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- From: Mark W. Dubin
- Subject: Re: Eye Glass Frames
- Message-ID: <dubin.727983177@spot.Colorado.EDU>
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- References: <1993Jan23.224823.2262@radford.vak12ed.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:32:57 GMT
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- mmatusev@radford.vak12ed.edu (Melissa N. Matusevich) writes:
-
- >Does anyone know why eye glass frames are so expensive? They
- >are mostly plastic and surely, there's not as much technology
- >involved as in a calculator which costs $5.00.
-
- >Most eye glass frames now cost well over $100!!! WHY?????
-
- You might as well be asking about the pricing of men's neckties,
- or of women's shoes. We are talking fashion here, not simple
- price of manufacture. And, the price of fashion is whatever you
- can get people to pay for it.
-
- --the ol' professor
-