My girlfriend's worked in the eyecare industry for over 10 years now in just about every aspect of the industry. Cheap lenscrafter type places, respectable opt

My girlfriend's worked in the eyecare industry for over 10 years now in just about every aspect of the industry. Cheap lenscrafter type places, respectable optometrists, opthamologists and the factories where they make glasses. Just about everything is bullshit. The expensive brand name frames come from the same place as the cheap ones and cost the same, around $5-$10 for the store to purchase. Frames are marked up typically 200-300%. Stuff like anti-reflective coating should not be charged extra. Most lenses are made from plastic with this built in. Also, lenses take about 30 minutes to make on small CNC routers, which many places have in house and are usually made by the opticians working there in those cases. While working for some of the shadier places, my girlfriend was told to straight up lie to customers(not patients....they don't think of the people that come in as patients) about what they needed to get them to spend more. My recommendation would be to avoid opticians and chain type optometrists, they just want your money and they have no problem lying to get it. The whole industry is ridiculously corrupt.