Buying Over-priced Specs?
Posted by mom811 on Saturday, November 15th, 2008
A dear friend of mine has been sad as she has been intermittently absent in our meetings due to her eyes, she’s got blurred vision. That’s why when I came across a website for eyeglasses, I remembered her and got interested. Browsing through its various designs of beautiful, very low-priced eye-wear, I thought to myself, if I were Santa Claus (remember Christmas is in the offing?), I would give her one of these.
Their frames, aside from being stylish and of high quality are also thin and light, with anti-scratch coating, full UV protection, and on top of all, fully guaranteed. Oh fully guaranteed? Yeah, all of their eyeglasses, even their $8-priced one. This is interesting, as it’s too good to be true.
However, there’s a confirmation here in an article in the Chicago Tribune (chicagotribune.com, November 15, 2008) about the price ranges of eyeglasses being an eye-opener, as they can vary so much! “But no matter why you’re buying a pair of specs, you’re probably overpaying”, as the article says. An explanation here is: the price can go much lower down especially if the company selling is also the manufacturer, for then we really could have a real big bargain, as there are no middlemen in between. The profit that is supposed to go to them is then appropriated to the customers themselves, making the eyeglasses very low-priced. And who would not welcome this?
A shopping lesson therefore is go around first, comparing prices as you compare frame styles, before you decide to purchase a pair of specs.
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