New Panthers Sunglasses

[KJ89]

Holy damn!! That's insane, sunglasses serve one purpose and it shouldn't be for fashion. Especially considering you can get cheap sunglasses for like $5 that look exactly like your Ray's or Oakley's.

I have two Oakley's, a $120 pair and a $160 pair. I paid $40 for each though. Anyway, I can tell you they make a tremendous difference than the $5-20 pairs. Oakley's lenses are phenomenal, especially for my activities. One of them, the flak's, you can get raped by a rancid hippo or something else random off the top of my head, and they not fall off. It's like tinting your retina. Perfectly clear, extremely durable, and the frames are exceedingly comfortable, and look good. I've dropped them on rocks and poo where most pairs would have been fuged countless times.

Not to mention the exceptional quality in actual protection, it's primary purpose.

Point is yeah, you can find them for $5, but your getting a shitty pair or sunglasses. And shitty pairs of sunglasses suck when you where sunglasses a lot. They won't protect you, they won't get you girls, you won't be able to see your golf ball, and you'll be buying another the day you drop them.

[csx]

You can pick up a really cheap UDFA QB to play for your team but he's not going to be as good as Cam Newton. You get what you pay for.

[rayzor]

paying over $100 won't get you a much better sunglass than paying over $40, but i'm sure luxottica is sure happy you're buying the hype (and their sunglasses/brands from the stores and optical departments they own) even tho there isn't a whole lot of difference in the quality of the lens.

 

2. In many cases, the same company is also selling you the glasses. Luxottica also owns LensCrafters, Pearle Vision and Sunglass Hut. This is extreme vertical integration. The eye doctor telling you that you need a new pair of glasses, the sales people helping you choose them and the people who design and make the glasses all work for the same company. Make of it what you will. But if your financial advisor was actually employed by the mutual fund company that he recommended for your portfolio, you'd at least want to know.

3.The markups are as big as they seem. Whenever I have bought a new pair of regular eyeglasses, I have always reflected on how little I seem to get for my money. I can sort of understand why lenses are so expensive, as the material has to be made and ground precisely. But $100 or $200 for frames? These are bits of metal or molded plastic. Once I bought tiny slivers of hollow titanium that weighed considerably less than the bills I was handing over.

The cost of a new pair of glasses will of course reflect materials and labor. But the price will also reflect brand values and marketing–and how much consumers will pay. Luxottica says it makes a gross profit of 64 cents on each dollar of sales. Even after deducting sales and advertising costs, overhead and brand licensing royalties it's still making 52 cents. That's some margin.

While the company's return on equity has fallen since the global economy turned down, last year it still managed a respectable 11%, according to data from FactSet Research Systems. A few years ago that number was as high as 20%. And investors are confident on the company's future. The stock has jumped from $13 to $25 from last year's market lows. It's about 20 times likely earnings, an optimistic rating.

4. Those expensive sunglasses may not be any better for your eyes, either. "Three hundred dollar sunglasses don't do anything better than $100 sunglasses, except maybe look better and have a brand name associated with them" says Dr. Jay Duker, chair of ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center.

"A significant chunk of what you pay for isn't the quality of the lenses, it's the brand," adds Dr. Reza Dana, director of the cornea and refractive surgery service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He notes that making lenses that offer protection against harmful ultra-violet rays "isn't very expensive technology." And while spending more may get you better quality frames, here, too, there are laws of diminishing returns.

For about $40, says Dr. Duker, you can get a pair that offers 100% protection against ultra-violet rays. If you spend maybe $70 you should be able to get a pair with decent quality polarizing lenses that cut out glare. Beyond that, the medical benefits tail off pretty fast.

5. An inexpensive pair of sunglasses from the pharmacy isn't the worst thing in the world. They may be fine for most people in most circumstances, Dr. Dana says. "The main reason people wear sunglasses is to block out (regular) white light," he says, "and from that point of view, cheaper glasses work pretty well." And they will probably block most UV rays, even if not all of them, he adds.

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sunglasses should block uva and uvb rays and be polarized and you don't have to pay over $50 to get that. pay much more and you're paying for the name and the frames....not the lenses. you don't get much more benefit from getting lenses that do anything more than the basic uva/uvb polarized lenses that the more affordable sunglasses offer...and definitely not enough to warrant those price tags.

[Doyle]

Holy damn!! That's insane, sunglasses serve one purpose and it shouldn't be for fashion. Especially considering you can get cheap sunglasses for like $5 that look exactly like your Ray's or Oakley's.

 

I paid 10 bucks for the pair I have now.  If I told people I paid $125 for them they would believe me.

[MadHatter]

paying over $100 won't get you a much better sunglass than paying over $40, but i'm sure luxottica is sure happy you're buying the hype (and their sunglasses/brands from the stores and optical departments they own) even tho there isn't a whole lot of difference in the quality of the lens.

 

 

sunglasses should block uva and uvb rays and be polarized and you don't have to pay over $50 to get that. pay much more and you're paying for the name and the frames....not the lenses. you don't get much more benefit from getting lenses that do anything more than the basic uva/uvb polarized lenses that the more affordable sunglasses offer...and definitely not enough to warrant those price tags.

 

You are accurate.

 

There is a big difference between $100 sunglasses and the $10 pairs you buy at the drug store.  But, there is no difference (lenses, UV protection, etc) between a $40 pair and a $200 pair.  If you chose the $200 pair, it is for the name and fashion....not functionality.

[TheJason]

$30 ray ban looking sunglasses from Costco. Everyone compliments me on them. My sister even gave me poo for saying I used to be cheap, but now am using ray bans. Nope, love me some Kirkland sunglasses.

And they are polarized and the best sunglasses I've had. I did my research. I spent $5k almost 10 years ago on LASIK, I need to take care of my eyes.

[Brooklyn Bully]

Wow, those Panthers glasses are ugly. I bet they'll break if the wind hits them wrong.

[stankowalski]

Did you say sunglasses??