Anyone who would spend $225.00 on a pair of freaking sunglasses has no business complaining about how expensive B.B. King tickets are.
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RAY BANS...yays and nays.....
- Thread starter Jim Campbell
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at least i can see what i'm buying before i plop down my visa.....i'm really surprised...for a guy who appears to be on the ball and have it all in one bag you sure have developed a blind spot here
Must be a regional French thing with you. Here in sunny SoCal we were them a lot. Plus we have a lot of ocean sports here. Surfing, sailing, bright sandy beaches and so on. If you are not wearing sunglasses your eyes will hurt at the end of the day. I love my Ray Bans and wear them almost daily. TIP: If you can not handle sunglasses, then don't visit SoCal cause you feel very uncomfortable here with all the pretentious jerks surrounding you.
Luxotica pretty much makes all glass/sunglass frames/lenses. They also own the majority of vision centers (Lenscrafters, Peral Vision, etc) where they exclusively sell all of the frames and lenses they supply to themselves. Ralph Lauren sunglasses? Gucci? Prada? etc? Yeah, all made by Luxotica. They even have in-house designers that aid/come-up with the to-be designs based upon "input" from the design houses. There was a very interesting 20/20 (if I recall) expose on Luxotica and their monopoly. I think Oakley tried bucking the Luxotica system and quickly found themselves pulled from the shelves of all the aforementioned vision centers. Their stock tanked, they became worthless, and then Luxotica swooped in and bought Oakley for a rather cheap price.
That being said, I wear Persol sunglasses and my Rx glasses are Persol frames (they fit me comfortably) --- which too are manufactured by Luxotica.
Because berets, baguettes, and red wine don't...
Proper sunglasses protect your eyes. I'll look like a jerk in order to maintain healthy peepers.
snow blind???? what part of cali you in ???? musta took a wrong toin at albaquoiky"I have snow blindness but at least I don't look like a pretentious jerk!"
5 dollar aviators from walmart or if i'm feeling really adventurous, 7 dollar aviators from target.
I have sensitive eyes and basically have to wear sunglasses outside in the daytime even if it's not sunny to be comfortable. However, I'm ok with owning the pretentious jerk designation. 
I wore Oakleys for years and still have a pair of Minutes that I wear occasionally but I picked up a pair of Maui Jim polarized Stingrays a few years ago that I really like. I dropped them on my garage floor last summer and mangled a lens. I sent them in for lens replacement expecting to pay $80 for the new ones as stated on their site and got them back less than a week later, no charge and with a nice little note from the repair dept. manager telling me to enjoy the rest of my summer. Good CS like that goes a long way in my book.
I wore Oakleys for years and still have a pair of Minutes that I wear occasionally but I picked up a pair of Maui Jim polarized Stingrays a few years ago that I really like. I dropped them on my garage floor last summer and mangled a lens. I sent them in for lens replacement expecting to pay $80 for the new ones as stated on their site and got them back less than a week later, no charge and with a nice little note from the repair dept. manager telling me to enjoy the rest of my summer. Good CS like that goes a long way in my book.
I still have a pair of Ray Bans from 1989. They are basically a pair of Large Aviator IIs with a proper length set of "hook around your ear" earpieces on them. They were assembled from parts by a mail-order house (Google it young ones) back in the day.
I don't care what people think of them. The huge lenses are very high quality and they work. They are my main driving sunglasses.
There is no musician on earth I'd pay more than 20 dollars to see, there are no sunglasses on earth I'd pay more than 20 dollars for.
my tascos had the around the ear,and for motorcycles they were t--s.....i wonder if that mail order place is still there,or if you're now dealing with chuck or ed from mumbai....
I owned a pair of real Ray Bans in about 1989/90. They cost me $25. I wore them for two weeks and then thought they were bad for my eyes. I'd rather see things as God intended.
It is ridiculous to pay over $200 for shades.
And yes, if you haven't see the 60 minutes piece on Luxottica, you should. They control the market and are charging you 10x what you should pay for shades, because they can, and we're suckers.
Someone told me the French government pays for every citizen to have 'good' sunglasses as part of their healthcare plan. Is this true?
Your eyes could be sensitive because of the sunglasses.
Stewie, i was born and raised here, blocks away from the beach, and I never wear sunglasses. Like I said, I wore them for a couple of weeks in high school and then ditched them. I don't feel uncomfortable here. To each his own.
It is ridiculous to pay over $200 for shades.
And yes, if you haven't see the 60 minutes piece on Luxottica, you should. They control the market and are charging you 10x what you should pay for shades, because they can, and we're suckers.
Someone told me the French government pays for every citizen to have 'good' sunglasses as part of their healthcare plan. Is this true?
Your eyes could be sensitive because of the sunglasses.
Must be a regional French thing with you. Here in sunny SoCal we were them a lot. Plus we have a lot of ocean sports here. Surfing, sailing, bright sandy beaches and so on. If you are not wearing sunglasses your eyes will hurt at the end of the day. I love my Ray Bans and wear them almost daily. TIP: If you can not handle sunglasses, then don't visit SoCal cause you feel very uncomfortable here with all the pretentious jerks surrounding you.
Stewie, i was born and raised here, blocks away from the beach, and I never wear sunglasses. Like I said, I wore them for a couple of weeks in high school and then ditched them. I don't feel uncomfortable here. To each his own.
Much to my surprise, they are still around!
www.hidalgos.com
Maybe they can put something together for you.
I don't deny their usefulness.
They still make anyone who wears them look like a pretentious jerk.
But I am willing to bet that you don't think other people around you who do wear sunglasses are pretentious jerks. Just sayin.Stewie, i was born and raised here, blocks away from the beach, and I never wear sunglasses. Like I said, I wore them for a couple of weeks in high school and then ditched them. I don't feel uncomfortable here. To each his own.
He said, "look like" pretentious jerks, not "are" pretentious jerks.
And I have always thought they look a bit silly.
OK. To each their own.He said, "look like" pretentious jerks, not "are" pretentious jerks.
And I have always thought they look a bit silly.
