The Warby Parker clones are imploding

Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by ceejayoz on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:47PM (#22529016)

It was really jarring to order a $25 pair of glasses from Zenni and have them be basically indistinguishable from my old $400 pair.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by bobsil1 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:50AM (#22533329)

Similar experience with Jins (brick and mortar Tokyo chain expanding into US, nice designs, lens grinding bots, 30 min turn). $80, better than my old $600 pair.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by nyolfen on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:41PM (#22529530)

the WP glasses i tried a few years ago via mailed preview package all seemed like the very lowest quality i had ever handled -- flimsy plastic, cheap-feeling hinges. totally pleased with my 40$ pair from zenni though.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by gburdell3 on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:13PM (#22530967)

Plus Zenni has more "normal" styles of glasses that you don't need a beard and 6-inch-tall haircut to pull off.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by wyclif on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:59AM (#22533136)

I have no idea what this means.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by hyperbovine on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @04:10AM (#22533631)

Oh I think you do.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by wyclif on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @11:55PM (#22542826)

I totally don't. I have long-ish hair and no beard at the moment. What does this even mean? I'm trying to visualise glasses that require those things to "pull off" but I'm drawing a blank.

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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by ejstronge on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:46PM (#22529600)

It's often true (even for brick-and-morter optometrists) that the floor models are not as solid as the frames they would actually sell you.

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