Cheap or Expensive Sunglasses?

[Mr. Goodbar]

where are you guys getting all these deals on sunglasses? After being on the water again all weekend I'm back in the market for a nice pair of polarizes lenses

I just wanna look cool and be fancy lol

 

[jaques]

My buddy owns his own store and sells them to me at his cost, which is 48% off MSRP.

 

[George P. Burdell]

I just wanna look cool and be fancy lol

well thats always nice too

 

[George P. Burdell]

My buddy owns his own store and sells them to me at his cost, which is 48% off MSRP.

sounds like theres a little bit of a markup on this kinda thing huh? Thats why its hard for me to spend $100+ on a little piece of plastic.

 

[BackWoods]

sounds like theres a little bit of a markup on this kinda thing huh? Thats why its hard for me to spend $100+ on a little piece of plastic.

Yup, some have nice materials ie. Carbon fiber and titanium but, a lot of the $ goes into the lenses.

 

[George P. Burdell]

Yeah they want $80 to replace these lenses.

 

[Kobayashi]

I've owned nicer and cheap. These days I buy the cheapest polarized I can find.

FYI - don't wear expensive shades at a Disney water park or pool. Whatever water treatment chems they use will eat the coating off the lenses.

 

[Abishai]

Sorry out of my league , dollar general $6 glasses and hope I dont loose or break them

 

[Nicaburns]

Dragon Optics Cinch ANSI, or Smith Lockwoods for range time and Electrics for casual wear... Spent a good bit on LASIK and the doc asked me to promise never to put crappy glasses over his work

 

[Dinky Dau]

The last pair of Ray Bans I had fell in the lake, when I tried to retrieve the guns They sank with the house boat..Now I just have cheap ones.

 

[Sheps]

As long as they're polarised they're good enough I reckon. Though if you can easily afford the cost of replacing $100 shades regularly go for it.

Although I will say the more expensive they are the more likely they seem to be to wander off or get broken. Funny that.

 

[parsonsjunior]

Costa! 500 glass lenses. I'm on my third or forth pair.

 

[George P. Burdell]

Costa! 500 glass lenses. I'm on my third or forth pair.

Glass lenses look so much nicer to me than poly lenses. Its hard to go back even though I cracked my last pair

 

[jwtug]

My Costas were not baseball resistant. Yes that's blood. Cracked the frame and shattered the lens.

 

[George P. Burdell]

My Costas were not baseball resistant. Yes that's blood. Cracked the frame and shattered the lens.

Ouch! You still have your eyes?

 

[jwtug]

Ouch!

It wasn't bad. 12 stitches. What sucks was the hospital bill. Just got it this week. $1100 after insurance

 

[George P. Burdell]

It wasn't bad. 12 stitches. What sucks was the hospital bill. Just got it this week. $1100 after insurance

Wow. Maybe I'll recosider the glass.

 

[George P. Burdell]

I'm curios. What does it cost to have them fixed (if you're going to)?

 

[jwtug]

I'm curios. What does it cost to have them fixed (if you're going to)?

Since it wasn't a warranty fix it was going to be $138 for new frames and lenses. I just bought a pair of Costa Straights from a guy on Craigslist for $80

 

[jwtug]

Wow. Maybe I'll recosider the glass.

The frames are what split my face.