMMEAcWrNHeHd%252BEvqSfNkzs%252BrE5c%252FiLZfr3CZUzCyOjq0XdodYbJXWIqLN%252Fdskrl9%252Ff5wUs4hPMb9e6ns6CKT0W3uUd43hOHaCHOb%252FXvu675tKTdsFeRGAbU85sOrb3gKvmNPgERjxom7InCba2%252Fr82Nf90Jc9RTU76%252BezBFw%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675