On 13/05/2011 18:57, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> I went yesterday for an eye exam.   Which revealed I am getting older.
> My insurance covers $150 toward frames.  I found that the frames I liked =
were $384 USD.   There were more expensive frames. I was amazed at how litt=
le you get for the buck or rather how much you could pay for a  50 grams of=
 metal and plastic. The eye doctor put a lot of pressure on me to buy some =
glasses.
>
> Does anyone know the breakdown of who receives portions of that $384 ?   =
How much to the vision center, how much to a distributor , how much to the =
manufacturer ?
>

I need reading glasses. When I lost the expensive optician supplied ones=20
I found that =802 model in bargain shop worked as well, was nicer and more=
=20
comfortable. Unless you have astigmatism, they are fine. If the eyes are=20
slightly different buy two pairs and swap the lens.

My sunglasses are =803. I can't see why the =80300 frames are "better".

The expensive glasses get sat on, walked on, driven over or lost as=20
easily as the cheap ones.

Expensive custom shaped lenses made just for your eyes I can understand=20
costing hundreds. Expensive frames I don't understand.
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