Speccy cheapskates
If you want a spare pair of glasses, or are just fed up with paying rip-off high street prices then I can recommend Glasses Direct. Prices start from £15 including lenses, which is quite remarkable. I actually went for their more expensive ones, as the very cheapest aren't particularly nice (but as a spare pair would be fine) which I'm very pleased with, and they were still only £50. You just need to send them your prescription (or an old pair of glasses), and they arrive about two to three week's later. Apart from the most expensive range you can send them back if you don't like them.Update: Peter in the comments gives us a guide to how high-street opticians charge.
There's a long-standing urban legend about how opticians charge their customers as much as possible, sometimes cited in economics books as an example of price discrimination:
"That'll be $[x] ....."
Then, if he doesn't flinch:
"... for the lenses ..."
and if he still doesn't flinch:
"... each."
posted by Matthew @ 8/24/2005 09:58:00 AM
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