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

Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by Symbiote on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:06AM (#33528329)

You can buy "reading glasses" from a supermarket in Britain for $4.

They might be OK, but custom lenses will almost certainly be better.

(Also, glasses ordered online in Britain start at less than $10 a pair. Once something purchased that infrequently costs less than a McDonald's meal, there's not much pressure to further reduce the price. It's one hour work at the legal minimum wage.)

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by nine_k on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @02:38PM (#33536767)

Here in the US I could buy reading glasses in a pharmacy for less than $10 (several variations). They come in a range like -2.0 to +2.0 in increments of 0.25.

I don't wear glasses, but I suppose I did I could get something that roughly works for me for a price of a coffee and a couple of doughnuts. These glasses don't look cool, but don't look ugly either, they are just extremely basic. Likely fine for reading at home.

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Re:Why are glasses so expensive? The eyewear industry prefer... by LinuxBender on Friday November 11, 2022 @10:37AM (#33562112)

They are also on Amazon. There are folding reading glasses that go from 1.0x to 4.0x that are $15 for 2 pair. I keep one on me for really tiny print. It even survived ending up in the washing machine.

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