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View submission: Are opticians just glorified salesman's now?
Of course I know that the business needs to pay for all that stuff and make a profit, I have no problem with that. My. opticians is not cheap but they are good at what they do I I’m happy to pay a fair price for the service. I do, however, begrudge the insane markup that is applied to most glasses. Charging £300 for Gucci frames that probably cost less than £1 to produce is, to me, taking the piss. Especially when those frames are made of the same injection modded plastic as a £50 frame. Then on top of that you often need to pay more than that for plastic lenses that, again, have an insane markup.
Comment by NecktieNomad at 26/01/2025 at 18:08 UTC
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Absolutely, but that’s true of all ‘designer’ goods, beit a handbag or shoes or frames.
I’m in absolute agreement about the ‘designer’ mark ups, moreso than the handbag or shoes, there’s zero benefit of the designer tag on the product - the label isn’t going to improve my vision! However, designer isn’t the only choice out there (for frames or otherwise), and personally I’m not into brands to that extent.
Comment by thelajestic at 26/01/2025 at 21:47 UTC
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Yeah but you could just not buy Gucci frames! That argument can be made for literally anything with a designer label, it isn't specific to glasses. The "NHS" frames are normally like £25-30 and they're much nicer than they used to be. If you pay £300 for Gucci frames it's because you want the designer, not because that's your only option.