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Ray-Ban is Luxottica and they have done a lot of not great stuff: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anaswanson/2014/09/10/meet-the-four-eyed-eight-tentacled-monopoly

Ray-Ban is Luxottica and they have done a lot of not great stuff: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anaswanson/2014/09/10/meet-the-four-eyed-eight-tentacled-monopoly-that-is-making-your-glasses-so-expensive/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/anaswanson/2014/09/10/meet-the-...

camillomiller 5y ago
Yeah this is basically like Exxon partnering with Nestlè
- lunatuna 5y ago
  When Clearly Contacts was bought out by Luxottica it was described to me as the Mafia coming in. Clearly Contacts had gotten too big to ignore and it was starting to impact their bottom line. Yes was the only answer, how much was negotiable. Rayban integrating with Facebook looks like the Mafia and Triads joining forces.
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Tenoke 5y ago
To be fair at least this is the first time where the pricetag on Luxoticca glasses makes sense.
- VRay 5y ago
  yeah, except that I'm seeing similar devices on AliExpress for $10 to $50
VRay 5y ago
It's pretty wild People look at me like a madman when I try to explain that you can buy good-quality glasses for $7 online + $6 shipping (or ~$40 with all the coatings and fancy upgrades you could ever want) I just buy a sack of glasses every couple of years and then treat them with absolutely no respect whatsoever. My toddler loves to rip the glasses off my face and chew on them or use them as a club to beat on random objects around the house.. This is not a problem for me. I popped the lenses out of a $7 pair of glasses and strapped them into my VR headset. When I find an old scuffed-up pair of glasses, I just throw them in the trash. I wonder how many other parts of our society are a blatant scam without me knowing about it.. I know that the way people study English in Japan and Korea is a giant scam where they basically learn nothing, but I could only recognize that thanks to my outside perspective
- trashcan 5y ago
  Where?
  - AvesMerit 5y ago
    I feel like a shill by saying this, but I get mine at zennioptical.com
  - humaniania 5y ago
    Warby Parker is a bit more, around $100, but last I checked they donated a pair when you bought one. I was happy with what I got. They do their own stuff.
- askvictor 5y ago
  I find that the more I pay for sunglasses, the more I look after them. For me, longevity seems purely a function of cost, and not of the build quality - by knowing they're expensive, I'll look after them better and they'll last longer. I seem to have settled on a middle ground at around $40 - more than throw-away price, but not over the top.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    So, you pay more money so that you'll pay more time so that you consume less. How does that benefit you? Or are you saying, we should add a tax to glasses so people don't treat them like garbage?
cwkoss 5y ago
Hard to think of any two more-customer-hostile brands that could possibly team up

camillomiller 5y ago

Yeah this is basically like Exxon partnering with Nestlè

lunatuna 5y ago
When Clearly Contacts was bought out by Luxottica it was described to me as the Mafia coming in. Clearly Contacts had gotten too big to ignore and it was starting to impact their bottom line. Yes was the only answer, how much was negotiable. Rayban integrating with Facebook looks like the Mafia and Triads joining forces.

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Tenoke 5y ago

To be fair at least this is the first time where the pricetag on Luxoticca glasses makes sense.

VRay 5y ago
yeah, except that I'm seeing similar devices on AliExpress for $10 to $50

VRay 5y ago

It's pretty wild People look at me like a madman when I try to explain that you can buy good-quality glasses for $7 online + $6 shipping (or ~$40 with all the coatings and fancy upgrades you could ever want) I just buy a sack of glasses every couple of years and then treat them with absolutely no respect whatsoever. My toddler loves to rip the glasses off my face and chew on them or use them as a club to beat on random objects around the house.. This is not a problem for me. I popped the lenses out of a $7 pair of glasses and strapped them into my VR headset. When I find an old scuffed-up pair of glasses, I just throw them in the trash. I wonder how many other parts of our society are a blatant scam without me knowing about it.. I know that the way people study English in Japan and Korea is a giant scam where they basically learn nothing, but I could only recognize that thanks to my outside perspective

trashcan 5y ago
Where?
- AvesMerit 5y ago
  I feel like a shill by saying this, but I get mine at zennioptical.com
- humaniania 5y ago
  Warby Parker is a bit more, around $100, but last I checked they donated a pair when you bought one. I was happy with what I got. They do their own stuff.
askvictor 5y ago
I find that the more I pay for sunglasses, the more I look after them. For me, longevity seems purely a function of cost, and not of the build quality - by knowing they're expensive, I'll look after them better and they'll last longer. I seem to have settled on a middle ground at around $40 - more than throw-away price, but not over the top.
- HWR_14 5y ago
  So, you pay more money so that you'll pay more time so that you consume less. How does that benefit you? Or are you saying, we should add a tax to glasses so people don't treat them like garbage?

cwkoss 5y ago

Hard to think of any two more-customer-hostile brands that could possibly team up