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Glasses are not expensive. Convenient glasses, or glasses with recognizable brand names, available in one hour at your local mall are expensive. My glasses we
by kilo_bravo_3 8y ago
Glasses are not expensive.
Convenient glasses, or glasses with recognizable brand names, available in one hour at your local mall are expensive.
My glasses were $29 plus shipping.
The magical mystery superpower that I developed after being bitten by a radioactive wombat which enabled me to break through the chains of Luxxotica and do (according to people on the internet) the impossible and escape their "monopoly" was: using Google to find online eyewear retailers.
- wuliwong 8y agoHaha, that's what I was wondering. How is this a monopoly if I'm able to buy glasses for $25?
- kazinator 8y agoAlso, how is this a monocle, if I'm able to buy a full pair?
- RugnirViking 8y agoYou're taking a pretty narrow view of what a monopoly is with your anecdote. A monopoly is where a company gets large enough that it is able to leverage its market share in anticompetetive ways (charging outrageously high prices, far above the competition, for exampe). NOT where its literally impossible to buy other brands or where a company has 100% market share. That scenario is impossible and will never happen in any market.
- sowbug 8y agoYup, perfectly fine experience online here as well. Good thing, too, because if my son's eyeglasses cost more than $35 to replace every time he broke them at school (ball, bike, wall, jerk, etc.) or outgrew the frames, I'd probably have let him go feral by now.