Eye Glasses Are a Ripoff

I, Fat Bastardo, have been giving it to you straight for years and while I am an expert on many things and the pontiff on all things fat I am deferring to some expert consumer advocates that have exposed the crooks in the eyeglasses industry. Here are a bunch or articles about how to avoid getting ripped off when you buy prescription eye wear. Click the links below and decide for yourself if the eyeglass industry is a big fucking ripoff corporate gangster run rip off machine.

1. Wow -- the Eyewear Industry Is an Incredible Ripoff, But There Are ...

   www.alternet.org/story/148024/‎

   Aug 30, 2010 - What makes glasses so expensive? Oblong plastic lenses? Plastic and metal frames? We're getting screwed.

2. The prescription eyeglasses rip off - RationalSkepticism.org

   www.rationalskepticism.org/.../the-prescription-eyeglasses-rip-off-t3927...‎

   May 10, 2013 - 20 posts - ‎7 authors

   Unreal - Apple can make an iPod to sell at $200 with serious tech and these idiots want $120 for a bit of plastic and metal before the damn lens.

3. 6 Reasons Why Designer Sunglasses Are A Rip-Off – Consumerist

   

   consumerist.com/.../6-reasons-why-designer-sunglasses-are-a-rip...‎

   by Chris Morran - in 60 Google+ circles

   6 Reasons Why Designer Sunglasses Are A Rip-Off. By Chris Morran July 15, 2010. dimeshades. (frankieleon). I don't know about you, but when I go out in the ...

4. Eyeglasses: Exposing the Rip-Off! - Yahoo Voices - voices.yahoo.com

   voices.yahoo.com/eyeglasses-exposing-rip-off-2755053.html‎

   Feb 26, 2009 - Eyeglasses are a modern marvel but also a modern rip-off. Here's How.

5. Eye Glasses are a Rip-off | - Comments on

   www.moneysavingsmarts.com/eye-glasses-are-a-rip-off/‎

   Dec 26, 2012 - By Peter Huckleberry. I was watching 60 Minutes last month and saw a piece on how the eye glasses market is controlled by one Italian ...

6. from 3mew >> "Eyeglasses Stores are for Suckers" | GlassyEyes

   glassyeyes.blogspot.com/2006/.../from-3mew-eyeglasses-stores-are-for.h...‎

   Nov 10, 2006 - I've been wearing glasses since junior high, and the prices have gotten ...... Eyeglass frames have been a rip off for years because you didnt ...

7. Wow -- the Eyewear Industry Is an Incredible Ripoff, But There Are ...

   www.democraticunderground.com › Discuss‎

   Sep 1, 2010 - 26 posts - ‎23 authors

   Wow -- the Eyewear Industry Is an Incredible Ripoff, But There Are Alternatives. ... Imagine life without your glasses for a year, a week, an hour.

8. Ripoff Report | eyeglass world directory of Complaints & Reviews

   www.ripoffreport.com/directory/eyeglass-world.aspx‎

   Ripoff Report | eyeglass world directory of 56 Complaints & Reviews: Eyeglass World Bait and Switch pricing from the advertising Grandville Michigan.

9. Ripoff Report | Glasses USA Complaint Review New York, New ...

   www.ripoffreport.com/.../glasses.../glasses-usa-customer-service-represen...‎

   Apr 14, 2013 - Glasses USA Complaint Review: Glasses USA Customer Service Represenatives Liars Liars New York, New Jersey.

10. BBC Rip-Off Britain: Jamie Murray Wells - Glasses Direct

    www.glassesdirect.co.uk/blog/.../bbc-rip-off-britain-jamie-murray-wells/‎

    Dec 13, 2010 - Should you buy your glasses on the high street or online? That's what was being asked in today's Rip-Off Britain when Jennie Bond, Angela ...