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i haven't had to buy new sunglasses in about 10 years. Now they're like 400 bucks. has anybody investigated this phenomenon?
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Oct 13, 2023 17:58
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all the optician chains merged and jacked the prices way up. just get your prescription and order from zenni for like $80
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Oct 13, 2023 17:59
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Did you know prescription sunglasses will peel/crack/break if you leave them in the sun too long?
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Oct 13, 2023 18:01
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Griz posted:all the optician chains merged and jacked the prices way up. just get your prescription and order from zenni for like $80 that seems much more reasonable
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Oct 13, 2023 18:03
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Looking into it 😎
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Oct 13, 2023 18:06
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BATS FLY AT MOON posted:Looking into it 😎 😎
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Oct 13, 2023 18:09
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in canada theres a really cheap place https://www.clearly.ca/en-ca idk about in america though
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Oct 13, 2023 18:21
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A huge number of glasses companies in the US are all owned by the same parent company, Luxottica, which is based in Italy and not subject to US anti-monopoly laws."Wikipedia posted:Luxottica retails its products through stores that it owns, predominantly LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, and Glasses.com. It also owns EyeMed, one of the largest vision health insurance providers. In addition to licensing prescription and non-prescription sunglasses frames for many luxury and designer brands including Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Michael Kors, Coach, Miu Miu and Tory Burch,[7] the Italian conglomerate further outright owns and manufacturers Ray-Ban, Persol, Oliver Peoples, and Oakley. Luxottica's market power has allowed it to charge price markups of up to 1000%.[8] "Wikipedia posted:In 2019, LensCrafters founder E. Dean Butler spoke to the Los Angeles Times, admitting that Luxottica's dominance of the eyewear industry had resulted in price markups of nearly 1,000%. In the interview, Butler noted "You can get amazingly good frames, with a Warby Parker level of quality, for $4 to $8. For $15, you can get designer-quality frames, like what you'd get from Prada." When told that some eyeglasses cost as much as $800 in the United States, Butler remarked, "I know. It's ridiculous. It's a complete rip-off."[59][60][61] Unfortunately many of the alternatives aren't much better. Warby Parker is a loving awful company that treats their employees like absolute poo poo, for example, and their prices aren't all that great either. 
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Oct 13, 2023 18:27
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I just went to Best Buy and had them put window tint on my glasses. Dropped an extra hundo to get the Sun ‘n Sound package too, now y’all know when I’m rollin up 😎
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Oct 13, 2023 18:28
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I. M. Gei posted:A huge number of glasses companies in the US are all owned by the same parent company, Luxottica, which is based in Italy and not subject to US anti-monopoly laws. I had no idea Luxottica owned Lenscrafters and Eyemed.
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Oct 13, 2023 18:34
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Jose Oquendo posted:I had no idea Luxottica owned Lenscrafters and Eyemed. yeah Luxotica is a real cancer
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Oct 13, 2023 18:35
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i should've known this was somehow the italians' fault
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Oct 13, 2023 18:36
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Oct 13, 2023 18:48
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Griz posted:all the optician chains merged and jacked the prices way up. just get your prescription and order from zenni for like $80 I also recommend EyeBuyDirect or TIJN.
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Oct 13, 2023 18:58
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Only rich rockstars wear sunglasses anyway. Proles squint.
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Oct 13, 2023 19:26
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I. M. Gei posted:A huge number of glasses companies in the US are all owned by the same parent company, Luxottica, which is based in Italy and not subject to US anti-monopoly laws. Please tell me ibuydirect isn't loving awful. e: Holy poo poo, they're owned by Luxottica now.
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Oct 13, 2023 19:26
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Icochet posted:Only rich rockstars wear sunglasses anyway. Proles squint. 
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Oct 13, 2023 19:30
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I'll second Zenni, been using them for nearly a decade and it's so much cheaper compared to whatever you can get in person + there's tons of style options. You can easily get a pair for between 40-60 bucks during promotional periods (one should be coming up with the holidays) and the virtual try on thing has been pretty accurate in my experience. And hell that's for prescription glasses with fancy transitional lenses attached, it's probably even less for just sunglasses
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Oct 13, 2023 19:36
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I thought I was getting a good deal at eyeBuyDirect. It wound up costing less to pay them full price than going through a company approved by my insurance. $60 for transition lenses and frames sounds even less.
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Oct 13, 2023 19:45
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Oct 13, 2023 19:56
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February 6th 2009, next question.
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Oct 13, 2023 20:11
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Me & my Zennis, $25 -- my prescription is only -1 in both eyes though, which might make a difference edit: Blood Nightmaster posted:I'll second Zenni, been using them for nearly a decade and it's so much cheaper compared to whatever you can get in person + there's tons of style options. You can easily get a pair for between 40-60 bucks during promotional periods (one should be coming up with the holidays) and the virtual try on thing has been pretty accurate in my experience. And hell that's for prescription glasses with fancy transitional lenses attached, it's probably even less for just sunglasses 
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Oct 13, 2023 20:20
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hey can i measure my own PD "good enough" or do i really have to pay a glasses place to do it for me? my state sucks and they dont have a law that says that infomation is "private" or some poo poo.
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Oct 13, 2023 20:20
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YeahTubaMike posted:Me & my Zennis, $25 -- my prescription is only -1 in both eyes though, which might make a difference 
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Oct 13, 2023 20:22
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PhazonLink posted:hey can i measure my own PD "good enough" or do i really have to pay a glasses place to do it for me? Personally, I had my eyes checked, asked them for my PD, then while they were explaining to me why they couldn't just give it to me, I read it off the machine
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Oct 13, 2023 20:38
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that's so weird. i just had the doc print out a copy of all the diagnostic results and the prescription. how can they keep that from you???
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Oct 13, 2023 20:40
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Buce posted:that's so weird. i just had the doc print out a copy of all the diagnostic results and the prescription. how can they keep that from you??? they do it on purpose to "encourage" people to buy their overpriced poo poo. my copy of the prescription had everything except PD zenni app does some magic that involves holding a magstripe card on your forehead and that worked well enough, then they send you a PD ruler with every order
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Oct 13, 2023 20:42
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wow, that's some bullshit
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Oct 13, 2023 20:44
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I just go to the eye doctor at Costco and they print me a script
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Oct 13, 2023 20:45
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Buce posted:wow, that's some bullshit Yeah, I'd go to a new optometrist. I'm sure they need to do a lot of sales in store to keep the business operating, but they shouldn't withhold your prescription. Obtaining those numbers is the entire reason people go in. If you can find your PD from any other prescription in your adult life, it ought to be the same, right? Isn't it the distance from pupil to bridge of your nose? So unless you kept growing or had some major head injury, that'd stay constant. cruft fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Oct 13, 2023 |
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Oct 13, 2023 21:08
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Have you thought about not needing prescriptions? HMMMM? The best way to not need them is to never go to the optometrist.
Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Oct 13, 2023 |
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Oct 13, 2023 21:15
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cruft posted:If you can find your PD from any other prescription in your adult life, it ought to be the same, right? Isn't it the distance from pupil to bridge of your nose? So unless you kept growing or had some major head injury, that'd stay constant. No, it's the pupillary distance, aka the distance between both pupils. Oakley's website has instructions on how to measure your PD yourself. Oakley.com posted:HOW TO MEASURE YOUR PUPILLARY DISTANCE
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Oct 13, 2023 21:25
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YeahTubaMike posted:Personally, I had my eyes checked, asked them for my PD, then while they were explaining to me why they couldn't just give it to me, I read it off the machine Yup, they were bullshitting you so you’d feel like you had to buy glasses from them.
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Oct 13, 2023 21:32
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I. M. Gei posted:No, it's the pupillary distance, aka the distance between both pupils. I have two different numbers for PD, they differ by 0.5. I've just confirmed (ON THE INTERNET) that these numbers are in fact distance from pupil to bridge of nose. I have a hideously asymmetrical face, IOW.
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Oct 13, 2023 21:47
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I buy clip-ons that are approximately the shape of my glasses from Zenni for like $5 for two (grey lens and bronze lens). I replace them every two years.
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Oct 13, 2023 21:56
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i need new glasses
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Oct 13, 2023 22:29
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Blenders ftw 
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Oct 13, 2023 22:31
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YeahTubaMike posted:Me & my Zennis, $25 -- my prescription is only -1 in both eyes though, which might make a difference
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Oct 13, 2023 23:30
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Because gently caress you give me money. 
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Oct 13, 2023 23:40
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Just wear contacts and you can wear non prescription sunglasses when needed OP
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