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How badly are we being ripped off on eyewear? Former industry execs tell all

Charles Dahan was a leading supplier of frames to LensCrafters, before the company was purchased by Luxottica. Glasses that cost him $20 to make would be sold for five times that amount.

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The spectacular power of Big Lens | The Guardian

The long read: How one giant company will dominate the way the whole world sees

How in the world did our government allow this merger to go through? There is already almost no competition in the vision field. Do people wonder at all why the prices are out of control?