Cheaper to be blind

Monday, September 28, 2015 13:44 Posted by leosaumure
So I went to the optometrist today as I needed a new pair of glasses (the ones pictured are not my current ones). My current pair are three years old and are progressives and I noticed that I was constantly craning my neck up to see better, so my prescription had obviously changed enough to warrant a new pair of glasses.

Unlike Canada or the US, there are no Lenscrafters or similar entities here in NZ, so you're never going to pay as little as you would in North America unless your ordered on-line; which I'm not prepared to do as I have a feeling the craftsmanship in those glasses would be a little wanting. I could be wrong, but...

Kristie and I were out walking last weekend, and I saw a sign at an optometrist advertising a complete pair of glasses for $69.00, which is a pretty good deal! Except that the complete pair of glasses they're talking about is a single frame they found in the back room that wasn't sold 12 years ago, and the lenses that would be included are pretty much no different from the plastic things that all display pairs come with. So in essence, they are ugly glasses for people who don't need to wear glasses. As most of my friends know that I am pretty much functionally blind without my glasses, so that sweet deal of $69.00 wouldn't apply to me. Also, because of my high prescription, I need a special type of high-index lens so that the weight of the glasses remains under 7 KG. Now, add to that the fact that because of my age and my slowly hardening lenses (it'll happen to you too), I need to wear progressives. So let's just say that I will have to pay a little more than the advertised price of $69.00

How much more than the advertised price? Oh, only $1300,00 more!!!!

My eyes are so bad, that they actually have an effect on my optometrist. As it turns out, after examining my eyes, their eyes get dollar signs in them!

Thirteen hundred bucks for a pair of glasses, that as I mentioned earlier, because of my age and hardening lenses, will be irrelevant in about three years time! I could by a pretty good car for that amount of money, and it would probably last longer too!

I'm thinking of starting a Kickstarter campaign to help me fund my glasses.


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