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Glasses from an optometrist are one of the biggest ripoffs going. Most frames are injection-molded plastic and are turned out by the boxcar load...can't cost more than a few bucks apiece given the quantities produced. Lenses are the same deal. The process is fully automated, so there's very little actual labor involved. The frames/lenses are assembled on the cheap in some third world country, then the optometrist marks them up by at least 50%. Even more for designer eyewear.
The industry has been getting away with this for a long time, but now that on-line eyeglass retailers are starting to pop up, we're getting a better idea of what these things actually should cost.
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