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I recently purchased a pair of reader glasses from a grocery store for $12.00. Glasses from an optical shop cost upwards of $300.00 just for the frames. Why? What makes optical shop frames 10-15 times more expensive than what I'm using now?

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@mchill said
I recently purchased a pair of reader glasses from a grocery store for $12.00. Glasses from an optical shop cost upwards of $300.00 just for the frames. Why? What makes optical shop frames 10-15 times more expensive than what I'm using now?
same here in the uk I paid £300 for a pair of variofocals.

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@mchill said
I recently purchased a pair of reader glasses from a grocery store for $12.00. Glasses from an optical shop cost upwards of $300.00 just for the frames. Why? What makes optical shop frames 10-15 times more expensive than what I'm using now?
Name? Ya know, like Gucci not Couchie.🤔😉👓🥽🕶

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WOW. You’re either wealthy or are on a plan.🤔

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Unpossible.😲

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@great-big-stees said
Unpossible.😲
And he wouldn’t even buy me a pint, some people eh.

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@trev33 said
And he wouldn’t even buy me a pint, some people eh.
That may be how he got so wealthy.🤔😉 Hear...have a pint.🍺