The expensive allure of eyeglasses

This post by Ira Mitchell of Eagan, Minn., entitled Eyeglasses Stores are for Suckers is generating a storm of controversy. The author talks about how his $300 pair of glasses never fit and broke. His solution? He went online and found glasses for much, much cheaper.

As someone who has worn glasses since the third grade, I’ve purchased many a pair of glasses over the years. And they definitely have gotten pretty expensive in recent years. Fortunately I’ve had insurance to offset some of that cost, but with my coke-bottle prescriptions, I end up paying a lot for the lenses.

If you scroll down to comment #18 on that post, you’ll see that Stephanie, an optometrist, wrote in. The author refutes her point by point here.

Mr. Mitchell links to a couple of online stores where he purchased eyeglasses for a fraction of the price, and he claims to be overall pleased with the quality of the lenses and frames.

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