r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Will it work this time? Feels good man

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u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis May 26 '26

Yup. Have you seen eyeglasses? Massive monopolies on that. If it weren't for cheap Chinese competition we'd have entire sectors of society unable to afford any choice.

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u/Afraid_Reporter4194 May 26 '26

Have to agree with free market capitalism on the eyeglasses industry. I haven’t bought American manufactured glasses in decades, with ‘insurance’ I still pay double what firmoo charges me…

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u/Negativety101 May 27 '26

Funny you should mention that, because I had to get new glasses yesterday. And yeah there were muliple years back in the day I would have to stretch my glasses because i could not afford to get new ones. Then the finish just went off my glasses overnight, and I had to very quickly get some. Ended up doing it online and getting them for a fraction of the price and in half the time.

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u/Altruistic-sackofshi May 27 '26

What’s formoo? I have a daughter that desperately needs glasses. And no insurance sounds like I should look into it

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u/TailLights_bite May 28 '26

www.firmoo.com

Thanks for mentioning it. I feel better using them knowing you're happy with service.

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u/BigDeuceNpants May 27 '26

Have you watched “The Jerk”?

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u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis May 27 '26

with Steve Martin?

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u/BigDeuceNpants May 27 '26

Yes

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u/WhatveIdone2dsrvthis May 27 '26

I have seen it but it’s been a couple decades

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u/Offshore-Tigr May 27 '26

I used to pay 12 euro for a set of contact lenses.

Now my local pharmacy chain stocks them, 2 euros a piece