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0 pointssmt883y ago0 comments

> I don't think that I'd ever pay more than $100 for a frame again.

$100 sounds like it's ~10x what the price should actually be for simple plastic shapes, and it's probably more than 100x the actual cost to manufacture them.

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tikhonj3y ago

I assume that's $100 including the lenses—seems like a reasonable price for something that requires custom high-precision manufacturing, although it would be great for the price to come down even further over time.

I have a moderately strong prescription (with slight differences for each eye) and I got the best glasses I've ever had from Zenni for $72.90 + tax. Could have been $60 without a presumably overpriced anti-reflective coating. I don't remember how much my glasses cost from traditional sources, but I think it was on the order of $200–$300 after insurance.

londons_explore3y ago

Lenses are no longer custom high precision manufacturing... In fact a 50 cent laser pointer has far more far more precise lenses than a pair of glasses.

Lenses today tend to be polycarbonate plastic anyway - which means they can be produced rapidly like any other plastic moulding.

doikor3y ago

For a lot of people you can just take lenses from the production line and cut them to shape and be done but that is not always the case. Personally I always have to wait 2 to 3 weeks to get new glasses done as the lenses have to be made to spec and the lenses alone are around 350€ and no they are not any cheaper at any online retailer that operates here if they even offer to make lenses to my spec.

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AlecSchueler3y ago

They explicitly said "more than $100 for a frame again."

P_I_Staker3y ago

Normally when you say "frames" you mean lenses excluded.

deepserket3y ago

i work at Luxottica in a subsidiary that sells finished lenses to opticians or semifinished lenses to labs, cheap plastic lenses go for 0.15€/pcs, the expensive lenses range between 10-15€ each

ajmurmann3y ago

You don't pay $100 on Zenni for simple glasses. I bought a pair of glasses there with metal frame, anti-glare and anti-fog coating for under $20 with shipping.

goosedragons3y ago

My current frames were on clearance. They were $0.00. Marked down from like $200. Its all bullshit.

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