kthxbye because that's what he's good at and why he makes money making these videos he relates to the general minded populace to spit out semi truthfully slabs
@@andreascovano7742 Hey, no need to name call. Pardon if I am not up to date on who owns what from where. But that does explain a few things. Though... Technically I could be called a mutt... Xp God knows my ancestors were from all over the place.
democrats and republicans are right wing. just different flavors. if we want a truly left party that is willing to stand up to this perversion of free capitalism, we need bernie and his almost socialism.
As someone who works in eye care, this is 100% true! A little hack is if you find a frame you like, try it on in the store, ask if it’ll work for your prescription (IMPORTANT) then to just buy it online & then bring them in to have them measured to put your lenses in! It’s double to triple the price if you buy it in the store
@@sirjmo They are chains, and it's chain-store policy. The old privately-owned stores have just about disappeared (I've lost the only two I know in the last 5 years). They say, "We can't take responsibility for breaking your frames", they say. It's just rip-off time once you get the big monopolies in. (Sweden, this.)
Ok here's my two cents! So websites like zennioptical Is your best choice.Yes they do go by frames but sometimes the frames are usually ten dollars or less. And if you want to get transitions and things like that they charge for that. If you just want basic eyeglasses before you leave your eye doctor ask them for Your PD A k a your pupil distance and plug in your prescription and make sure it's correct. Then you can ask for all of the bells and whistles like polarizing lenses, transition lenses oil and waterproof, and the like. I was skeptic so my first pair from zinny optical cost me around five dollars but it was everything that I wanted. Then I started experimenting with rimless glasses. I never went back to regular frames. And there's always a black friday sale. And if you do buy reminisce they will give you the screwdriver nuts and bolts and things like that. Basically the amount I would pay for glasses add a regular store or even my pharmacy without prescription would be $500 up. If you do have insurance I would say get your free pair but also shop online for your everyday pair. I never had a problem with their glasses and they have a very good return policy.
My dad complained about his glasses giving him a headache. He was popping out the lenses to demonstrate how cheaply made they were, when he jokingly said "what if my prescriptions were flipped" So... He holds up the lenses to the opposite eye and went silent. He was joking, but he was right. Using the lense for the opposite eye didn't give him a headache, and he could see. These guys not only overcharge for plastic and glass, they're also often lazy and careless.
It’s both hilarious and kind of depressing. When I was a kid by glasses broke down the middle because of a simple fall, like I needed to use tape to keep them together while my new ones were on the way. Christ
I think you are right but from a specific angle: it is also true in many industries, stores and services. We humans easily get lazy and careless for strangers in general i think
My last eye exam my prescriptions was upped 0.5 for each eye, and as I was in the car I opened up the prescription print out and it was the old one with no updates. Went back in and got that fixed up reeeal quick.
2 pairs of online prescription glasses from a Canadian co cost me $80. And they were careful enough to send me a message when they thought one of my measurements was off- I assured them I did indeed have a smaller than average pupillary distance but was impressed that they checked. They are as well made as anything I ever got from an optometrist.
Wal-Mart is corrupt too, but in situations like this I find myself rooting for them. Wal-Mart robs jobs of entire communities though soooo their still bad guys.
i bought off zenni optical $20 glasses and got my eye prescription from walmart. zenni opticals $20 glasses lasted longer than any $200-300 pairs i had and were very scratch resistant for a long time and had a bluelight filter too
So to fight off the bad guy of the glasses industry, we need the bad guy of department stores to save us? Ugh, what a choice.... It's like having a choice between Hitler and Stalin only......
I know, I bought a pair from Costco, then later in the year got volleyball spiked in the face with a basketball and they they were fine! All my old ones broke so easily
My local optometrist refuse to use product by Luxotica,and stood by his stance for 20 years,before being crushed and bought by them,great guy,he told me and my parents about all of this when we ask why his prices was lower than most glass stores
The real Adam said that was on purpose. People have blind spots (no pun intended) so even when they are ok with not knowing something and learning that they were wrong, some stuff is too close to them and get deffensive
Or maybe it was a way of representing what was being said at the moment. That the single company owns 80% of the industry. The CEO trying to grab that last pair of glasses could be a metaphor for a struggling economy falling victim to a monopoly. Maybe the guy just has butter fingers. I don't know.
Years ago when I started needing glasses I was told about the chinese suppliers. I use zenni. Glasses start at $10 and shipping is $10 for prescription glasses and a range of frames.
that's how most large companies in the US are. they deal amounts each other on who will own what part of the industry. a monapoly divided and controlled by men at the round table.
As someone who works at an eye doctor: no, you often don't get to pick your eye insurance company, yes Luxottica or Marchon own all the glasses, and no, not every store itself is owned by Luxottica
As someone who owns an optical, to be a bit more precise, there are plenty of non-luxottica options but the general population is not aware or interested in them. Our privately owned store used to sell non-luxottica glasses for $80 but our patients took their prescriptions to Lens Crafters or America's Best to buy "real" glasses. So we changed our strategy, sold more "$500" brand name glasses and more people started buying from us (in fact strangely enough we saw the biggest increase in sales from customers with Medicaid insurance and those on fixed income). So as cynical as "glasses are worth what people are willing to pay" might sound, as an owner of an optical I can tell you people rather pay $450 for a pair of Ray-Bans than pay $100 for the EXACT same frame made in the EXACT same facility but without the name on it.
@@CalvinVance Except are they they exact same frame? I have vision insurance through my employer and it is not Luxottica, but I do have a prefered brand and it apparently is Luxottica. For almost all of my childhood and nearly a decade after that I used independent optometrists, they all sold out to the bigger office management companies. Looks like most of those were Luxottica, not my choice I was kind of forced into it. Since they can't remain loyal to me, and the quality of service dropped across the board when taken over by the big company, why should I be loyal to them. Now I go where my wallet, schedule, and style take me. Basically that means whoever has my preferred brand and can fit me into their schedule. I've almost exclusively worn Oakley wire frames for the last decade. It may be a luxottica brand now, but I like the fit, finish, and styles over everything else I find. They've also been more durable than other brand labels I've used over the years. I could put a new set of lenses in almost any Oakley frames I have and you wouldn't know they weren't new. Every other brand I've had in the past were barely fit to wear after a year. FWIW I've been a mechanic professionally for the last 18 years, and it's a hobby when I'm not at work. I wear my glasses for everything except showering and sleeping. The Oakleys saw the same abuse as every other pair. Now for my opening line. Where other label has the exact same frame? I've never seen matching frames with any other label on them.
@@Turk_85 if memory serves I once owned a pair of Ray-Bans that I got on discount pricing for $200. Later learned from a Capri rep they sell the same frame for $20. Made in the same factory. I couldn't believe it until he showed it to me and it looked and felt EXACTLY like my Ray-Bans. That's not to say there is a no name version for every brand or model (I am unaware of any no-name versions of Oakley, and Oakley definitely are NICE). And That's not to say cheap knock offs don't exist. I've seen my fair share of knockoffs but they look and feel slightly off, and as knock offs they pretend to be Ray-Bans but they aren't (the logo is slightly off). These frames weren't pretending to be anything. There was no logo. It was simply the exact same frame without the name on it. Name brand also tends to have better customer service (that is to say if my customer breaks a name brand frame I just call up the brand and they send me a new one at no charge). So there are some pros to going name brand. But you absolutely don't have to spend $500 on a good pair of glasses if you don't want to.
And here i thought we had it bad in germany. So many people prefer to buy 150€ ray bans to 20€ frames of equal quality. At least Luxottica is recognized as Luxschrottica (wordplay on trash in german) by most optometrists over here
Ya but that is actually true... It isn't a bad thing it is literally how value is determined. The issue here isn't the price it is the total lack of competition, and that is caused by the insane government regulations on the manufacturing process insuring competition doesn't arise. Capitalism doesn't create monopolies, over regulation does. Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards.
@Cy Cyril Over-regulation nor capitalism creates monopolies. Businesses, wealth, effort, and market forces create monopolies. They don’t spontaneously occur because of regulation; they’re built for the purpose of profit, to maintain control of profit, without regard for balance in the economy. Price point, particularly for essentials, should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds - in fact once you have a sufficient level of market control and resources they can set market thresholds and exploit it to provide less and less value with a greater profit margin. Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly, or not allowed to rise because the big company is participating in anti-competitive behaviors to crowd out any other competition by vertical market integration, hostile buyouts, and multi-brand flooding. Over-consolidation of wealth (as resources and market influence) in a competitive market is a far bigger problem than restrictive or expensive regulations, but good regulation is required to prevent or remedy the issue of consolidation in order to maintain a supply-demand cost balance. Fun fact, Luxottica is an Italian company (though obviously international). USA regulation is hardly the biggest factor regarding its monopoly.
@@hayuseen6683 "should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds" Why? "Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly" This happened because of regulations not because of "monopoly" . That sentence doesn't even make sense... "The monopoly emerged because of monopoly"??? Ridiculous. Monopolies emerge because of regulations diminishing competition. Why do we have $30 smart phones but glasses are expensive? Because tech is new and the government hasn't had a chance to regulate it to death, they're working on it. Glasses on the other hand... In case anyone was wondering why Luxottica is such a monopoly look no further than the absolutely insane number of regulations and compliances one must adhere to in order to manufacture and sell sunglasses and frames. If capitalism caused monopolies we would only have one restaurant. No government regulations that hinder competition cause monopolies. Here is just a quick rundown on compliance for glasses. Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards. So ya these guys have the process on lock, and probably sit on all sorts of boards where they can easily change what the regulations demand to hinder competition further. You want cheap glasses? get the government out of the way and people will make good cheap glasses. Luxottica, is not a capitalist enterprise it is essentially a socialist one. It has used government regulations to seize the means of production, which is what regulations do...
No need. Even if everyone knew there isn't much anyone could do about it. That's kind of the problem with the many of these ruins videos. Just because you know the companies are sleazy doesn't mean you can stop buying their product. I still need glasses. I still need clothes. I still need a mattress.
@@benfed4873 Soooo, having worked in the medical field and seeing the results of the current crisis, I can say that the private system is broken, insurance is a scam and what we need is to adopt a system more like much of the world that combines private, public and oversite that is people first and not profits first.
No need to go that far outside of America is enough from what I've seen. I'm an optician and my customer rarely pay more than 150€ if they don't want crazy expensives glasses or high end product (but we have free social security hre so it help
You omitted the most important part: when you get a vision exam you're legally entitled to know you're prescription, it's just 6 numbers, write it down and use that to order a pair of glasses online with that prescription for a fair value. The frames are just plastic, and the lens can be manufactured to match a prescription for practically nothing, so it damn well should be cheap. I ordered a pair online for 15$, including shipping
@@elizabethpemberton8445 I don't have an astigmatism myself, so i haven't personally experienced how it's price compares, but it certainly shouldn't cost even 120$. Even a more complex prescription should be able to be manufactured in an automated way and in bulk, I'd guess that at least 100$ of that 120$ is gross profit. And 600$ is just an obscene level of over-charging.
@@shrujanamsyama9940 Nope. not exactly. I have in one of my eyes 6 Dioptrin and also a macular degeneration. Bought glasses online for 15 bucks. The UV coating was 2 or 3 bucks. With shipping to europe it did cost me in the end 37 bucks. Although a caveat was that they looked like the glasses of Harry Potter but I just needed them for my VR googles and there was an adapter for them so who cares what a frame I got. But this shows that it can be cheap.
Hi, optometrist here. It is true that progressive lenses increase the price by a lot. They are a bit more complex than "just bifocals with the line shaved off" so you're going to pay for the expertise to fit and craft one and the R&D that goes into designing them. Even so, there are much more economical options than the ones sold at LensCrafters that are available. Supposedly they are not as good, but anecdotally my patients actually complain about vision in the "cheap" progressives less than they complain when they get the "high end" progressive. So $120 give or take seems about right for a cheaper set of progressive lenses. Personally I'd just get lined bifocals if I wanted to save money but the stigma around them being for old people drives a lot of customers to pay an extra $100 to $200 to get the progressive lens. As I mentioned in another comment, part of why glasses are so expensive is because social pressures make the majority of us feel like we need to buy name brand products. My patients even want their photochromic lenses to be a name brand (there are less expensive alternatives to Transition but my patients don't want it and even accuse us of selling them knock offs because of it so we removed it from our catalog). You could even get a good price at a brick and mortar location if you're willing to settle for a non name brand option. The only reason we mostly stock and sell $500 stuff is because people mostly want the $500 stuff. Also, having astigmatism does not change the price of the lens, but having a high prescription or a severe degree of astigmatism can.
This is the only theory i knew in detail beforehand...they actually said this in an interview that they do not want to advertise Luxotica because what the consumer wants is the illusion of choice which they are providing by keeping the companies with their original names.
Personally, I've only ever paid attention to the way the glasses look and how much they cost. I hate monopolies for the price gouging and other unethical stuff.
Unfortionetly this is where the worlds is heading with most things. Soon there will be just a few corporations controlling everything. They already put Politicians in power like when Dick Cheney was put as Vice President basically to represent Halliburtons intertests. Even passed laws like "Halliburton loophole" during his period. Soon a few corporations will control crops/food, media, communications, retail industry, pharmaceutical products, our credits (as they slowly phase out the use of money bills), probably even clean drinking water. It's already that way just that now most fields are divided between at least a couple of corporations but the bigger ones soon consumes the smaller ones until there is only one left in each field of business. Big Brother is not the government but corporations. Just look at Apple, Microsoft and Google and how their services and platforms monitor all we do while using their operating systems/platforms like iOS, Win10, Android etc. Down to every keystroke we make. Governments are only puppets for the corporations these days.
And hell YEA when those times come. Only THEN will people realize the need for small communities that help each other out with producing food and other services. People will realize the need to stop being dependent on other people for their things. We''ll finally all live like mountain men together. Hell yes.
No one forces any of the customers to by those brands or at that store or even to be in the market for glasses. What do you imagine your ancestors would have done before they were even invented?
the first time I heard glasses cost 80 bucks I was stunned and shocked !! then I was introduced to the American prices like WTF !! glasses usually cost 30 $ at most in my country. (commenting from Iraq)
$80 is nothing. My prescription costs me $400 a pair. I'm supposed to get a new pair every year, but I can't afford it, so I use the same ones for years on end.
As someone who's had to wear pretty strong prescription glasses my whole life this is old news. Similar to insulin prices, I think it's extremely obvious to the people who actually have to use these products that it's a disgusting price-gouging monopoly. It makes no logical sense that the prices keep skyrocketing despite the product being virtually unchanged, and we're not dumb, we know, we just literally don't have other options.
I think the situation with insulin is worse because there literally aren't other options (and because the government actively protects the oligopoly with IMO a misapplication of patent law). With glasses, at least there are pairs you can get from Wal-Mart or Zenni for a lot more reasonable price.
by getting rid of taxes. If the state has no tax revenue, they can't enforce trademark or patents. If they can't enforce trademark or patents or tax more things, lower classes can feasibly compete
ThePeacemaker848 ah yes, the great peacemaker84, traveling across dimensions he is able to see two universes, one with patents, and one without! Thats how he is so sure that if we didn't have apple, suing everyone to keep their 600 dollar headphone patent, why nothing would ever get invented at all! lol
Only issue with this is they don't mention the most important part of the episode, that there are choices online, that you can find glasses for reasonable prices you just need to look for them.
N. W. Dood That makes an awful lot of sense. I should look into that, all the frames at my local glasses shop were fairly pricey (though being in the UK, none were anywhere near $400) and I didn't really like the look of any of them. Of course, if I order online, I won't be able to try the glasses out and see how they look on me... I assume they'll have a returns policy though. Thank you for clearing that up!
I don’t know who owns Zenni optical but that’s where I buy my glasses from and the frames are sometimes as low as 6 bucks. And they are very well built and have lasted me for a long time.
True but everything Costco sells has been bought from the manufacturer for a lower price and will be sold to their "members" for the a lower amount than anywhere else on the market. I worked for Costco and have been a member for a decade. It really is a special kind of company. They strive for price undercutting. The only things that are "retail" price are the apple products.
Wrong about Costco and other discount warehouses. There is still a 40 to 70% markup on the glasses that you can get from them on top of the mark up from Luxotica.
Maybe, maybe it's different each country? Here in Indonesia it only cost around $20 at most $100, for the medium ones our healthcare completely doesnt charge us for it,
Well, Luxottica launched a few websites in the last couple of years that sells glasses, already with your prescription. So no, not really, many of the sites out there, are theirs.
my guess is because Luxottica is an Italian company, it's much harder to apply any antitrust legislation to it. -- also I'm no lawyer or businessman but it seems fairly recent as far as monopolies go.
Because they are not inhibiting other companies from entering the market. You can be the only company in an area if no one else wants to be there. Example: Little Suzy has a lemonade stand, the only one for a mile. She charges $5 dollar for a tiny glass of lemonade. People might think she is a monopoly because you can only buy from her. But you can and do set up a stand across the street and charge $2 dollars. Now if she beats you up and forces you to leave she is acting as a monopoly but as long as other people can come and open a stand near her she not a monopoly even if she is the only one who does.
yep. that's capitalism for you. food, water, housing, medicine... all treated as commodities that can be put up at any price, no matter how unfair. all in the name of profit.
She didn't mention they keep raising your prescription even if you don't need it to make you think you need new glasses, and how they now sell cheaper frames but the glasses have all sort of addons, gizmos and technologies which all raise the price. People still pay hundreds of dollars for all these unnecessary addons they lure you into buying. Or how they make kids wear glasses when they read even if they do not need it to worsen their eye vision and put them on a lifelong consumption of eyewear, contacts, liquid, checkups and so forth. The rabbit hole is deep with these conmen
It still is true, I bought my phone for 250$ two and a half years ago and it hasn't lagged once nor has it broken or slowed down. I don't plan to buy a new one for atleast one more year.
thanks for the info. I have to write a research paper on monopolies today and this really helped ironic considering this is where I go to procrastinate writing it
He secretly cornered a market that both creates supply and demand. Plus, the company has reached the point that consumers can't affect the market short of forgoing a medical necessity and totally changing their way of life. The only thing that can stop him is the government...so.
No, it's not going to happen because while the American way is capitalism ho, the American government doesn't follow that, and they can bribe and lobby their way to whatever they want
She was probably referring to mid-to-upper tier smartphones in general. Using Apple products as anything else than an example of fugly cynicism and the triumph of marketing satans over that mostly forgotten thing called common sense should be a punishable offense
That video was released 2 days before the iPhone 7 release, so the most expensive iPhone she could have had is the iPhone 6S Plus (128 GB). Yes, it is sold for 650$ but it costs around a 1/3 to manufacture.
well there are different iphones than just the new ones the new ones are expensive but an iphone 4 is just 200 dollars think about things wisely do backround research before you blow up in the comments
$50, two pairs, top notch lenses and frames, all the customization you can pack into them, online, free shipping, Zenni Optical. Over two years old and still going strong. After seeing my doctor he sent me over to the glasses guy in his office to get my prescription printed. As a formality for my insurance he had to go through his sales pitch and show me the frames my insurance covered. I glanced at them and replied "No thanks". He was completely confused and tried to reassure me that my insurance wouldn't pay for anything else. I was like "yeah, I know". He said "well when you change your mind... blah blah blah". Thanks to Zenni, I never did, not even when I decided to get prescription sunglasses too!
I bet the info came from the same guy (don't know if Adam is just the actor, or also the researcher). The Hymen (the first Emily ruins Adam) seemed more likely to come from someone else.
Also, as for the Hymen spot, they went with Emily as the expert just cuz she was a woman. Which was total BS because most women don't know much about the hymen, so it slightly annoyed me.
Ok, but Adam usually gives positive alternatives. This just ended with an "oh well, you're fucked." No cheaper, monopoly-free alternatives in this case?
Seriously, wtf is up with the fasion industry. You pay lots of money just to make it look like you have no money, yet the classiest accessory in fucking existence costs less than the most widely used one that is less useful.
Alex Gluch What are you talking about what does it have to do with my question? Monocles aren't practical. And who said I want to look like I have no money? Seriously, what are you going on about?
Zennioptical is super cheap just ask your doc for the written perscription and order them. Like friggin 5 bucks for a decent pair. Not designer or anything, but if you don't care about that, or just want back ups for your kids, it's a friggin life saver.
Kim Schuler it really depends on your exact prescription . my lenses are free from zenni and they're still usually a LOT cheaper with different prescriptions. it's worth a look at least. 😊
another option for glasses that are NOT owned by Luxottica is getting a prescription from your optometrist, then going online, like getting a pair of zennis or eyebuydirect is good too. Much much cheaper than buying frames in-store
**takes off glasses**
Can't pay the prices if I can't see the prices
Modern problems require modern solutions
419 likes... Imma add one more like to make it 420
Hahaha
@@thecinere4323 is that pro gamer move?
@@e_date it is
"How are your loved ones?"
"My turtles? They're quite well"
Why is this so relatable?
i know right
kthxbye because that's what he's good at and why he makes money making these videos he relates to the general minded populace to spit out semi truthfully slabs
I don't know why, but it looks like oblivion npc dialogue
John Laurens anybody?
I wanna get a turtle just to say that
And yet America is supposed to have laws against monopolies, but all of these huge companies always seem to find ways around that.
Those laws are very hard to prove in court (toothless).
@@andreascovano7742 Hey, no need to name call. Pardon if I am not up to date on who owns what from where. But that does explain a few things.
Though... Technically I could be called a mutt... Xp God knows my ancestors were from all over the place.
Genisay
They are called lobbyists!
@@andreascovano7742 Nope, They are subject to US law while operating in the U.S.
Pretty crazy, huh?
democrats and republicans are right wing. just different flavors. if we want a truly left party that is willing to stand up to this perversion of free capitalism, we need bernie and his almost socialism.
As someone who works in eye care, this is 100% true! A little hack is if you find a frame you like, try it on in the store, ask if it’ll work for your prescription (IMPORTANT) then to just buy it online & then bring them in to have them measured to put your lenses in! It’s double to triple the price if you buy it in the store
My local glasses-stores refused to fit lenses into frames they haven't sold themselves. So that's out. Bastards.
@@blixten2928 go to another store? Or another location of them and try again.
@@sirjmo They are chains, and it's chain-store policy. The old privately-owned stores have just about disappeared (I've lost the only two I know in the last 5 years). They say, "We can't take responsibility for breaking your frames", they say. It's just rip-off time once you get the big monopolies in. (Sweden, this.)
Ok here's my two cents! So websites like zennioptical Is your best choice.Yes they do go by frames but sometimes the frames are usually ten dollars or less. And if you want to get transitions and things like that they charge for that. If you just want basic eyeglasses before you leave your eye doctor ask them for Your PD A k a your pupil distance and plug in your prescription and make sure it's correct. Then you can ask for all of the bells and whistles like polarizing lenses, transition lenses oil and waterproof, and the like. I was skeptic so my first pair from zinny optical cost me around five dollars but it was everything that I wanted. Then I started experimenting with rimless glasses. I never went back to regular frames. And there's always a black friday sale. And if you do buy reminisce they will give you the screwdriver nuts and bolts and things like that. Basically the amount I would pay for glasses add a regular store or even my pharmacy without prescription would be $500 up. If you do have insurance I would say get your free pair but also shop online for your everyday pair. I never had a problem with their glasses and they have a very good return policy.
@@13Senko luxottica owns transition lenses and a few of the online retailers like eyebuydirect
Plot twist: CollegeHumor is owned by Luxottica too.
what a twist lol wkwkwkwk
Yep... Keeping you addicted to videos, making you watch hours of TH-cam causing harm to your eyes 😈
Stijn H those monsters!
omg
That’s an epic plot twist
" How are your loved ones? "" My turtles? They're quite well "LMAO ADAMS LONELY
No, he has the turtles
Turtles are cute.
The funniest part about this was the "I'm the Adam now" *adam squeaks*
theraptorindisguise they better not ever ruin video games
and the get out of here ray was good
Nolan Bell it’s called Adam Ruins Everything so it will happen eventually probably have DLC’s in the episode.
Nolan Bell Too Late
Totally agree.
My dad complained about his glasses giving him a headache. He was popping out the lenses to demonstrate how cheaply made they were, when he jokingly said "what if my prescriptions were flipped"
So... He holds up the lenses to the opposite eye and went silent. He was joking, but he was right. Using the lense for the opposite eye didn't give him a headache, and he could see.
These guys not only overcharge for plastic and glass, they're also often lazy and careless.
It’s both hilarious and kind of depressing. When I was a kid by glasses broke down the middle because of a simple fall, like I needed to use tape to keep them together while my new ones were on the way. Christ
this is crazy
I think you are right but from a specific angle: it is also true in many industries, stores and services. We humans easily get lazy and careless for strangers in general i think
America is the greatest country in the world
My last eye exam my prescriptions was upped 0.5 for each eye, and as I was in the car I opened up the prescription print out and it was the old one with no updates. Went back in and got that fixed up reeeal quick.
wow remember when an iphone cost $400
Will W yea now its a status quo for rich ppl
If anything it's the new Rolex.
Wait, there was a time when new iPhones were $400?!
A Hair it literally says in the video
How much are they now?
Imagine the irony if this episode were sponsored by Luxotica....
yeah except it isn't. this was common knowledge for yearssssss
john dougan not to me, I've never really wore shades, and I never use my glasses much (I'm nearsighted)
PLEASE DONT KILL ME LUXOTICA I LOVE YOUR COMPANY AND I WEAR GLASSES PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU!!!
This video might get flagged as NON Advertising friendly by the new TH-cam/Google guidlines for using TH-cam.
I've worn glasses for almost fifty years and I've never heard this. I had no idea.
“Get outta here ray you’re banned”
Ray: I will remember this betrayal
Bet-Ray-al
Da Tellysayhi *just get out*
@@Tellysayhi 🤣🤣🤣
Ha! Ray-Banned. Ray-Bans.
Emily: "I'm the Adam now"
Adam: *panic noise*
Lol
when you finally know something that the smart kid doesn't
I am the smart person *T-poses
@@Modius2000 lol wt
@@Modius2000 I’d take a wild guess and say you aren’t the smart one.
Riley did it better
*pushes up glasses*
Gas isn't the last form, plasma is.
Adam just got Adammed
Emily: "I'm the Adam now."
Adam: (Whimper)
Kaaaaaaarmaaaaaaaaa
@@Geoyytr DAMNIT, you beat me to the punch
@@freetoplayking7362 sorry man but
NOT SORRY
I'm already Tracer.
@@bryede dafuq
2 pairs of online prescription glasses from a Canadian co cost me $80. And they were careful enough to send me a message when they thought one of my measurements was off- I assured them I did indeed have a smaller than average pupillary distance but was impressed that they checked. They are as well made as anything I ever got from an optometrist.
what company was that? I want to check them out
Zenni is half that for me.
To anyone watching this, both Costco and Walmart do not sell this brand if you are in need of glasses.
Wal-Mart is corrupt too, but in situations like this I find myself rooting for them.
Wal-Mart robs jobs of entire communities though soooo their still bad guys.
i bought off zenni optical $20 glasses and got my eye prescription from walmart. zenni opticals $20 glasses lasted longer than any $200-300 pairs i had and were very scratch resistant for a long time and had a bluelight filter too
So to fight off the bad guy of the glasses industry, we need the bad guy of department stores to save us? Ugh, what a choice.... It's like having a choice between Hitler and Stalin only......
I know, I bought a pair from Costco, then later in the year got volleyball spiked in the face with a basketball and they they were fine! All my old ones broke so easily
@@sheldonwoodhouse4222 lol same my $40 one lasted longer than the $120 one
My dad’s an eye doctor and I showed him this.......
He agrees with this video
Niceee
Yikes. Furry
Raigardas Auktumas stop
Ophthalmologist or optometrist?
DrE38 he’s an optometrist
"I'm the Adam now."
Oh how the tables have turned
"Uhh"
welcome The Adam now
+LAIDBACKMANNER haha lol
+LAIDBACKMANNER "I'm The Adam Now, and this is The Adam Now Ruins Everything."
EDIT: title capatilization, period
My local optometrist refuse to use product by Luxotica,and stood by his stance for 20 years,before being crushed and bought by them,great guy,he told me and my parents about all of this when we ask why his prices was lower than most glass stores
Emily: Your show is inaccurate
Adam: Cool
Emily: glasses are products of capitalism
Adam: *anger*
I love Adam, but this was still very satisfying 😂
Lol
well well well how the turn tables
The real Adam said that was on purpose. People have blind spots (no pun intended) so even when they are ok with not knowing something and learning that they were wrong, some stuff is too close to them and get deffensive
@@triccele The episode is "Backfire Effect".
they probably blinded my eyes at birth to get me to buy glasses all my adult life. seems legit.
thats actually possible
That makes a horror film.
Nah I'm just retarded and I stare at lights for too long.
The next episode of AdamRuinsEverything: Secretly Sponsored Hospitals.
GermanGamer7 probably
1:18 The CEO tried to pick up that pair of glasses two times and still failed...
Maxwell Fong
wow
I guess he needs a pair of glasses..
You. I like you.
Or maybe it was a way of representing what was being said at the moment. That the single company owns 80% of the industry. The CEO trying to grab that last pair of glasses could be a metaphor for a struggling economy falling victim to a monopoly. Maybe the guy just has butter fingers. I don't know.
Years ago when I started needing glasses I was told about the chinese suppliers. I use zenni. Glasses start at $10 and shipping is $10 for prescription glasses and a range of frames.
@@keithmarlowe5569 Yep.
Yup. Once you know how inexpensive glasses really are you never go back to a store. They are all scams.
I've worn glasses my entire life and now I'm pissed...
Nicky Xoxo I'm a glasses guy too, I know how you feel
Here's something more to make you pissed. She said it cost 400$ but in my country, it costs it will cost you 40$;
JustGotALife Haha , in mine the average glasses are about 5-30$
Nicky Xoxo if fake people have already debunked this
Elbatane Maroua yeah mine are like 60-100$ lmao
Why don't they just remove the headphone jack to make it cheaper?
New: Wireless sunglasses!
+CollegeHumor BAHAHAHA
what?
They remove the headphone jack and then increase the price! What a country!
Who needs lenses with glasses?
the way she says "i'm the Adam now" fills me with hope. one day i wish to inspire that much fear in others.
Follow your heart.
"They are selling you the illusion of choice."
THis applies to pretty much everything in modern society.
USA politics be like
no it dosent
Yep, 11-12 companies own almost everything in a grocery store.
The luxotica piece on 60 minutes was crazy. The CEO talks like a mob boss Bond villain!
Dudes a staight G. Definition of
Yes he does, because Luxottica is an Italian based industry.
@Exocentric You're forgetting how fascist Italian lobbyists are.
that's how most large companies in the US are. they deal amounts each other on who will own what part of the industry. a monapoly divided and controlled by men at the round table.
@Exocentric they did, luxottica controls literally all the supply, that's why it's a problem.
How to break this glasses cycle, buy frames online and ask to get your lenses put in. That's what I did and it didn't go over $60 (with no insurance).
You can also go to Walmart or Costco. They are outside Luxottica
Thx
Movie Games they are but still quite expensive
Or get Lasik 🤷🏾♀️
Thanks for offering this suggestion. This video felt very empty ending with no solution. (not that its a bad video or anything)
As someone who works at an eye doctor: no, you often don't get to pick your eye insurance company, yes Luxottica or Marchon own all the glasses, and no, not every store itself is owned by Luxottica
Not every store, only the majority of them, but even the stores not owned by them still sell their products
As someone who owns an optical, to be a bit more precise, there are plenty of non-luxottica options but the general population is not aware or interested in them. Our privately owned store used to sell non-luxottica glasses for $80 but our patients took their prescriptions to Lens Crafters or America's Best to buy "real" glasses. So we changed our strategy, sold more "$500" brand name glasses and more people started buying from us (in fact strangely enough we saw the biggest increase in sales from customers with Medicaid insurance and those on fixed income). So as cynical as "glasses are worth what people are willing to pay" might sound, as an owner of an optical I can tell you people rather pay $450 for a pair of Ray-Bans than pay $100 for the EXACT same frame made in the EXACT same facility but without the name on it.
@@CalvinVance Except are they they exact same frame?
I have vision insurance through my employer and it is not Luxottica, but I do have a prefered brand and it apparently is Luxottica. For almost all of my childhood and nearly a decade after that I used independent optometrists, they all sold out to the bigger office management companies. Looks like most of those were Luxottica, not my choice I was kind of forced into it. Since they can't remain loyal to me, and the quality of service dropped across the board when taken over by the big company, why should I be loyal to them. Now I go where my wallet, schedule, and style take me. Basically that means whoever has my preferred brand and can fit me into their schedule.
I've almost exclusively worn Oakley wire frames for the last decade. It may be a luxottica brand now, but I like the fit, finish, and styles over everything else I find. They've also been more durable than other brand labels I've used over the years. I could put a new set of lenses in almost any Oakley frames I have and you wouldn't know they weren't new. Every other brand I've had in the past were barely fit to wear after a year. FWIW I've been a mechanic professionally for the last 18 years, and it's a hobby when I'm not at work. I wear my glasses for everything except showering and sleeping. The Oakleys saw the same abuse as every other pair.
Now for my opening line. Where other label has the exact same frame? I've never seen matching frames with any other label on them.
@@Turk_85 if memory serves I once owned a pair of Ray-Bans that I got on discount pricing for $200. Later learned from a Capri rep they sell the same frame for $20. Made in the same factory. I couldn't believe it until he showed it to me and it looked and felt EXACTLY like my Ray-Bans.
That's not to say there is a no name version for every brand or model (I am unaware of any no-name versions of Oakley, and Oakley definitely are NICE). And That's not to say cheap knock offs don't exist. I've seen my fair share of knockoffs but they look and feel slightly off, and as knock offs they pretend to be Ray-Bans but they aren't (the logo is slightly off). These frames weren't pretending to be anything. There was no logo. It was simply the exact same frame without the name on it.
Name brand also tends to have better customer service (that is to say if my customer breaks a name brand frame I just call up the brand and they send me a new one at no charge). So there are some pros to going name brand. But you absolutely don't have to spend $500 on a good pair of glasses if you don't want to.
And here i thought we had it bad in germany. So many people prefer to buy 150€ ray bans to 20€ frames of equal quality. At least Luxottica is recognized as Luxschrottica (wordplay on trash in german) by most optometrists over here
"Everything is worth when people are ready to pay"
Sounds like apple of glass industry
"they'll still buy it" - tim cook
Ya but that is actually true... It isn't a bad thing it is literally how value is determined. The issue here isn't the price it is the total lack of competition, and that is caused by the insane government regulations on the manufacturing process insuring competition doesn't arise. Capitalism doesn't create monopolies, over regulation does.
Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards.
@@Cyril29a k
@Cy Cyril
Over-regulation nor capitalism creates monopolies. Businesses, wealth, effort, and market forces create monopolies. They don’t spontaneously occur because of regulation; they’re built for the purpose of profit, to maintain control of profit, without regard for balance in the economy.
Price point, particularly for essentials, should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds - in fact once you have a sufficient level of market control and resources they can set market thresholds and exploit it to provide less and less value with a greater profit margin.
Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly, or not allowed to rise because the big company is participating in anti-competitive behaviors to crowd out any other competition by vertical market integration, hostile buyouts, and multi-brand flooding. Over-consolidation of wealth (as resources and market influence) in a competitive market is a far bigger problem than restrictive or expensive regulations, but good regulation is required to prevent or remedy the issue of consolidation in order to maintain a supply-demand cost balance.
Fun fact, Luxottica is an Italian company (though obviously international). USA regulation is hardly the biggest factor regarding its monopoly.
@@hayuseen6683 "should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds" Why?
"Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly" This happened because of regulations not because of "monopoly" . That sentence doesn't even make sense... "The monopoly emerged because of monopoly"??? Ridiculous. Monopolies emerge because of regulations diminishing competition. Why do we have $30 smart phones but glasses are expensive? Because tech is new and the government hasn't had a chance to regulate it to death, they're working on it. Glasses on the other hand...
In case anyone was wondering why Luxottica is such a monopoly look no further than the absolutely insane number of regulations and compliances one must adhere to in order to manufacture and sell sunglasses and frames. If capitalism caused monopolies we would only have one restaurant. No government regulations that hinder competition cause monopolies. Here is just a quick rundown on compliance for glasses.
Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards.
So ya these guys have the process on lock, and probably sit on all sorts of boards where they can easily change what the regulations demand to hinder competition further. You want cheap glasses? get the government out of the way and people will make good cheap glasses. Luxottica, is not a capitalist enterprise it is essentially a socialist one. It has used government regulations to seize the means of production, which is what regulations do...
I came here for a laugh not to have my entire life ruined
Ruining everything IS in the title, ya know :)
Shannon S. Well adam is right
Cries in glasses
👓
Lexotica watching this “ can we buy their TH-cam channel and delete it
Aye. 111th like and 1st comment
This is the most likes on a comment I have ever had never even had like 20 likes and @Matthew Agonoy cool you got first comment
No need. Even if everyone knew there isn't much anyone could do about it. That's kind of the problem with the many of these ruins videos. Just because you know the companies are sleazy doesn't mean you can stop buying their product. I still need glasses. I still need clothes. I still need a mattress.
I posted this comment 1 year ago and
Completely forgot about it seeing all the likes on this video makes me happy 😃
"I'm the Adam now."
*fearful whimper*
Lol
It's like how Disney owns 50% of cinema companys
Galazy Zero Difference is that Disney isn’t driving up the price of tickets
@@TheXcizer Also they don't pretend Lucasfilm, 20th Century, and Marvel are still separate companies.
more
*companies
Actually disney owns 35% of ALL media
People are sooooo short-sighted when it comes to glasses.
nice one dad
i'm not. i'm long sighted
Near-sighted*
I'm long sighted
(sigh)
ahh the illusion of choice, never gets old.
Used to overflow of illusion in the 90's with all the malls and "different" products.
SCEzeric
Yea, it’s the American way!
Sounds like health care except completely monopolized
Yeah, so glad Sanders and Warren aren’t going to monopolize healthcare.
@@benfed4873 Soooo, having worked in the medical field and seeing the results of the current crisis, I can say that the private system is broken, insurance is a scam and what we need is to adopt a system more like much of the world that combines private, public and oversite that is people first and not profits first.
This explains why in Japan, all the optometry services are so dam cheap in comparison
No need to go that far outside of America is enough from what I've seen.
I'm an optician and my customer rarely pay more than 150€ if they don't want crazy expensives glasses or high end product
(but we have free social security hre so it help
3D printing of glasses could kill this eye glass monopoly.
Yes you can.
Republicans will jump to defend their corporate masters and ban 3D rinting of glasses in a breath if it comes to that.
actually technology is improving and that can happen in the near future
***** I damn well do. Maybe Luxottica will reward me for my service.
or kick your stupid little ass
luxoitca: I’m ruining all the glasses hahahahaha!
Specsavers: _stares intensely_
Ah yes... They should'a gone to specsavers.
Idk why but i don’t really like specsavers I like opsm who is owned by LUXOTTICA
You omitted the most important part: when you get a vision exam you're legally entitled to know you're prescription, it's just 6 numbers, write it down and use that to order a pair of glasses online with that prescription for a fair value. The frames are just plastic, and the lens can be manufactured to match a prescription for practically nothing, so it damn well should be cheap. I ordered a pair online for 15$, including shipping
The lens will cost you much more if you have power like 4+D and need progressive bifocal lens. Although, $400 is way too much.
My -7, astigmatism-correcting, progressive, coated Zennis average about $120-$150. The same at Target was $600. Both are accurate to the prescription.
@@elizabethpemberton8445 I don't have an astigmatism myself, so i haven't personally experienced how it's price compares, but it certainly shouldn't cost even 120$. Even a more complex prescription should be able to be manufactured in an automated way and in bulk, I'd guess that at least 100$ of that 120$ is gross profit. And 600$ is just an obscene level of over-charging.
@@shrujanamsyama9940 Nope. not exactly. I have in one of my eyes 6 Dioptrin and also a macular degeneration. Bought glasses online for 15 bucks. The UV coating was 2 or 3 bucks. With shipping to europe it did cost me in the end 37 bucks. Although a caveat was that they looked like the glasses of Harry Potter but I just needed them for my VR googles and there was an adapter for them so who cares what a frame I got. But this shows that it can be cheap.
Hi, optometrist here. It is true that progressive lenses increase the price by a lot. They are a bit more complex than "just bifocals with the line shaved off" so you're going to pay for the expertise to fit and craft one and the R&D that goes into designing them. Even so, there are much more economical options than the ones sold at LensCrafters that are available. Supposedly they are not as good, but anecdotally my patients actually complain about vision in the "cheap" progressives less than they complain when they get the "high end" progressive. So $120 give or take seems about right for a cheaper set of progressive lenses. Personally I'd just get lined bifocals if I wanted to save money but the stigma around them being for old people drives a lot of customers to pay an extra $100 to $200 to get the progressive lens. As I mentioned in another comment, part of why glasses are so expensive is because social pressures make the majority of us feel like we need to buy name brand products. My patients even want their photochromic lenses to be a name brand (there are less expensive alternatives to Transition but my patients don't want it and even accuse us of selling them knock offs because of it so we removed it from our catalog). You could even get a good price at a brick and mortar location if you're willing to settle for a non name brand option. The only reason we mostly stock and sell $500 stuff is because people mostly want the $500 stuff.
Also, having astigmatism does not change the price of the lens, but having a high prescription or a severe degree of astigmatism can.
“New you to you” is a far more succinct way of saying “oh no I’ve actually had it for a while”
This is the only theory i knew in detail beforehand...they actually said this in an interview that they do not want to advertise Luxotica because what the consumer wants is the illusion of choice which they are providing by keeping the companies with their original names.
Personally, I've only ever paid attention to the way the glasses look and how much they cost. I hate monopolies for the price gouging and other unethical stuff.
$400 for a pair of glasses? :O I paid like $30 for mine and I thought that was too much....
May Luxotica forever stay out of India.
Gwise you shit in the streets?
Gwise Wow this escalated quickly
Because Carrot was being rotten, and Gwise put him straight into the trash.
American here, I paid $70, but they were shatterproof and transitions.
I buy mine from Clearly. Clearly gives 1 pair free because Canadians are twice as nice! Go Canada. I got two pairs of Main and Central's for 50$.
Plot twist:
Adam is building a super weapon to destroy Emily, her researching is giving Adam the time to develop new technologies
The video is sponsored by Luxotica.
Also, I make glasses! Only for $10!
Hook me up, bro.
Luxottica. Also I just bought a pair of Hilfigers :-/
you don't want to get luxotica'd m8. Keep a low profile \m/
I read it as Laxative
Luxotica doesn’t change how you feel just changes the way you see everything
Pun intended lol 😂
Ray bans should be be called raysottica
👏👏👏👏👏
i got very upset about this and im not even wearing glasses
Unfortionetly this is where the worlds is heading with most things. Soon there will be just a few corporations controlling everything. They already put Politicians in power like when Dick Cheney was put as Vice President basically to represent Halliburtons intertests. Even passed laws like "Halliburton loophole" during his period. Soon a few corporations will control crops/food, media, communications, retail industry, pharmaceutical products, our credits (as they slowly phase out the use of money bills), probably even clean drinking water. It's already that way just that now most fields are divided between at least a couple of corporations but the bigger ones soon consumes the smaller ones until there is only one left in each field of business. Big Brother is not the government but corporations. Just look at Apple, Microsoft and Google and how their services and platforms monitor all we do while using their operating systems/platforms like iOS, Win10, Android etc. Down to every keystroke we make. Governments are only puppets for the corporations these days.
isn't your pic of a Rockefeller
Buy your glasses online. I got mine at zennioptical.com for $25 no joke
And hell YEA when those times come. Only THEN will people realize the need for small communities that help each other out with producing food and other services. People will realize the need to stop being dependent on other people for their things. We''ll finally all live like mountain men together. Hell yes.
No one forces any of the customers to by those brands or at that store or even to be in the market for glasses. What do you imagine your ancestors would have done before they were even invented?
Monopolies can stop me buying original products. But they can’t stop me from committing armed robbery
So, basically Luxottica is like the Kim Jong Un of the glasses industry.
I was thinking more like the Monsanto of the glasses industry
No, if it was like that they would constantly threaten the contacts companies that they're gonna nuke them.
So* basically,*
Bagel Nigelberry That's more or less what they do financially.
CJCWIS except people take their threats seriously and the company is financially secure
Wal-Mart bro, 30 dollar glasses, 25 dollar exam.
Including the lens.
The Glasses are still made by Luxottica, though.
the first time I heard glasses cost 80 bucks I was stunned and shocked !! then I was introduced to the American prices like WTF !! glasses usually cost 30 $ at most in my country. (commenting from Iraq)
$80 is nothing. My prescription costs me $400 a pair. I'm supposed to get a new pair every year, but I can't afford it, so I use the same ones for years on end.
Harman Hameed 5-20$ in Syria...
"I AM THE ADAM NOW"
Sooo love Emily
"Look at me , I am the Adam now"
No! IM THE ADAM NOW!!!
The whimper when she says that is priceless! XD
Are there any other Adams I should know about!?
*meow*
The good news is you can always petition your local representative to break up the Monopoly.
'I'm the Adam now.'
Me: **Dies**
LolaAphelion 12 scrolled through the comments just to see someone type this....i'm a very simple being...
As someone who's had to wear pretty strong prescription glasses my whole life this is old news. Similar to insulin prices, I think it's extremely obvious to the people who actually have to use these products that it's a disgusting price-gouging monopoly. It makes no logical sense that the prices keep skyrocketing despite the product being virtually unchanged, and we're not dumb, we know, we just literally don't have other options.
I think the situation with insulin is worse because there literally aren't other options (and because the government actively protects the oligopoly with IMO a misapplication of patent law). With glasses, at least there are pairs you can get from Wal-Mart or Zenni for a lot more reasonable price.
The other option is not seeing
@@apothic0n Or, like I said, getting glasses from either Wal-Mart or Zenni or some other place you can get them for $10 or $30 or whatever.
Remind me again how people from the lower classes are supposed to get rich when the competition is a literal monopoly?
by getting rid of taxes. If the state has no tax revenue, they can't enforce trademark or patents. If they can't enforce trademark or patents or tax more things, lower classes can feasibly compete
Patrick herp
.....without patents people don't invent things.
ThePeacemaker848 ah yes, the great peacemaker84, traveling across dimensions he is able to see two universes, one with patents, and one without!
Thats how he is so sure that if we didn't have apple, suing everyone to keep their 600 dollar headphone patent, why nothing would ever get invented at all!
lol
Patrick herp
Patent or no Patent, the rich 1% would find a way to still control things.
ThePeacemaker848 your argument is that there is a chance we would have some form of what we already live under? wow real hard hitting stuff
Only issue with this is they don't mention the most important part of the episode, that there are choices online, that you can find glasses for reasonable prices you just need to look for them.
I love how creative the name of the mall was “the mall”
people pay for glasses? i just pop from online shop to online shop each year, getting the "first pair free" thing.
yup, online is so much cheaper
Still Luxotica...
I may be a total idiot but how does that work? Don't you need lenses specifically made to your prescription? Or are you just taking about the frames?
pixel girl you would go to an eye doctor first, get your prescription, and then use that info to order your glasses online with...
N. W. Dood That makes an awful lot of sense. I should look into that, all the frames at my local glasses shop were fairly pricey (though being in the UK, none were anywhere near $400) and I didn't really like the look of any of them. Of course, if I order online, I won't be able to try the glasses out and see how they look on me... I assume they'll have a returns policy though. Thank you for clearing that up!
I don’t know who owns Zenni optical but that’s where I buy my glasses from and the frames are sometimes as low as 6 bucks. And they are very well built and have lasted me for a long time.
Zenni have their own frames production.
"and how are your loved ones?"
him: my turtles are quit well
ah yes a true man of culture
This is why Costco Optical is my friend.
are their frames are from luxottica
Costco Optical may not be owned by Luxottica, but all their glasses are made by them.
True but everything Costco sells has been bought from the manufacturer for a lower price and will be sold to their "members" for the a lower amount than anywhere else on the market. I worked for Costco and have been a member for a decade. It really is a special kind of company. They strive for price undercutting. The only things that are "retail" price are the apple products.
Wrong about Costco and other discount warehouses. There is still a 40 to 70% markup on the glasses that you can get from them on top of the mark up from Luxotica.
TrashLord Lord of the Trash Mine is Walmart. XD
So... what you are saying is that I should wear a monocle?
they're cooler
just rip your old pair of glasses in 2 and now you can wear it twice as long
Life Hacks with Jarno
maybe they're half the price
Just purchase lenses and mold your own frames.
I never thought more expensive glasses were better quality. I just buy the ones that I think look nice lol
there are eyes behind my glasses most of the time, sometimes its skin.
Julia T-P same
Geoffrey Tang my glasses were 800 dollars and the lenses get scratch easily
Maybe, maybe it's different each country? Here in Indonesia it only cost around $20 at most $100, for the medium ones our healthcare completely doesnt charge us for it,
syafran muflih yeah in England the most your paying is £100 for glasses
“$400, that’s as much as my phone”
Everyone in 2022: Hahaha… ha… ha… **starts to cry**
This video is making me uncomfortable bc Adam isn't the one correcting
Leo Hunter I'm the Adam
Look At Me. Look At Me. I’m The Adam Now.
Even Adam can be ignorant of things in the world, good that he has a friend to help him realise that.
I think that was some good old fashioned... womansplaining?
Welcome to the patriarchy, baby
Luckily, Luxotica and the big ' chain ' stores are quickly losing their monopoly on the sale of prescription glasses thanks to the internet
Why do you think the corporate lobbyists are pushing the destruction of net neutrality?
Well, Luxottica launched a few websites in the last couple of years that sells glasses, already with your prescription. So no, not really, many of the sites out there, are theirs.
However luxotica owns those as well
What’s a good online glasses website
@@omgsomeonesomewhereonearth7432
Can't just correct someone without making sure they feel like shit for being (possibly) wrong. 😐
I like how most of these problems in this series can be traced back to unrestricted American capitalism
except this is an Italian company...
Not adequately regulated capitalism*
*****
A clusterfuck of food standards.
AdamWho You don't see that price range in Italy, not even close.
*****
I was being sarcastic...
"Even the most basic pair of glasses can cost around $400. That's as much as my phone."
Oh 2016, how we underestimated you.
Zenni Optical. Glasses are 20 bucks there.
Been shopping there since my coverage under my parent's insurance ran out.
Wish I would've seen this 2 weeks ago. My parents ended up paying like 300 bucks for my glasses.
Free Healthcare. Your glasses are free
Eugene Lee
Where are you where free healthcare = free glasses. I'm in Canada and we still have to pay for glasses.
+Acid Roof Productions Where I live for under 16s glasses are free.
Oh my goodness,
it’s glasses Disney.
It’s so bad.
Disney doesn't pretend though. They just outright tell you it is all from the same company.
This makes me so uncomfortable. Adam just got Adamed
I thought that I would never see this day
This is the second time he got Adamed
+Declan Hearne lol
The first time, Emily just took over, instead of taking charge from the beginning. Slightly different context.
Not the first time.
when was the first time Adam got Adamed?
Emily: "I'm the Adam now."
Adam: *whimpers*
$400 for a pair of glasses? 😱
Thank God I'm from india... My glasses are hardly over $10
Ikr mine costs 2 for $70
I got mine for £40
That profile pic always gets me lol
Bought my frame for 300$, but I have not change my glasses for about 4 years now... Only change the lenses for about 50$ every year or so
High end glasses in UK will set you back £100-£200 - a lot less than in the USA. We do have some competition though.
Here's a question then: why hasn't this company been broken up under the Sherman Act?
my guess is because Luxottica is an Italian company, it's much harder to apply any antitrust legislation to it. -- also I'm no lawyer or businessman but it seems fairly recent as far as monopolies go.
Because they are not inhibiting other companies from entering the market. You can be the only company in an area if no one else wants to be there. Example:
Little Suzy has a lemonade stand, the only one for a mile. She charges $5 dollar for a tiny glass of lemonade.
People might think she is a monopoly because you can only buy from her. But you can and do set up a stand across the street and charge $2 dollars. Now if she beats you up and forces you to leave she is acting as a monopoly but as long as other people can come and open a stand near her she not a monopoly even if she is the only one who does.
+mcnet G O O G L E
money
mcnet The antitrust law that broke up the oil, phone, and steel companies, along with nearly breaking up Microsoft at one point.
So I am forced to pay quadruple what I should be paying for something I need?
yep. that's capitalism for you. food, water, housing, medicine... all treated as commodities that can be put up at any price, no matter how unfair. all in the name of profit.
@@rileyc4993 Yaaaaaay😊
Still better than any other form of government.
+Tycho, capitalism is not a form of government.
@@tychowozniaki9269 Not really it works better than alot of them but a few could be better plus it's not s government.
L Stum no. you can get the 5-finger discount
Wow, real cool Dropout, you gave me the old Adam - Emily bait n' switch.
Nobody gave Emily the right to ruin things I’m scared
"A standard frame of glasses costs $400, that's as much as my phone"
Ah, the good ol' days when that was true.
She didn't mention they keep raising your prescription even if you don't need it to make you think you need new glasses, and how they now sell cheaper frames but the glasses have all sort of addons, gizmos and technologies which all raise the price. People still pay hundreds of dollars for all these unnecessary addons they lure you into buying. Or how they make kids wear glasses when they read even if they do not need it to worsen their eye vision and put them on a lifelong consumption of eyewear, contacts, liquid, checkups and so forth. The rabbit hole is deep with these conmen
Sensible people don't pay more than $400-500 for a phone. It's stupid to spend more without a good reason.
It still is true, I bought my phone for 250$ two and a half years ago and it hasn't lagged once nor has it broken or slowed down. I don't plan to buy a new one for atleast one more year.
It's still true
I own both Samsung20fe and iPhone 8 and they both were $400ish dollars each
@@encycl07pedia- tell that to apple
"I'm the Adam now"
Is that a Captain Phillips reference?
'Look at me, look at me.'
"...around $400. That's as much as my phone."
Oh sweet child
so so that's the reason why the optical eyeland guy didn't wanted me to have lasik
HOLLYWOOD STAR dead
Lasik isn't possible in all the cases, it's got something to do with some part of the eye which may differ person to person.
Blurryfaced Crybaby unless that's what luxotica wants you to believe!?!!
thanks for the info. I have to write a research paper on monopolies today and this really helped
ironic considering this is where I go to procrastinate writing it
Spencer Kim what grade did you get on it
*failed*
I'm interested to know too.
Just watched the interview referenced in this.
Wow, just wow has that guy got an ego on him.
He secretly cornered a market that both creates supply and demand. Plus, the company has reached the point that consumers can't affect the market short of forgoing a medical necessity and totally changing their way of life.
The only thing that can stop him is the government...so.
and since the american way is the "Capitalism HO!" way, that's not going to happen.
No, it's not going to happen because while the American way is capitalism ho, the American government doesn't follow that, and they can bribe and lobby their way to whatever they want
Capitalism Ho? No no. This is called cronyism. Its just that the State has refused to bust a trust since At&t way back like.... Thirty? Years ago?
‘Thats as much as my phone’
Me: laughing in 2021
Adam is the ruin-ee
Top 10 anime betrayals
Satesh Singh we are one piece
Adam: I hate this, glasses are really important to me, they’re like 40% of my personality.
Emily: Oh suck it up.
2:21
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I laughed so hard when he said "Get out of here Ray, you're banned" and then a guy (Ray) actually left!
So what are the brands we can support that don't have the monopoly? How do we help this?
zenni optical dot com
warby parker
They didn't include the clip here, but in the next clip they say you should shop online for glasses.
Warby parker , Costco optical
ic! berlin
Me: **Nervously checks to see who owns Specsavers**
Oh wow people are still here-
@@deepseablues4851 yep
she knows damn well that that iPhone is worth more than just $400
Leena Abidi - Possibly a refurb, On superrr special promo deal? Haha
She was probably referring to mid-to-upper tier smartphones in general.
Using Apple products as anything else than an example of fugly cynicism and the triumph of marketing satans over that mostly forgotten thing called common sense should be a punishable offense
The worth is something else than the price. Especially with iPhones.
That video was released 2 days before the iPhone 7 release, so the most expensive iPhone she could have had is the iPhone 6S Plus (128 GB). Yes, it is sold for 650$ but it costs around a 1/3 to manufacture.
well there are different iphones than just the new ones the new ones are expensive but an iphone 4 is just 200 dollars think about things wisely do backround research before you blow up in the comments
$50, two pairs, top notch lenses and frames, all the customization you can pack into them, online, free shipping, Zenni Optical. Over two years old and still going strong. After seeing my doctor he sent me over to the glasses guy in his office to get my prescription printed. As a formality for my insurance he had to go through his sales pitch and show me the frames my insurance covered. I glanced at them and replied "No thanks". He was completely confused and tried to reassure me that my insurance wouldn't pay for anything else. I was like "yeah, I know". He said "well when you change your mind... blah blah blah". Thanks to Zenni, I never did, not even when I decided to get prescription sunglasses too!
finally adam gets rekt once...
This is the second time there was an Emily Ruins Everything.
haha nice... let me rephrase that..
"finally adam gets rekt once again"
I bet the info came from the same guy (don't know if Adam is just the actor, or also the researcher). The Hymen (the first Emily ruins Adam) seemed more likely to come from someone else.
this might be the second time, but the first one was about vaginas. this is the first time it's about something that's actually a part of adam's life
Also, as for the Hymen spot, they went with Emily as the expert just cuz she was a woman. Which was total BS because most women don't know much about the hymen, so it slightly annoyed me.
Well i can't just stop wearing glasses
Yeah, I’d go blind.
Shop online. There’s several sites that offer glasses for their actual costs. I have yet to dislike what I’ve purchased so far.
flor x exactly
Do contacts not exist anymore?
Online is the way to go and the best goasses come fraction of a price
Emily is awesome. More Emily please.
MORE EMILY! I Love Emily! Need to see Emily every day !
Emily ruins everything
No
WHAT!!!!! I thought he was a real know it all.
That's the whole point of the series fuckwit
Imagine corruptly charging for something people with eye problems need.
How to ruin something for everyone. Use the fact it's a necessity for people to exploit it and acquire monopolization.
That's humanity for you!
We're humans. We invented greed and we're damn good at it.
Glasses are not a necessity.
Actually, you can get glasses online for very cheap. Just don't buy from your eye doctor. Get your prescription, walk out, and buy online.
well considering that for many people it's wear glasses or be blind, that's questionable.
Ok, but Adam usually gives positive alternatives. This just ended with an "oh well, you're fucked." No cheaper, monopoly-free alternatives in this case?
Monocles. I saw a gold plated one for below 60$
By reading the comments, No. Costco and Walmart (Lux-whatever is Italian) who have their own eye industry operates the same way.
Seriously, wtf is up with the fasion industry. You pay lots of money just to make it look like you have no money, yet the classiest accessory in fucking existence costs less than the most widely used one that is less useful.
Alex Gluch What are you talking about what does it have to do with my question? Monocles aren't practical. And who said I want to look like I have no money?
Seriously, what are you going on about?
He said that online options are breaking their monopoly. Maybe he's referring to Warby Parker and likes?
Zennioptical is super cheap just ask your doc for the written perscription and order them. Like friggin 5 bucks for a decent pair. Not designer or anything, but if you don't care about that, or just want back ups for your kids, it's a friggin life saver.
Jabberwockie too bad for people like me with terrible eyesight that $5 pair of frames still costs $70 cuz of the lenses
Kim Schuler it really depends on your exact prescription . my lenses are free from zenni and they're still usually a LOT cheaper with different prescriptions. it's worth a look at least. 😊
My prescription lenses cost over $350. I reused my old frame so I didn't pay a penny for that. Soooooooo. Not helpful.
another option for glasses that are NOT owned by Luxottica is getting a prescription from your optometrist, then going online, like getting a pair of zennis or eyebuydirect is good too. Much much cheaper than buying frames in-store
Oh my god yes. I love Zenni. I get all of my glasses from there and its actually amazing.