Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry

Post by a11595 » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 4:05 AM UTC

billfruit wrote: post #271

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Title correction: Why are glasses so expensive in the US? The American eyewear industry prefers to keep that blurry. Please stop using the US as the "that's how it is"-standard. In Germany, you pay a very reasonable (from my layman perspective) price for the lenses, maybe about 40$ plus another 30$ if you want to have non-reflective glasses or product from big name producers and stuff like that. Like every fashion pr…

True, the kind of US centrism is quite boring, and kinds of gives the impression of Americans as insular. In India one could get a fancy, top of line pair of glasses for around 50$.

Post by Scoundreller » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 4:07 AM UTC

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Wal-mart also has optometrists that will give you your complete prescription for (last time I checked) the same cost as an eye-exam at Costco. Been my go-to for the last few years.

Both Wal-Mart and Costco have fully independent optometrists: they lease the space and equipment and are not employees. (sometimes state laws don't allow this in which case they are employees)

Post by jolmg » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 4:22 AM UTC

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> The worst case of wearing the wrong prescription is that you'll get a headache. Doesn't using the wrong prescription worsen eyesight faster? At least, it's been my general experience that when a child is curious about people's glasses and is given the glasses so they can experience the effect, they only let them try it for a couple seconds and are explained that using them for too long can cause damage to their eye…

The real reason is they don't want grubby hands smudging up their glasses :)

Post by Scoundreller » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 4:27 AM UTC

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My wife was an office manager at an Audiologist's office. She has some crazy stories about that. Unfortunately, lots of people who don't hear well also shout all the time. Just part of doing business. :-) (Edit: She corrected me. SHE had to shout all the time.) Also, many people purchase hearing aids and then never wear them, because they can't stand the "new" influx of noise and most of it doesn't seem necessary or…

I know if I started to lose my hearing--not all, but maybe 30-40% reduction--I'd probably be quite happy with the turning-down of all that noise I deal with daily. I'd especially like it when spending time with my Cantonese in-laws. Shouting is the default conversational mode there.

Post by pugworthy » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 4:33 AM UTC