Does anyone have good recommendations for getting a pair as of today (before next weekend)? I'm in the bay area, if that helps.
Check out the retail section on the AAS reputable vendors list[0].
Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
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Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
#102I ordered the top-rated eclipse glasses on Amazon a few months ago and they were counterfeit. If you put them on during daytime you can see indirect sunlight and even my kitchen light. They were shipped from China despite having "Made in the USA" markings and all the proper ISO certification fine print. I haven't received any communication from Amazon, so people who haven't heard from them should not assume their gla…
I just checked my "Soluna" glasses - I can see a high watt bulb in a lamp, previously I couldn't see any lower watt bulb :/
If yours also claim to be manufactured by American Paper Optics, as the pair in the parent comment claim to be, the (real) manufacturer has some information to help determine if they're counterfeit:
https://www.eclipseglasses.com/pages/safety
See the photo at the very bottom of the page for an illustration of the (very minor) differences.
Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
#103If you don't trust Amazon's vendor commingling practices, be sure to test the film: https://www.space.com/37698-solar-eclipse-glasses-safety-che...
This page seems to imply that you can tell if your glasses are safe by seeing whether they block out all but the brightest lights (direct sun or perhaps a LED flashlight). But another page from the AAS seems to say you only get a negative result: if you can see anything other than a very bright light through the glasses, they're unsafe. But that doesn't imply the inverse, that if you can't, they're safe, because of U…
That's about right, we can't see (with our eyes at least) if the infrared or UV is being filtered.
Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
#104> "We want customers to buy with confidence anytime they make a purchase on Amazon.com"
That's a bit rich, what with the 2nd hand camera lens scam the other day and all.
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#105Does anyone have good recommendations for getting a pair as of today (before next weekend)? I'm in the bay area, if that helps.
To be honest, it isn't that impressive unless you see the totality, in which case you need no glasses. Completely worth the trip out of the way if you can go see it.
Even in the totality path, you'll want the glasses for the relatively much longer duration during which the sun isn't completely obscured.
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
It seems incredibly careless of them to tell people if they did not get an email they're OK. There's no way the impact from refunding everyone that bought any such product outweighs the coming lawsuits. I feel bad for people about to be injured. But hopefully this will screw Amazon hard and make them change their ways.
Isn't it somewhat on the sellers who are willing to blind people for a buck? That's not ok even in China.
For a given SKU, Amazon commingles inventory, so who you bought from may not be the company who stocked the FBA shelf with the product. Surely Amazon can trace it back, but I think Amazon lost the "just a marketplace" defense a long time ago as a result.
Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
#107Does anyone have good recommendations for getting a pair as of today (before next weekend)? I'm in the bay area, if that helps.
Check out Edumund's Scientific, they have them for $5 (+7$ s/h)
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Or any type of wireless headphones. Not sure the percentage, but never got a pair that was real. In fact I don't buy anything from Amazon anymore...
I buy everything from Amazon, including all my food. You make me wonder what I've been eating. Still, I can't see going back to fighting crowds at Safeway.
There's always Instacart, and many stores are offering order online and pickup (in Houston, I know of Walmart and Kroger) - no line to speak of, you have a scheduled time.
Re: Amazon recalls eclipse glasses
#109Does anyone have good recommendations for getting a pair as of today (before next weekend)? I'm in the bay area, if that helps.
Libraries are giving them out for free. But call first, because many of them are out of stock or waiting for a shipment: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/libraries
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As I understand it, doesn't really matter what seller you buy from. Amazon says "The supplies all said these are the same item, so they're interchangeable" and they treat all the inventory the same regardless of who it came from. Maybe legit sellers that aren't "fulfilled by Amazon" are safer because they ship it themselves?
That's only for sellers that opt in to commingling. Plenty of sellers don't.
Are you sure it is not the other way around, that you have to opt out as a seller?
Anecdotally, a friend of mine runs a company that produces a unique fitness product, never opted into any kind of co-mingling as far as I know, as they are the only supplier in the world - and suddenly found themselves with comingled fake stock.