As someone who only just (6 months back) started wearing prescription eyeglasses ... this information is eye-opening (sorry, I know this pun was done to death i

As someone who only just (6 months back) started wearing prescription eyeglasses ... this information is eye-opening (sorry, I know this pun was done to death in the original article). I'm in Australia, so the options are not quite so wide. 'Name brand' frames, as well as grinding the glass, suffers the same, seemingly artificial, premium that everything else does on this side of the pond. My first eye test was free, but the frame + lenses were upwards of A$300. Yes, it seemed horrendously expensive at the time. (Trying to find an online retailer of the same model glasses that I bought - with a view to buying a slightly different style or colour - is next to impossible. i-spax (brand), colin (model) ... I can find it on the company web site, but evidently no one sells these things online, which in 2015 just seems perverse.)