I'm shocked that this wasn't sponsored. Andrew is legit just looking out for his viewers and providing them with better alternatives for eyeware. It feels weird 😅
i actually just got my glasses in the mail today from online too. less than $150 for two pairs WITH the prescription lenses. the doctors office wanted 150 for the basic frames alone LMAO
No joke, I'm a web developer for an online eyeglasses retailer and this is 100% accurate. During sales some of our prescription glasses can sometimes go as low as 60$ and trust me we're still making a profit off of it. When you get your eye exam done, ask for your prescription and go shop somewhere else. On the flipside, part of the optometrist's business model is to lure you in with ridiculously cheap eye exams (compared to what the services of a professional optometrist are actually worth), and they make up for that by selling you overpriced glasses (kinda like how movie theaters do with movie tickets and food).
I’m open to the idea of buying stuff online but I’m a bit hesitant if it’s with glasses. How do I know if I’m getting the exact measurements I ordered. What if it’s slightly off? Won’t that degrade my eyesight over time?
My eye doctor is super chill. He was like, "oh don't buy them here, buy them at Walmart or something. They're cheaper and you have more options" Hence why I haven't changed eye doctors for over 10 years 😁
I bought them once at a cheapo store (tiger copenhagen) for 2€ and wore them for 2 years. I don't think they sell short sighted glasses anymore though.
Walmart has a racket going, too. They'll absolutely try to upsell you all the peripheral bullshit, plus try to tack on a doctor referral by implying that you MIGHT have glaucoma or some shit.
You know you've got a man of class on your hands when he not only drops an Event Horizon reference, but in fact dedicated an entire portion of a sketch to it 👌.
Heck yeah, raising awareness that people don’t have to spend insane amounts at the optometrists for glasses! Everyone should be aware of the option to purchase online for a fraction of the price
@@Skepticalraventhe fuck!? In Aust you can get two pairs for $199. Free eye exam, prescription included in the price. But that's because we let the government actually cover healthcare.
Fun fact: Many vision insurance policies will reimburse you a portion for frames and lenses when you go anywhere out of network. Check your policy if you're in the US. Get your exam at a doctor's office and buy online from a place like Zenni (I've bought four pairs before and two were prescription sunglasses for like $100 from Zenni). Vision places overcharge by way too much and your insurance often only pays for the most basic version of the upgrades that not every eye doctor's office even carries.
Zenni is getting up there in prices now. A pair of prescription sunglasses 4 years ago is now doubled for the same specs. (Still cheaper online though)
I've had a couple of Zenni glasses. Prescription glasses, sun glasses, and safety glasses for work. Not a ton of options for my prescription but man it was so much cheaper than buying in a store.
Be careful with Zenni. They aren't the best quality by a long shot, though they're not terrible either. If you have a basic single vision you'll probably be fine but once you get to more complicated or strong prescriptions it can be iffy. However, you can also pick frames up for cheap at thrift stores and stuff, and get the lenses made somewhere quality. Just avoid add-ons. Go for basic AR and scratch resistance (and UV treatment if it's not included, which it absolutely should be). You really don't need anything else than that, it really is cosmetic for everything else.
Andrew youve out done yourself again. I personally dont have eye issues, and i give my condolences to those that do. But this was terrifying as someone who has to deal with insurance and health care in america on the regular. Truely a horrifying addition for the spooky season
As someone that literally just got my new glasses from Zenni today, he is absolutely right, I just needed some new ones since my contacts broke and I got the simple baseline glasses with some nice looking frames and blue light protection for around 70 to $80. It's really a lot cheaper than they let on. I honestly don't understand why the companies have been switched from making your glasses expensive to convincing people to get multiple pairs of glasses, because when they're really cheap, people are more likely to get multiple styles to fit different types of fashion and that honestly makes you more money than making. Making people spend lots of money on one pair of glasses because they're more likely to just keep that one pair for years and years. Even if they need the switch prescriptions which is honestly dangerous for them and doesn't make you any money. Then he makes money off of glasses being affordable. Not the most durable so people buy a couple pairs for fashion and when they break people don't feel bad about buying a new pair
I have a pair of zennie I still wear from 2018. They look pretty rough but they have lasted over 5 years of nightly wear (I wear contacts during the day)
This is pretty true. I have a pair of glasses that I've had for a decade now. The lenses are all messed up, they don't match up with my eyes anymore, and one of the arm thingies fell off so I gorilla glued it lmao. If glasses didn't cost $200 or more in one go then I would have bought a new pair years ago and most likely 2 extras for specialty use.
@@curlyhairdudeifydifferent people, different needs. My sweet hyperactive boyfriend used to break his glasses constantly in high school. The goofball would dart around so much they would fly off his face and take damage on impact, and he had a habit of leaving them laying around where they'd get stepped on/sat on/etc. I got him a giftcard for Zenni and he stopped having these problems, because the flexible plastic fit around his ears more securely and took bumbs and bruses like a champ. He still has the same set, and they look a-ok six years later.
@@curlyhairdudeifyzenni isn’t bad they just have many tiers of frames and lenses. They have $7 pairs of glasses which is great cause anyone can afford that. I have a bunch of the $7 pairs but also sprung on a titanium pair which was pretty up there. I probably have like 20 glasses from them and still have paid less than $360-$400.
You just earned yourself a sub with notifs. This was exactly my very last experience buying in-store frames. Complete with the frames being $300, then a bunch of shit that I couldn't opt-out of for a $659 total, for frames that slipped down my nose and only last a year and a half. Managed to force them to give me my script on the next go around, took that stuff to Zenni and 4 perfectly fitting pairs (with like a +$15 charge to custom size them to fit my actual no-bridge nose) and 4 years later, I've still not spent the equivalent of that very last pair of optician frames.
You'd be amazed the types of things that are cosmetic. I had a jaw issue causing me vertigo and fixing that was cosmetic. In ten years cancer treatment will be cosmetic.
Ah, its an add-on DLC package that upgrades the graphic and streamlines the motion of polygons. Pfft sucks to not have the preordered limited founder's package that included the upgraded. IGN: 20/20
cosmetics the art of beautifying the human body, doing the complete opposite by removing the need for ornamentation objects with a dual purpose of letting people with shitty eyes to see a little bit better so as to not smear their fingers with butter when making sandwiches is indeed participating in the art of cosmetica.
Okay. This is my favorite skit so far, and I think I’ve seen them all. A difficult judgement to entertain, Mountain man and guy-who’s-always-eating are both comedy at its finest.
This is an accurate representation of my 30+ years of wearing glasses all condensed into a 2m 24s video. Getting the script and cheap online glasses have been my go to for over 5 years now
I never thought of just... going online. It's been so engrained in my family that even long after moving out and having my own life, I still just _believe_ that I have to go to a physical store to buy my glasses. I've learned something new today. And life feels easier.
FYI, I have a prescription which includes a prism, and the online place I got them from didn't do it right. I complained and they allowed me to get another pair at no extra cost -- then did the prism even worse than the first time! They claimed the prism is hard to do.
@@jb888888888 Optometrist here. Prism is difficult since you deal with objective data and subjective adaptation. Variables like eye strain, time of day, sleep, stress will all affect how much prism you can/can't take. People that need regular glasses without anything special should get them anywhere they want. People that need prism, offset reading powers, progressive lens wearers (especially first-timers) should get them at the optical connected with the doc. So many variables at play, it commonly takes a few visits since the numbers are different each time
Hearing about peoples' experiences with glasses and optometry in general makes me feel very fortunate that my dad's an optometrist who's able to give my family and I discounts on stuff. I do not envy what most people have to go through with it, and wish they didn't have to
I did this and the optometrist has been standing outside my house crying and holding a boombox with "baby come back" blaring for a few weeks now. Had to clean my eyeglasses with my coarse shirt to scare him off.
Bought glasses at the eyeglasses store, cost me like $400. They broke in like a year. Bought a pair on the internet for $50 that I have been using for 12 years with 0 issues.
This is accurate as hell. I have had places try to refuse giving me my prescription because I wasn't buying from them. And I've had places that suddenly don't take my insurance because I told them at the head I just went the prescription. It's crazy. I literally can't see without glasses, but these people just want to abuse the situation. Thank god for the online vision stores.
True fact: Essilor-Luxottica is a legitimate monopoly. They own Ray-Bay, Oakley, Sunglasses hut, etc etc etc. They also design and manufacture all of the luxury brand glasses (for example if you bought gucci or Ralph Lauren etc this is still EL). If you are a retail store and you want to sell one of the Essilor-Luxottica brands, you must only sell EL brands or you will not be allowed to sell any. If you wonder why a pair of Ray-Bans costs $250 and then you damage one lens they want $100 to repair?? The reason is they have more than 50% market share and you have no other choice. Even some of the D2C online brands you use these days are secretly owned by EL.
This is why I’ve had the same pair for 7 years. They’re covered in scratches. The frames are hot-glued together to the lenses, and I’ve reapplied it many times.
The glasses I wear right now are 11 years old bought from Zenni. I stopped wearing them for about 5 years when my prescription got updated and I replaced them with another Zenni pair that broke when I sat on them. I should buy new glasses but I need to get a new prescription, so I’ve been putting it off.
I got got like this when I was a broke college kid. I really regret not having the wherewithal and self-respect to just be like "that is too much money for glasses, I will just take the prescription please and thank you." I found out when I got home that the prices online were way lower, and was kicking myself for a while because at that point in my life the three hundred dollars really hurt. Real learning moment for me. Learn from my mistakes, kids: if you feel like you're being pressured with a hard sell and things don't feel right, walk out the door.
My family used to go to the same optometrist, when I was a heavy contact user. My eyes developed basically an allergic reaction to contacts so I switched to glasses, and it was so uncomfortable how the optometrist was trying so hard to force me into buying glasses. She was literally like peer pressuring my mom to peer pressure me into getting glasses from them, constantly reiterating that insurance covered it. Well the Zenni glasses I bought had a cost of $35 and I still wear them 11years later. If I went with the insurance route I would have had to pay something like a $50 deductible and who knows what other bullshit fees would have been tacked on.
Insurance cover $100 but the cheapest frames are $200 and basic lenses cost another $150. Online a pair with antiglair, blue light filter and transitional lenses $85...and for kids it's better..$20 a pair and they break them like their going out of style
From where I'm from, I went to an optometrist for an equivalent of us$12 in my country and a bought us$36 prescription glasses. Could have bought the standard us$18 ones but I wanted to feel fancy and bought the expensive ones. Always surprises me that in the states a lot of things I take for granted is expensive, gives me a new appreciation to them. I've seen glasses cost more than $160 here but those are for rich people mostly. Edit:spelling
sweet new upload. This is why you only get the prescription for each eye and buy the glasses and frame separately from a direct seller. After giving them the info
See, Dr. Weir wasn't evil incarnate who had been possessed by daemonettes of Slaanesh from the cursed warp that thrums in the space between all things. Nah, he just needed some affordable frames so bad he pulled out his own eyes.
My last pair of glasses was the first I ordered online. They were Ray-Bans and shipped within a couple of days for WAY cheaper than any of the brick and mortar stores. I was shocked because stores take weeks to get you your glasses.
These things do add to the price? Like, $3, $6, $10. Not $150. The most I've ever gotten Zenni or Goggles4u to charge me, for a pair of transitions progressive trifocal everything bagels, was still less than $100.@@curlyhairdudeify
I think Andrew spend a bunch of his time searching for cool references to put in his movies, that are relatable with our ordinary life, like a meme in movement. Thanks for more this movie Andrew!
My daughter had a free eye exam and then couldn't find a pair of frames she liked so I asked for the prescription, the staff member looked so affronted 😂 We did buy some from a different branch of the same chain so they got our money in the end.
So true, I do feel bad sometimes because not buying glasses at the optometrists probably contributes to even higher mark ups, but no way am I paying over a thousand for two pairs of glasses when I can pay 50% of that or less online.
Don’t feel bad. The optometrist rips you off too. I remember I had to pay $150 just so someone could watch me put in a contact lens. It was literally like 30 seconds.
Dude must be highly aware of his surroundings at all times. Just observing everything and taking in more and more material regarding the ridiculousness of life 😅
Another brilliant masterpiece and this one halloweeny how festive. I like the double twist and then back to normal. I want you to have your own studio and more costumes but i kind of like the small budget style seems more real.
In hindsight, it's weirdly fucked-up that a lot of people have to pay to be able to see. Like, imagine having to pay to try to live and participate in society as good as everyone else.
That's livin' in America, bro. The CEO of Nestle seriously went public with his plan to fully privatize water. Go look that up with some Pepto Bizmal in hand.
Not just America dude. You know that place up north where medical is "free" called Canada? Well, the government had the idea that eyes and teeth don't count as "essential". Lol
True & they haven't done shit to upgrade our healthcare system in over 20+ years despite being warned that their was going to be a staff shortage of all types , ppl living longer so needing care shit was already rough before COVID. Governments aren't proactive anymore at all thwy just wanna coast with status quo
I've worn my $15 glasses daily for over 6 years. They're TR90, so very light and comfortable and basically no wear. Also the exact style and color I like. It really is a scam to charge so much for 25g of plastic.
This is so relatable, I just got 2 new pairs and it was $79 for both, with eye exam included. Upon checking out, the lady informed me the doctor had suggested I get the anti reflective options. $88 Extra. Per frame. 🙃
Yeah, it do be like that. That’s what got my current ones up to 300 but still less than the scammers at Lens Crafters which was almost a band before that. I wore those for so long.
I was gonna say, is Zennioptical sponsoring this? Because I bet they would! No but seriously I get my crazy specialty ones from there for about $60 and my husband's basic-ass one's are usually around $12
Yeah, I got like every coating they offered and good looking (but unbranded) frames for like 80 bucks. And as you said you can go WAY cheaper. Awesome place, I'll never NOT use them again.
Yeah I got screwed. They said I probably didn't need glasses but the extremely small astigmatism in my single eye would mean I need to buy a 300 dollar pair of glasses. Which I bought like a sucker and almost never use because the problem I went to the eye doctor for went away on its own becauseeeeeee- I was just worn out and was staying up too long on my pc which I stopped and whoaaa magic, no more blurring vision lmao.
Holy shit this was my exact experience two weeks ago. I can get 3 pairs of transitions with the photochromic for 150 online, only thing that sucks is you order it all from China.
The decent shops will offer free returns, and some (like Warby Parker) will send you a few frames without prescription lenses for free to try them out on your actual face instead of a photo (lol like that ever worked).
@@yptrumpet Thanks! I'll look into this when I get my next frames. Relieved to know I might be able to try the frames on first (and there could be free returns) since that's my biggest concern with online glasses.
As someone with glasses, the price of the lenses (with radiation blue light stuff I cant remember but also color friendly) and the frame (darn my aesthetics curses me again) incapacitates me every time
not really. cheap plastic lenses have short lifespan. expensive lenses have coating. and they just works differently. less scratches. less fog. a lot of shit. @@germadez
It's funny to see a video on the field I work in! There is definitely reasons why frames are more expensive in person, and why frames online are so cheap! They both have their pros and cons, but you really get so much more when you buy glasses through an experienced optical dispenser
I'm shocked that this wasn't sponsored. Andrew is legit just looking out for his viewers and providing them with better alternatives for eyeware. It feels weird 😅
I 100% was expecting a sponsor lmao
Yeah where's Zenni optical
I was waiting for it
i actually just got my glasses in the mail today from online too. less than $150 for two pairs WITH the prescription lenses. the doctors office wanted 150 for the basic frames alone LMAO
Good man 🙂
No joke, I'm a web developer for an online eyeglasses retailer and this is 100% accurate. During sales some of our prescription glasses can sometimes go as low as 60$ and trust me we're still making a profit off of it. When you get your eye exam done, ask for your prescription and go shop somewhere else.
On the flipside, part of the optometrist's business model is to lure you in with ridiculously cheap eye exams (compared to what the services of a professional optometrist are actually worth), and they make up for that by selling you overpriced glasses (kinda like how movie theaters do with movie tickets and food).
Drop a website
I’m telling your manager!
Share the website
I have 3 pairs of glasses and 2 pairs of sunglasses from eyebuydirect with all the bells and whistles for around $90 each.
I’m open to the idea of buying stuff online but I’m a bit hesitant if it’s with glasses.
How do I know if I’m getting the exact measurements I ordered.
What if it’s slightly off? Won’t that degrade my eyesight over time?
You pay for the experience, not for the glasses.
You are right, that’s why every experienced company should make their products expensive, even if they sell water bottle.
You right. They matched me with a saleswoman wearing this really nice sundress. Come to think of it that's almost all that I remember from that visit😂
Wtf, all my doctors have experience, that doesn't change the fact insurance covers it
Oh? Then I'm definitely going for a refund
@@rocketgirl3366No, no, different kind of experience. The one you go through, not the ones your doctors went through.
My eye doctor is super chill.
He was like, "oh don't buy them here, buy them at Walmart or something. They're cheaper and you have more options"
Hence why I haven't changed eye doctors for over 10 years 😁
The people at the eye clinic I go to act so disappointed and sad when I just get my eyes checked and decline to spend $400 on a pair of frames lol
I bought them once at a cheapo store (tiger copenhagen) for 2€ and wore them for 2 years. I don't think they sell short sighted glasses anymore though.
Your doctor played the long game
Walmart has a racket going, too. They'll absolutely try to upsell you all the peripheral bullshit, plus try to tack on a doctor referral by implying that you MIGHT have glaucoma or some shit.
Plot twist: He is also the CEO of Walmart.
You know you've got a man of class on your hands when he not only drops an Event Horizon reference, but in fact dedicated an entire portion of a sketch to it 👌.
I was reading comments to see who else got the reference. One of my favorite movie
was looking for this comment
Looks like a few of us came looking to see if anyone else got it, nice.
Lol was saying the same thing, damn even an Event Horizon reference takes this skit to the next level.
DO YOU SEE???!
"where we're going you'll need our shitty glasses to see!" had me on the floor. time to rewatch that classic!
Amazing movie
Good to know I wasn’t alone catching that movie reference
This bit makes the whole video for me! I couldn't believe I was seeing a 25 year old reference of a cult classic favorite of mine..
This quote's from the movie
_Incident Skyline._
@@LiberPater777 it's from event horizon
Heck yeah, raising awareness that people don’t have to spend insane amounts at the optometrists for glasses! Everyone should be aware of the option to purchase online for a fraction of the price
Yup, my last time buying at the optometrist. My current pair is $1100 and I said "hey, that's actually not bad".
@@Skepticalraventhe fuck!?
In Aust you can get two pairs for $199. Free eye exam, prescription included in the price.
But that's because we let the government actually cover healthcare.
@@abacusitedo these cheap glasses have things like anti-glare and transitions for that low price as well? I have terrible sensitivity to light.
they probably have that for far less than 11oo dollars@@ismaeljrp1
wow some of you are gullible and just love throwing money away@@Skepticalraven
The event horizon homage was fucking beautiful.
Fun fact: Many vision insurance policies will reimburse you a portion for frames and lenses when you go anywhere out of network. Check your policy if you're in the US.
Get your exam at a doctor's office and buy online from a place like Zenni (I've bought four pairs before and two were prescription sunglasses for like $100 from Zenni). Vision places overcharge by way too much and your insurance often only pays for the most basic version of the upgrades that not every eye doctor's office even carries.
I really thought this skit was going to turn into an ad for Zenni lol. Would've been perfect haha
Zenni is getting up there in prices now. A pair of prescription sunglasses 4 years ago is now doubled for the same specs.
(Still cheaper online though)
I've had a couple of Zenni glasses. Prescription glasses, sun glasses, and safety glasses for work. Not a ton of options for my prescription but man it was so much cheaper than buying in a store.
Zeni's lenses are garbage and the frames are the lowest of the lowest quality.
Warby Parker better.
Be careful with Zenni. They aren't the best quality by a long shot, though they're not terrible either. If you have a basic single vision you'll probably be fine but once you get to more complicated or strong prescriptions it can be iffy. However, you can also pick frames up for cheap at thrift stores and stuff, and get the lenses made somewhere quality. Just avoid add-ons. Go for basic AR and scratch resistance (and UV treatment if it's not included, which it absolutely should be). You really don't need anything else than that, it really is cosmetic for everything else.
Andrew youve out done yourself again. I personally dont have eye issues, and i give my condolences to those that do. But this was terrifying as someone who has to deal with insurance and health care in america on the regular. Truely a horrifying addition for the spooky season
Damn it Andrew! Why are you so good?! I love this, and its perfect for the season!
As someone that literally just got my new glasses from Zenni today, he is absolutely right, I just needed some new ones since my contacts broke and I got the simple baseline glasses with some nice looking frames and blue light protection for around 70 to $80. It's really a lot cheaper than they let on. I honestly don't understand why the companies have been switched from making your glasses expensive to convincing people to get multiple pairs of glasses, because when they're really cheap, people are more likely to get multiple styles to fit different types of fashion and that honestly makes you more money than making. Making people spend lots of money on one pair of glasses because they're more likely to just keep that one pair for years and years. Even if they need the switch prescriptions which is honestly dangerous for them and doesn't make you any money. Then he makes money off of glasses being affordable. Not the most durable so people buy a couple pairs for fashion and when they break people don't feel bad about buying a new pair
Zenni is garbage quality. I have seen the frames and the lenses.
Warby Parker is better and higher quality.
I have a pair of zennie I still wear from 2018. They look pretty rough but they have lasted over 5 years of nightly wear (I wear contacts during the day)
This is pretty true. I have a pair of glasses that I've had for a decade now. The lenses are all messed up, they don't match up with my eyes anymore, and one of the arm thingies fell off so I gorilla glued it lmao. If glasses didn't cost $200 or more in one go then I would have bought a new pair years ago and most likely 2 extras for specialty use.
@@curlyhairdudeifydifferent people, different needs.
My sweet hyperactive boyfriend used to break his glasses constantly in high school. The goofball would dart around so much they would fly off his face and take damage on impact, and he had a habit of leaving them laying around where they'd get stepped on/sat on/etc.
I got him a giftcard for Zenni and he stopped having these problems, because the flexible plastic fit around his ears more securely and took bumbs and bruses like a champ. He still has the same set, and they look a-ok six years later.
@@curlyhairdudeifyzenni isn’t bad they just have many tiers of frames and lenses. They have $7 pairs of glasses which is great cause anyone can afford that. I have a bunch of the $7 pairs but also sprung on a titanium pair which was pretty up there. I probably have like 20 glasses from them and still have paid less than $360-$400.
You just earned yourself a sub with notifs. This was exactly my very last experience buying in-store frames. Complete with the frames being $300, then a bunch of shit that I couldn't opt-out of for a $659 total, for frames that slipped down my nose and only last a year and a half. Managed to force them to give me my script on the next go around, took that stuff to Zenni and 4 perfectly fitting pairs (with like a +$15 charge to custom size them to fit my actual no-bridge nose) and 4 years later, I've still not spent the equivalent of that very last pair of optician frames.
Fun fact Lasik eye surgery is not covered by most insurances unless contacts and glasses aren’t an option, otherwise it’s considered cosmetic.
Fun fact indeed, seeing is purely cosmetic
You'd be amazed the types of things that are cosmetic.
I had a jaw issue causing me vertigo and fixing that was cosmetic. In ten years cancer treatment will be cosmetic.
Ah, its an add-on DLC package that upgrades the graphic and streamlines the motion of polygons. Pfft sucks to not have the preordered limited founder's package that included the upgraded. IGN: 20/20
cosmetics the art of beautifying the human body, doing the complete opposite by removing the need for ornamentation objects with a dual purpose of letting people with shitty eyes to see a little bit better so as to not smear their fingers with butter when making sandwiches is indeed participating in the art of cosmetica.
Does that not make sense to you for some reason? Lasik is a pretty invasive surgery for something that can be fixed with glasses or contacts.
Okay. This is my favorite skit so far, and I think I’ve seen them all. A difficult judgement to entertain, Mountain man and guy-who’s-always-eating are both comedy at its finest.
I have a feeling that Andrew went to buy glasses and came up with this idea
This is an accurate representation of my 30+ years of wearing glasses all condensed into a 2m 24s video. Getting the script and cheap online glasses have been my go to for over 5 years now
This could easily be an ad for an online glasses retailer.
I never thought of just... going online. It's been so engrained in my family that even long after moving out and having my own life, I still just _believe_ that I have to go to a physical store to buy my glasses.
I've learned something new today. And life feels easier.
FYI, I have a prescription which includes a prism, and the online place I got them from didn't do it right. I complained and they allowed me to get another pair at no extra cost -- then did the prism even worse than the first time! They claimed the prism is hard to do.
@@jb888888888 Optometrist here. Prism is difficult since you deal with objective data and subjective adaptation. Variables like eye strain, time of day, sleep, stress will all affect how much prism you can/can't take.
People that need regular glasses without anything special should get them anywhere they want. People that need prism, offset reading powers, progressive lens wearers (especially first-timers) should get them at the optical connected with the doc. So many variables at play, it commonly takes a few visits since the numbers are different each time
+@@jb888888888 well which place did this?
Wonderful video as always, Andrew! I also loved the “Event Horizon” references lol.🥂
This was really longer scroll down than expected, tbh, but still (epic references). +1
I commented this as well, purely due to how saddeningly far down your comment was lol. I initially missed it
Even horizon didn't particularly do well at the box office so... Not many people know about it
The event horizon reference was excellent, good impression of Sam Neil as well
By far my favourite content creator on youtube. A literal one man show and always hilarious. I wish you nothing but success buddy.
Hearing about peoples' experiences with glasses and optometry in general makes me feel very fortunate that my dad's an optometrist who's able to give my family and I discounts on stuff.
I do not envy what most people have to go through with it, and wish they didn't have to
I used to go to my uncle who's an optometrist but then we moved out of state and can't go back any time soon.
The pain… the rage… the realization… the triumph… it’s all too real.
I did this and the optometrist has been standing outside my house crying and holding a boombox with "baby come back" blaring for a few weeks now. Had to clean my eyeglasses with my coarse shirt to scare him off.
NOT THE COARSE SHIRT!!! 😳
Bought glasses at the eyeglasses store, cost me like $400. They broke in like a year. Bought a pair on the internet for $50 that I have been using for 12 years with 0 issues.
This is accurate as hell. I have had places try to refuse giving me my prescription because I wasn't buying from them. And I've had places that suddenly don't take my insurance because I told them at the head I just went the prescription. It's crazy. I literally can't see without glasses, but these people just want to abuse the situation. Thank god for the online vision stores.
Love the “Event Horizon” parody. “DO YOU SEE!” 🤣
True fact: Essilor-Luxottica is a legitimate monopoly. They own Ray-Bay, Oakley, Sunglasses hut, etc etc etc. They also design and manufacture all of the luxury brand glasses (for example if you bought gucci or Ralph Lauren etc this is still EL). If you are a retail store and you want to sell one of the Essilor-Luxottica brands, you must only sell EL brands or you will not be allowed to sell any.
If you wonder why a pair of Ray-Bans costs $250 and then you damage one lens they want $100 to repair?? The reason is they have more than 50% market share and you have no other choice. Even some of the D2C online brands you use these days are secretly owned by EL.
Flawless Event Horizon remake. This one is even scarier as an adult than the original was as a child.
Figuring out that I could buy glasses online for 59.99 instead of 500 at the optical store was one of my greatest discoveries in life
That Event Horizon reference was amazing! Kudos to you sir!
This is why I’ve had the same pair for 7 years. They’re covered in scratches. The frames are hot-glued together to the lenses, and I’ve reapplied it many times.
Lol I do this too but I buckle after 3 or 4 years, you're friggin' hardcore!😄
The glasses I wear right now are 11 years old bought from Zenni. I stopped wearing them for about 5 years when my prescription got updated and I replaced them with another Zenni pair that broke when I sat on them.
I should buy new glasses but I need to get a new prescription, so I’ve been putting it off.
I got got like this when I was a broke college kid. I really regret not having the wherewithal and self-respect to just be like "that is too much money for glasses, I will just take the prescription please and thank you." I found out when I got home that the prices online were way lower, and was kicking myself for a while because at that point in my life the three hundred dollars really hurt. Real learning moment for me. Learn from my mistakes, kids: if you feel like you're being pressured with a hard sell and things don't feel right, walk out the door.
My family used to go to the same optometrist, when I was a heavy contact user. My eyes developed basically an allergic reaction to contacts so I switched to glasses, and it was so uncomfortable how the optometrist was trying so hard to force me into buying glasses. She was literally like peer pressuring my mom to peer pressure me into getting glasses from them, constantly reiterating that insurance covered it. Well the Zenni glasses I bought had a cost of $35 and I still wear them 11years later. If I went with the insurance route I would have had to pay something like a $50 deductible and who knows what other bullshit fees would have been tacked on.
Insurance cover $100 but the cheapest frames are $200 and basic lenses cost another $150. Online a pair with antiglair, blue light filter and transitional lenses $85...and for kids it's better..$20 a pair and they break them like their going out of style
From where I'm from, I went to an optometrist for an equivalent of us$12 in my country and a bought us$36 prescription glasses. Could have bought the standard us$18 ones but I wanted to feel fancy and bought the expensive ones. Always surprises me that in the states a lot of things I take for granted is expensive, gives me a new appreciation to them. I've seen glasses cost more than $160 here but those are for rich people mostly.
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Event Horizon reference and using the YEAASS sound from your Yes video. Andrew you are an artist. ❤
Relatable af! Glasses are so expensive
Bro managed to make very entertaining videos with creative ideas, and the cherry on top is that you learn something 😂 Man's a legend
sweet new upload. This is why you only get the prescription for each eye and buy the glasses and frame separately from a direct seller. After giving them the info
Yep. I got 3 pairs of glasses and a month's supply of contacts covered by my insurance plus just $75 out of pocket. Fuck the monopolies.
"thanks for the prescription, I'll just order my contact lenses online"
":O"
See, Dr. Weir wasn't evil incarnate who had been possessed by daemonettes of Slaanesh from the cursed warp that thrums in the space between all things. Nah, he just needed some affordable frames so bad he pulled out his own eyes.
The American consumer experience is such a dystopic joke that Andrew will never run out of material
My last pair of glasses was the first I ordered online. They were Ray-Bans and shipped within a couple of days for WAY cheaper than any of the brick and mortar stores. I was shocked because stores take weeks to get you your glasses.
Did you get plain lenses; CR-39 (crap quality lenses) with no anti-glare coating or scratch resistance?
These things do add to the price? Like, $3, $6, $10. Not $150. The most I've ever gotten Zenni or Goggles4u to charge me, for a pair of transitions progressive trifocal everything bagels, was still less than $100.@@curlyhairdudeify
Love the Event Horizon reference. That movie is effed up.
Absolutely Brilliant
I think Andrew spend a bunch of his time searching for cool references to put in his movies, that are relatable with our ordinary life, like a meme in movement. Thanks for more this movie Andrew!
Yup. Do printer's ink cartridges, next! 😂
The event horizon reference is amazing!
The worldbuilding always gets me. I love him. Andrew Rousso you absolute god.
Not expecting Event Horizon on this one! Haha! Great stuff!
When you click an Andrew Rousso video, the only thing you know for sure is that you are beginning a journey towards true enlightment
“Just a little swipe won’t hurt” is actually a really convincing argument, I woulda caved right there
I get my exams and some glasses with Warby Parker, some glasses with Zenni, and my lenses replaced by Lensabl. Best process ever
This escalated so fast
I can't wait for the day when insurance companies tell us we need prior authorizations to get glasses. You know it's coming.
Yep they have that already in some states.
Homies one of the only genuinely funny comedy skit creators out there. Keep the giggles comin brotha man
"Where we're going, you'll need our shitty glasses to see" 😂😂😂
1:30 Jeeeze, the way you say this line, that tone at the end, is just ingenious. This whole spot is crafted with such competency, it's... perfect.
My daughter had a free eye exam and then couldn't find a pair of frames she liked so I asked for the prescription, the staff member looked so affronted 😂 We did buy some from a different branch of the same chain so they got our money in the end.
Well, that escalated quickly!
So true, I do feel bad sometimes because not buying glasses at the optometrists probably contributes to even higher mark ups, but no way am I paying over a thousand for two pairs of glasses when I can pay 50% of that or less online.
Don’t feel bad. The optometrist rips you off too. I remember I had to pay $150 just so someone could watch me put in a contact lens. It was literally like 30 seconds.
The reference to Even Horizon... Priceless, you are so good dude!!!
Dude must be highly aware of his surroundings at all times. Just observing everything and taking in more and more material regarding the ridiculousness of life 😅
Another brilliant masterpiece and this one halloweeny how festive. I like the double twist and then back to normal. I want you to have your own studio and more costumes but i kind of like the small budget style seems more real.
In hindsight, it's weirdly fucked-up that a lot of people have to pay to be able to see. Like, imagine having to pay to try to live and participate in society as good as everyone else.
That's livin' in America, bro. The CEO of Nestle seriously went public with his plan to fully privatize water. Go look that up with some Pepto Bizmal in hand.
Not just America dude. You know that place up north where medical is "free" called Canada? Well, the government had the idea that eyes and teeth don't count as "essential". Lol
True & they haven't done shit to upgrade our healthcare system in over 20+ years despite being warned that their was going to be a staff shortage of all types , ppl living longer so needing care shit was already rough before COVID. Governments aren't proactive anymore at all thwy just wanna coast with status quo
With great comedy comes undeniable truth.
Tbh if that was the actual buyer experience, it’d be worth it lol
It would be fun as hell!!!
I love how these videos start off so normal then evolve into some sort of beautiful madness 😂😂
Me having to buy glasses.
That escalated really quick
I've worn my $15 glasses daily for over 6 years. They're TR90, so very light and comfortable and basically no wear. Also the exact style and color I like. It really is a scam to charge so much for 25g of plastic.
It's time for me to buy new contacts and glasses - and the prices have gone up. Feeling this on a deep level.
This is so relatable, I just got 2 new pairs and it was $79 for both, with eye exam included. Upon checking out, the lady informed me the doctor had suggested I get the anti reflective options. $88 Extra. Per frame. 🙃
Yeah, it do be like that. That’s what got my current ones up to 300 but still less than the scammers at Lens Crafters which was almost a band before that. I wore those for so long.
@@makeda6530 never been to lense crafters, but that's crazy.. a band for some plastic. These businesses robbing people
Good or bad quality glasses, they're all equally terrible on very cold days when fog just blocks all your vision.
I was gonna say, is Zennioptical sponsoring this? Because I bet they would!
No but seriously I get my crazy specialty ones from there for about $60 and my husband's basic-ass one's are usually around $12
Yeah, I got like every coating they offered and good looking (but unbranded) frames for like 80 bucks. And as you said you can go WAY cheaper. Awesome place, I'll never NOT use them again.
“Please Give Me My Prescription” had the same effect as telling Rumpelstiltskin his own name.
Yeah I got screwed. They said I probably didn't need glasses but the extremely small astigmatism in my single eye would mean I need to buy a 300 dollar pair of glasses. Which I bought like a sucker and almost never use because the problem I went to the eye doctor for went away on its own becauseeeeeee- I was just worn out and was staying up too long on my pc which I stopped and whoaaa magic, no more blurring vision lmao.
Love the Event Horizon bit.
Just spent 200 bucks for glasses today 😊 thanks andrew I could've used the heads up
I was not expecting an Event Horizon reference.
Holy shit this was my exact experience two weeks ago. I can get 3 pairs of transitions with the photochromic for 150 online, only thing that sucks is you order it all from China.
It sucks because it's slow or just because it's from China?
*BIG* Event Horizon vibes! Love it!
I actually paid that much for glasses back in Dec. I'm just so scared to try buying glasses online but maybe I should try to overcome that fear lol.
it's easy to get over it when you see the prices. My hubby pays $12 for his
@@justsomenobody889 😲🤯
The decent shops will offer free returns, and some (like Warby Parker) will send you a few frames without prescription lenses for free to try them out on your actual face instead of a photo (lol like that ever worked).
@@yptrumpet Thanks! I'll look into this when I get my next frames. Relieved to know I might be able to try the frames on first (and there could be free returns) since that's my biggest concern with online glasses.
I’m sorry but how are you scared of buying glasses online? Scared?
This cracks me up every time!!! Great work, Andy!
I have insurance benefits from work, and the last time I got glasses I paid a cool 1 grand for them.
Universal healthcare my ass.
The "Mmmyaaaas" would have convinced me.
As someone with glasses, the price of the lenses (with radiation blue light stuff I cant remember but also color friendly) and the frame (darn my aesthetics curses me again) incapacitates me every time
Apparently blue light stuff is BS. Doesnt make sense and brands are paying 40.000 pounds fines in the UK for promoting that
@@germadez 🥲 if it isnt true I wish they didn’t. I wish we didnt have to pay to see at all tbh
not really. cheap plastic lenses have short lifespan. expensive lenses have coating. and they just works differently. less scratches. less fog. a lot of shit. @@germadez
get 'em from zenni!
Same 😔
Great movie reference, really sold it with the imagery - slightly obscure but 10/10 could tell right away
It's funny to see a video on the field I work in! There is definitely reasons why frames are more expensive in person, and why frames online are so cheap! They both have their pros and cons, but you really get so much more when you buy glasses through an experienced optical dispenser
Just realized we need an Andrew Rousso x Dr. Glaucomflecken crossover.
First!
Tenth!
at the end i thought this was going to be an elaborate ad for one of the online eye glasses retailers lol.
if i was an online glasses provied, i'd be biting my ass off for not using this as a commercial
Brilliant!!! This was awesome man! Yo thank you, I hope to meet you one day and express my gratitude for you. Keep up the amazing work!
Fight it with the power of Zenni!
That was a cool shot with the close up on the eye.
One of the few creator that actually really makes me laugh, beautiful like always!
So happy to see an _Event Horizon_ reference! One of my favorite movies.
This Felt like an epic horror, apocalyptic psycho-thriller battle that takes you to the edge of your seat and the edge of your phycological capacity
The level of directing is simply incredible
Well that was amazing. From something as simple as deciding where to buy glasses you really spun a narrative there. You are a real talent sir