**takes off glasses** Can't pay the prices if I can't see the prices

@il-dottore

5 жыл бұрын

Modern problems require modern solutions

@thecinere4323

4 жыл бұрын

419 likes... Imma add one more like to make it 420

@skywolf6804

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@e_date

4 жыл бұрын

@@thecinere4323 is that pro gamer move?

@thecinere4323

4 жыл бұрын

@@e_date it is

"How are your loved ones?" "My turtles? They're quite well" Why is this so relatable?

@ethansells7228

7 жыл бұрын

i know right

@jarydonley3462

7 жыл бұрын

kthxbye because that's what he's good at and why he makes money making these videos he relates to the general minded populace to spit out semi truthfully slabs

@alexey9454

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but it looks like oblivion npc dialogue

@charisalexander9480

7 жыл бұрын

John Laurens anybody?

@ratwoman248

6 жыл бұрын

I wanna get a turtle just to say that

As someone who works in eye care, this is 100% true! A little hack is if you find a frame you like, try it on in the store, ask if it’ll work for your prescription (IMPORTANT) then to just buy it online & then bring them in to have them measured to put your lenses in! It’s double to triple the price if you buy it in the store

@blixten2928

Жыл бұрын

My local glasses-stores refused to fit lenses into frames they haven't sold themselves. So that's out. Bastards.

@sirjmo

Жыл бұрын

@@blixten2928 go to another store? Or another location of them and try again.

@blixten2928

Жыл бұрын

@@sirjmo They are chains, and it's chain-store policy. The old privately-owned stores have just about disappeared (I've lost the only two I know in the last 5 years). They say, "We can't take responsibility for breaking your frames", they say. It's just rip-off time once you get the big monopolies in. (Sweden, this.)

@13Senko

Жыл бұрын

Ok here's my two cents! So websites like zennioptical Is your best choice.Yes they do go by frames but sometimes the frames are usually ten dollars or less. And if you want to get transitions and things like that they charge for that. If you just want basic eyeglasses before you leave your eye doctor ask them for Your PD A k a your pupil distance and plug in your prescription and make sure it's correct. Then you can ask for all of the bells and whistles like polarizing lenses, transition lenses oil and waterproof, and the like. I was skeptic so my first pair from zinny optical cost me around five dollars but it was everything that I wanted. Then I started experimenting with rimless glasses. I never went back to regular frames. And there's always a black friday sale. And if you do buy reminisce they will give you the screwdriver nuts and bolts and things like that. Basically the amount I would pay for glasses add a regular store or even my pharmacy without prescription would be $500 up. If you do have insurance I would say get your free pair but also shop online for your everyday pair. I never had a problem with their glasses and they have a very good return policy.

@dpatel313

Жыл бұрын

@@13Senko luxottica owns transition lenses and a few of the online retailers like eyebuydirect

My dad complained about his glasses giving him a headache. He was popping out the lenses to demonstrate how cheaply made they were, when he jokingly said "what if my prescriptions were flipped" So... He holds up the lenses to the opposite eye and went silent. He was joking, but he was right. Using the lense for the opposite eye didn't give him a headache, and he could see. These guys not only overcharge for plastic and glass, they're also often lazy and careless.

@xavierchristiantorres7847

2 жыл бұрын

It’s both hilarious and kind of depressing. When I was a kid by glasses broke down the middle because of a simple fall, like I needed to use tape to keep them together while my new ones were on the way. Christ

@iwbmo

2 жыл бұрын

this is crazy

@GBS4893

2 жыл бұрын

I think you are right but from a specific angle: it is also true in many industries, stores and services. We humans easily get lazy and careless for strangers in general i think

@phenitagomes1292

2 жыл бұрын

America is the greatest country in the world

@maceykupfer6027

2 жыл бұрын

My last eye exam my prescriptions was upped 0.5 for each eye, and as I was in the car I opened up the prescription print out and it was the old one with no updates. Went back in and got that fixed up reeeal quick.

Plot twist: CollegeHumor is owned by Luxottica too.

@danielwijoyo

4 жыл бұрын

what a twist lol wkwkwkwk

@stijnhs

4 жыл бұрын

Yep... Keeping you addicted to videos, making you watch hours of KZread causing harm to your eyes 😈

@MagWire8

4 жыл бұрын

Stijn H those monsters!

@pundex2984

4 жыл бұрын

omg

@pundex2984

4 жыл бұрын

That’s an epic plot twist

Why don't they just remove the headphone jack to make it cheaper?

@dropout

7 жыл бұрын

New: Wireless sunglasses!

@elyayelnats4545

7 жыл бұрын

+CollegeHumor BAHAHAHA

@wane2405

7 жыл бұрын

what?

@Billis75

7 жыл бұрын

They remove the headphone jack and then increase the price! What a country!

@morgancook4288

7 жыл бұрын

Who needs lenses with glasses?

Emily: "I'm the Adam now" Adam: *panic noise*

@MasterIsabelle

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

"They are selling you the illusion of choice." THis applies to pretty much everything in modern society.

@UnironicMonarchist

Жыл бұрын

USA politics be like

@williamwoolf8072

10 ай бұрын

no it dosent

"I'm the Adam now."

@-emmamazing-4772

7 жыл бұрын

Oh how the tables have turned

@davidbrick1260

7 жыл бұрын

"Uhh"

@LAIDBACKMANNER

7 жыл бұрын

welcome The Adam now

@bookwermofthefandoms

7 жыл бұрын

+LAIDBACKMANNER haha lol

@Lytning31

7 жыл бұрын

+LAIDBACKMANNER "I'm The Adam Now, and this is The Adam Now Ruins Everything." EDIT: title capatilization, period

Emily: "I'm the Adam now." Adam: (Whimper)

@Geoyytr

5 жыл бұрын

Kaaaaaaarmaaaaaaaaa

@freetoplayking7362

5 жыл бұрын

@@Geoyytr DAMNIT, you beat me to the punch

@Geoyytr

5 жыл бұрын

@@freetoplayking7362 sorry man but NOT SORRY

@bryede

5 жыл бұрын

I'm already Tracer.

@Geoyytr

5 жыл бұрын

@@bryede dafuq

2 pairs of online prescription glasses from a Canadian co cost me $80. And they were careful enough to send me a message when they thought one of my measurements was off- I assured them I did indeed have a smaller than average pupillary distance but was impressed that they checked. They are as well made as anything I ever got from an optometrist.

@HemiCuda63

Жыл бұрын

what company was that? I want to check them out

@NoThankUBeQuiet

Жыл бұрын

Zenni is half that for me.

As someone who works at an eye doctor: no, you often don't get to pick your eye insurance company, yes Luxottica or Marchon own all the glasses, and no, not every store itself is owned by Luxottica

@chrismanuel9768

Жыл бұрын

Not every store, only the majority of them, but even the stores not owned by them still sell their products

@CalvinVance

Жыл бұрын

As someone who owns an optical, to be a bit more precise, there are plenty of non-luxottica options but the general population is not aware or interested in them. Our privately owned store used to sell non-luxottica glasses for $80 but our patients took their prescriptions to Lens Crafters or America's Best to buy "real" glasses. So we changed our strategy, sold more "$500" brand name glasses and more people started buying from us (in fact strangely enough we saw the biggest increase in sales from customers with Medicaid insurance and those on fixed income). So as cynical as "glasses are worth what people are willing to pay" might sound, as an owner of an optical I can tell you people rather pay $450 for a pair of Ray-Bans than pay $100 for the EXACT same frame made in the EXACT same facility but without the name on it.

@turk71385

Жыл бұрын

@@CalvinVance Except are they they exact same frame? I have vision insurance through my employer and it is not Luxottica, but I do have a prefered brand and it apparently is Luxottica. For almost all of my childhood and nearly a decade after that I used independent optometrists, they all sold out to the bigger office management companies. Looks like most of those were Luxottica, not my choice I was kind of forced into it. Since they can't remain loyal to me, and the quality of service dropped across the board when taken over by the big company, why should I be loyal to them. Now I go where my wallet, schedule, and style take me. Basically that means whoever has my preferred brand and can fit me into their schedule. I've almost exclusively worn Oakley wire frames for the last decade. It may be a luxottica brand now, but I like the fit, finish, and styles over everything else I find. They've also been more durable than other brand labels I've used over the years. I could put a new set of lenses in almost any Oakley frames I have and you wouldn't know they weren't new. Every other brand I've had in the past were barely fit to wear after a year. FWIW I've been a mechanic professionally for the last 18 years, and it's a hobby when I'm not at work. I wear my glasses for everything except showering and sleeping. The Oakleys saw the same abuse as every other pair. Now for my opening line. Where other label has the exact same frame? I've never seen matching frames with any other label on them.

@CalvinVance

Жыл бұрын

@@turk71385 if memory serves I once owned a pair of Ray-Bans that I got on discount pricing for $200. Later learned from a Capri rep they sell the same frame for $20. Made in the same factory. I couldn't believe it until he showed it to me and it looked and felt EXACTLY like my Ray-Bans. That's not to say there is a no name version for every brand or model (I am unaware of any no-name versions of Oakley, and Oakley definitely are NICE). And That's not to say cheap knock offs don't exist. I've seen my fair share of knockoffs but they look and feel slightly off, and as knock offs they pretend to be Ray-Bans but they aren't (the logo is slightly off). These frames weren't pretending to be anything. There was no logo. It was simply the exact same frame without the name on it. Name brand also tends to have better customer service (that is to say if my customer breaks a name brand frame I just call up the brand and they send me a new one at no charge). So there are some pros to going name brand. But you absolutely don't have to spend $500 on a good pair of glasses if you don't want to.

@freecee4378

Жыл бұрын

And here i thought we had it bad in germany. So many people prefer to buy 150€ ray bans to 20€ frames of equal quality. At least Luxottica is recognized as Luxschrottica (wordplay on trash in german) by most optometrists over here

wow remember when an iphone cost $400

@somedankboi6093

5 жыл бұрын

Will W yea now its a status quo for rich ppl

@austenlaxton1115

5 жыл бұрын

If anything it's the new Rolex.

@ahair326

5 жыл бұрын

Wait, there was a time when new iPhones were $400?!

@willw5242

5 жыл бұрын

A Hair it literally says in the video

@benfrank8649

5 жыл бұрын

How much are they now?

Adam just got Adammed

This explains why in Japan, all the optometry services are so dam cheap in comparison

@SheinelI

Жыл бұрын

No need to go that far outside of America is enough from what I've seen. I'm an optician and my customer rarely pay more than 150€ if they don't want crazy expensives glasses or high end product (but we have free social security hre so it help

My local optometrist refuse to use product by Luxotica,and stood by his stance for 20 years,before being crushed and bought by them,great guy,he told me and my parents about all of this when we ask why his prices was lower than most glass stores

The funniest part about this was the "I'm the Adam now" *adam squeaks*

@nolanbell1681

6 жыл бұрын

theraptorindisguise they better not ever ruin video games

@Abigart69

6 жыл бұрын

and the get out of here ray was good

@GODOFAWSOMENESS1

6 жыл бұрын

Nolan Bell it’s called Adam Ruins Everything so it will happen eventually probably have DLC’s in the episode.

@banditothedorito7082

6 жыл бұрын

Nolan Bell Too Late

@ericness9660

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

" How are your loved ones? "" My turtles? They're quite well "LMAO ADAMS LONELY

@IdiotBoxYoutube

6 жыл бұрын

No, he has the turtles

@marep5918

6 жыл бұрын

Turtles are cute.

"I'm the Adam now." *fearful whimper* Lol

Years ago when I started needing glasses I was told about the chinese suppliers. I use zenni. Glasses start at $10 and shipping is $10 for prescription glasses and a range of frames.

@keithmarlowe5569

Жыл бұрын

Is that the company "professor of rock" advertises?

@SCUBAguypnw

Жыл бұрын

@@keithmarlowe5569 Yep.

@SecretNatureChannel

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Once you know how inexpensive glasses really are you never go back to a store. They are all scams.

And yet America is supposed to have laws against monopolies, but all of these huge companies always seem to find ways around that.

@shane3127

4 жыл бұрын

Those laws are very hard to prove in court (toothless).

@genisay

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreascovano7742 Hey, no need to name call. Pardon if I am not up to date on who owns what from where. But that does explain a few things. Though... Technically I could be called a mutt... Xp God knows my ancestors were from all over the place.

@lizardfirefighter110

4 жыл бұрын

Genisay They are called lobbyists!

@Godvivec

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreascovano7742 Nope, They are subject to US law while operating in the U.S. Pretty crazy, huh?

@sebcw1204

4 жыл бұрын

democrats and republicans are right wing. just different flavors. if we want a truly left party that is willing to stand up to this perversion of free capitalism, we need bernie and his almost socialism.

“Get outta here ray you’re banned” Ray: I will remember this betrayal

@Tellysayhi

4 жыл бұрын

Bet-Ray-al

@hilal_younus

4 жыл бұрын

Da Tellysayhi *just get out*

@NurseSnow2U

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tellysayhi 🤣🤣🤣

@therealopaartist

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Ray-Banned. Ray-Bans.

Only issue with this is they don't mention the most important part of the episode, that there are choices online, that you can find glasses for reasonable prices you just need to look for them.

Plot twist: Adam is building a super weapon to destroy Emily, her researching is giving Adam the time to develop new technologies

when you finally know something that the smart kid doesn't

@Modius2000

4 жыл бұрын

I am the smart person *T-poses

@dkwhattouseasusername1012

4 жыл бұрын

@@Modius2000 lol wt

@kingchicken8232

4 жыл бұрын

@@Modius2000 I’d take a wild guess and say you aren’t the smart one.

@endersdragon34

4 жыл бұрын

Riley did it better

@justsomeguywholikeswater3566

4 жыл бұрын

*pushes up glasses* Gas isn't the last form, plasma is.

I've worn glasses my entire life and now I'm pissed...

@alexlewis2184

7 жыл бұрын

Nicky Xoxo I'm a glasses guy too, I know how you feel

@JustGotALife

7 жыл бұрын

Here's something more to make you pissed. She said it cost 400$ but in my country, it costs it will cost you 40$;

@marouaelbatane6138

7 жыл бұрын

JustGotALife Haha , in mine the average glasses are about 5-30$

@joshualocicero6799

7 жыл бұрын

Nicky Xoxo if fake people have already debunked this

@oxinak7774

7 жыл бұрын

Elbatane Maroua yeah mine are like 60-100$ lmao

I actually saw some eye doctors that were bought up by luxotica and they do this thing where they make their testing abc things blurry intentionally so you would buy their expensive glasses and when the people had problems seeing in the glasses they sold them more glasses

@wefinishthisnow3883

3 жыл бұрын

That's malpractice and you should have reported them to the authorities.

@aformofmatter8913

Жыл бұрын

@@wefinishthisnow3883 What authorities? Best case scenario, the government slaps them with a small fine they're glad to pay. Worst case scenario, you have to take them to court & they ruin you. Corporations regulate the government, not the other way around. The only freedoms you have are those won at the point of a gun.

@iamafish7

Жыл бұрын

@@aformofmatter8913 or the flames of a cocktail

@Thurgosh_OG

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a US problem. Most other countries have regulators for eyecare.

@philipmcniel4908

Жыл бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OG We do too, and I suspect an optometrist would lose their license for this.

"and how are your loved ones?" him: my turtles are quit well ah yes a true man of culture

Imagine the irony if this episode were sponsored by Luxotica....

@johndougan234

7 жыл бұрын

yeah except it isn't. this was common knowledge for yearssssss

@jamyangpelsang3099

7 жыл бұрын

john dougan not to me, I've never really wore shades, and I never use my glasses much (I'm nearsighted)

@nerdemoji2360

7 жыл бұрын

PLEASE DONT KILL ME LUXOTICA I LOVE YOUR COMPANY AND I WEAR GLASSES PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU!!!

@HolyOrderofDragons

7 жыл бұрын

This video might get flagged as NON Advertising friendly by the new KZread/Google guidlines for using KZread.

@nunyabiznez6381

7 жыл бұрын

I've worn glasses for almost fifty years and I've never heard this. I had no idea.

i got very upset about this and im not even wearing glasses

@HolyOrderofDragons

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortionetly this is where the worlds is heading with most things. Soon there will be just a few corporations controlling everything. They already put Politicians in power like when Dick Cheney was put as Vice President basically to represent Halliburtons intertests. Even passed laws like "Halliburton loophole" during his period. Soon a few corporations will control crops/food, media, communications, retail industry, pharmaceutical products, our credits (as they slowly phase out the use of money bills), probably even clean drinking water. It's already that way just that now most fields are divided between at least a couple of corporations but the bigger ones soon consumes the smaller ones until there is only one left in each field of business. Big Brother is not the government but corporations. Just look at Apple, Microsoft and Google and how their services and platforms monitor all we do while using their operating systems/platforms like iOS, Win10, Android etc. Down to every keystroke we make. Governments are only puppets for the corporations these days.

@AwsomePicklez

7 жыл бұрын

isn't your pic of a Rockefeller

@EmilyBOrr

7 жыл бұрын

Buy your glasses online. I got mine at zennioptical.com for $25 no joke

@Auiuei

7 жыл бұрын

And hell YEA when those times come. Only THEN will people realize the need for small communities that help each other out with producing food and other services. People will realize the need to stop being dependent on other people for their things. We''ll finally all live like mountain men together. Hell yes.

@lllPlatinumlll

7 жыл бұрын

No one forces any of the customers to by those brands or at that store or even to be in the market for glasses. What do you imagine your ancestors would have done before they were even invented?

Monopolies can stop me buying original products. But they can’t stop me from committing armed robbery

I like that the lesson from almost every Adam (or Emily) Ruins Everything is that in fact everything is instead ruined by rampant, unchecked capitalism!

@tosterm

3 жыл бұрын

it truly is a sad world we live in

@MichelleObamasBBC

2 жыл бұрын

actually a lot of this is facilitated by government intervention and laws which go against the fundamentals of capitalism...but anyway

@jsnrvst

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichelleObamasBBC I'll bite. How is Luxotica's monopoly the government's fault?

@altruisticlemur

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsnrvst lol you stumped him

@glasscardproductions4736

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsnrvst, laws that aren't thorough enough to keep people out of the path to monopoly.

To anyone watching this, both Costco and Walmart do not sell this brand if you are in need of glasses.

@saggitariuspotato2043

4 жыл бұрын

Wal-Mart is corrupt too, but in situations like this I find myself rooting for them. Wal-Mart robs jobs of entire communities though soooo their still bad guys.

@sheldonwoodhouse4222

4 жыл бұрын

i bought off zenni optical $20 glasses and got my eye prescription from walmart. zenni opticals $20 glasses lasted longer than any $200-300 pairs i had and were very scratch resistant for a long time and had a bluelight filter too

@girlgarde

4 жыл бұрын

So to fight off the bad guy of the glasses industry, we need the bad guy of department stores to save us? Ugh, what a choice.... It's like having a choice between Hitler and Stalin only......

@yugiohthegathering113

4 жыл бұрын

I know, I bought a pair from Costco, then later in the year got volleyball spiked in the face with a basketball and they they were fine! All my old ones broke so easily

@cyanide2813

4 жыл бұрын

@@sheldonwoodhouse4222 lol same my $40 one lasted longer than the $120 one

My dad’s an eye doctor and I showed him this....... He agrees with this video

@e_date

4 жыл бұрын

Niceee

@SmoochThyCooch

4 жыл бұрын

Yikes. Furry

@noakinn

4 жыл бұрын

Raigardas Auktumas stop

@gtarules1

4 жыл бұрын

Ophthalmologist or optometrist?

@viximate3597

4 жыл бұрын

DrE38 he’s an optometrist

Fun fact: ever since the creation of this video Luxottica has merged with Essilor, the biggest lens company in the world, and together they have brought the term "monopoly" to a whole other level. Stay safe out there my fellow four-eyed kings and queens.

@qm1174

Жыл бұрын

Funny enough, I happen to work for an optician for about two months now , that is owned by GrandVision company. As 1st of July, it's now part of EssilorLuxottica and I'm currently witnessing the fundamental changes of what's used to be the brand advertised as "The end of expensive glasses". Prices went up by 10 to 30% on solar brands (like Raybans, Hugo boss or Polo). They have brought "luxurious" brands on the panels that are basically cheap plastic for a 200€+ price tag of what actually costs 5-10€ to produce. I've been digging a lot recently on the actual product cost of lenses and I've been hitting some hard walls and I've been advised by my N+2 to "stop asking annoying questions".

@Demmrir

Жыл бұрын

@@qm1174 The important part of being a monopoly in a free market is consuming or destroying competition. Since it's a free market, competition will keep popping up because it makes sense: any manufacturer could produce frames for dirt cheap and any lenses for well under a hundred bucks. But since it's a free market, you can use your monopoly to price or floorspace or adspace/mindshare any companies that do pop up out of existence.

3D printing of glasses could kill this eye glass monopoly.

@Cri_Jackal

7 жыл бұрын

Yes you can.

@1234kalmar

7 жыл бұрын

Republicans will jump to defend their corporate masters and ban 3D rinting of glasses in a breath if it comes to that.

@Nucksterrr

7 жыл бұрын

actually technology is improving and that can happen in the near future

@CogniVision

7 жыл бұрын

***** I damn well do. Maybe Luxottica will reward me for my service.

@Nucksterrr

7 жыл бұрын

or kick your stupid little ass

Emily: Your show is inaccurate Adam: Cool Emily: glasses are products of capitalism Adam: *anger*

@DOOMZEDAY

3 жыл бұрын

I love Adam, but this was still very satisfying 😂

@gaelbrd

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@silvergamer7250

3 жыл бұрын

well well well how the turn tables

@triccele

3 жыл бұрын

The real Adam said that was on purpose. People have blind spots (no pun intended) so even when they are ok with not knowing something and learning that they were wrong, some stuff is too close to them and get deffensive

@Kalahee

3 жыл бұрын

@@triccele The episode is "Backfire Effect".

Just love this show, i hope it never shuts down.

Love this show so much

People are sooooo short-sighted when it comes to glasses.

@UndeadKIRA

7 жыл бұрын

nice one dad

@TheWeepingDalek

7 жыл бұрын

i'm not. i'm long sighted

@CoolioJoe100

7 жыл бұрын

Near-sighted*

@daisee12

7 жыл бұрын

I'm long sighted

@majormetroid8035

7 жыл бұрын

(sigh)

The video is sponsored by Luxotica.

@grampton

7 жыл бұрын

Also, I make glasses! Only for $10!

@rogertully8571

7 жыл бұрын

Hook me up, bro.

@AgentSmith911

7 жыл бұрын

Luxottica. Also I just bought a pair of Hilfigers :-/

@livinindubai

7 жыл бұрын

you don't want to get luxotica'd m8. Keep a low profile \m/

@alivingtree

7 жыл бұрын

I read it as Laxative

1:40 is that bob vance,vance refrigeration?????

Emily: Glasses are a monopoly Me: "Laughs in european"

they probably blinded my eyes at birth to get me to buy glasses all my adult life. seems legit.

@dsafdgbfadf

5 жыл бұрын

thats actually possible

@GidzPaul

5 жыл бұрын

That makes a horror film.

@silverwheelchairiot6525

5 жыл бұрын

Nah I'm just retarded and I stare at lights for too long.

@mastergamerpro6609

5 жыл бұрын

The next episode of AdamRuinsEverything: Secretly Sponsored Hospitals.

@silverwheelchairiot6525

5 жыл бұрын

GermanGamer7 probably

I clicked on one of these about a week ago and now I can't stop watching them.

0:45 I am the atom now this is probably one of the best things I've heard out of this series

1:18 The CEO tried to pick up that pair of glasses two times and still failed...

@defaultclips3487

7 жыл бұрын

Maxwell Fong

@beruluna

7 жыл бұрын

wow

@-dash.

7 жыл бұрын

I guess he needs a pair of glasses..

@MaybePlato

7 жыл бұрын

You. I like you.

@Bigwaterboi

7 жыл бұрын

Or maybe it was a way of representing what was being said at the moment. That the single company owns 80% of the industry. The CEO trying to grab that last pair of glasses could be a metaphor for a struggling economy falling victim to a monopoly. Maybe the guy just has butter fingers. I don't know.

The luxotica piece on 60 minutes was crazy. The CEO talks like a mob boss Bond villain!

@mikehikes710

6 жыл бұрын

Dudes a staight G. Definition of

@DiabetixDude14

6 жыл бұрын

Yes he does, because Luxottica is an Italian based industry.

@austenlaxton1115

5 жыл бұрын

@Exocentric You're forgetting how fascist Italian lobbyists are.

@EternalResonance

5 жыл бұрын

that's how most large companies in the US are. they deal amounts each other on who will own what part of the industry. a monapoly divided and controlled by men at the round table.

@corbingarrett1206

5 жыл бұрын

@Exocentric they did, luxottica controls literally all the supply, that's why it's a problem.

This is such a great video showing the need to foster true competition, rasing taxes, or interest rates only helps these companies maintain or grow their size. Reducing barriors to entry as well as protecting smaller brands would help, along with breaking up these types of companies.

"Even the most basic pair of glasses can cost around $400. That's as much as my phone." Oh 2016, how we underestimated you.

the way she says "i'm the Adam now" fills me with hope. one day i wish to inspire that much fear in others.

@AnonymousAZ

7 жыл бұрын

Follow your heart.

How to break this glasses cycle, buy frames online and ask to get your lenses put in. That's what I did and it didn't go over $60 (with no insurance).

@Movie_Games

4 жыл бұрын

You can also go to Walmart or Costco. They are outside Luxottica

@milimaproductions1565

4 жыл бұрын

Thx

@kevinzheng2898

4 жыл бұрын

Movie Games they are but still quite expensive

@stylelona2220

4 жыл бұрын

Or get Lasik 🤷🏾‍♀️

@NicoUnken

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for offering this suggestion. This video felt very empty ending with no solution. (not that its a bad video or anything)

"...around $400. That's as much as my phone." Oh sweet child

there are online brands that sell glasses for ~20$ USD & you just need to make sure you have your *full* prescription (your optometrist is legally required to provide this if requested). zenni opticals is one of them & i think there are others.

It's like how Disney owns 50% of cinema companys

@TheXcizer

5 жыл бұрын

Galazy Zero Difference is that Disney isn’t driving up the price of tickets

@xanderm6090

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheXcizer Also they don't pretend Lucasfilm, 20th Century, and Marvel are still separate companies.

@rhombicosidodecahedron4821

5 жыл бұрын

more

@junotaylorthetrans1064

5 жыл бұрын

*companies

@hollowanubis4295

5 жыл бұрын

Actually disney owns 35% of ALL media

"I AM THE ADAM NOW"

@ryu3180

7 жыл бұрын

Sooo love Emily

@AlperTheWizard

7 жыл бұрын

"Look at me , I am the Adam now"

@iamsquidzy

7 жыл бұрын

No! IM THE ADAM NOW!!!

@Whitewitch_25

7 жыл бұрын

The whimper when she says that is priceless! XD

@AverageUtubeCommenter

7 жыл бұрын

Are there any other Adams I should know about!? *meow*

"Oh the ideas your hair has"😂

I laughed so hard when he said "Get out of here Ray, you're banned" and then a guy (Ray) actually left!

I came here for a laugh not to have my entire life ruined

@byronp2311

5 жыл бұрын

Ruining everything IS in the title, ya know :)

@bruhitsdave7957

4 жыл бұрын

Shannon S. Well adam is right

@Modius2000

4 жыл бұрын

Cries in glasses

@emjay2045

2 жыл бұрын

👓

Lexotica watching this “ can we buy their KZread channel and delete it

@Agent_Matt_6

3 жыл бұрын

Aye. 111th like and 1st comment

@mysteriousbatata2270

3 жыл бұрын

This is the most likes on a comment I have ever had never even had like 20 likes and @Matthew Agonoy cool you got first comment

@koloth5139

3 жыл бұрын

No need. Even if everyone knew there isn't much anyone could do about it. That's kind of the problem with the many of these ruins videos. Just because you know the companies are sleazy doesn't mean you can stop buying their product. I still need glasses. I still need clothes. I still need a mattress.

@mysteriousbatata2270

3 жыл бұрын

I posted this comment 1 year ago and Completely forgot about it seeing all the likes on this video makes me happy 😃

‘Thats as much as my phone’ Me: laughing in 2021

It’s really funny how, slightly altered, this could apply to the Murdoch Press (at least in Australia).

people pay for glasses? i just pop from online shop to online shop each year, getting the "first pair free" thing.

@MeasuredFlat

7 жыл бұрын

yup, online is so much cheaper

@karbon9703

7 жыл бұрын

Still Luxotica...

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated

7 жыл бұрын

I may be a total idiot but how does that work? Don't you need lenses specifically made to your prescription? Or are you just taking about the frames?

@MeasuredFlat

7 жыл бұрын

pixel girl you would go to an eye doctor first, get your prescription, and then use that info to order your glasses online with...

@DissociatedWomenIncorporated

7 жыл бұрын

N. W. Dood That makes an awful lot of sense. I should look into that, all the frames at my local glasses shop were fairly pricey (though being in the UK, none were anywhere near $400) and I didn't really like the look of any of them. Of course, if I order online, I won't be able to try the glasses out and see how they look on me... I assume they'll have a returns policy though. Thank you for clearing that up!

ahh the illusion of choice, never gets old.

@rainbow4567

4 жыл бұрын

Used to overflow of illusion in the 90's with all the malls and "different" products.

@lizardfirefighter110

4 жыл бұрын

SCEzeric Yea, it’s the American way!

@natesatt4425

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like health care except completely monopolized

@benfed4873

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so glad Sanders and Warren aren’t going to monopolize healthcare.

@SCEzeric

4 жыл бұрын

@@benfed4873 Soooo, having worked in the medical field and seeing the results of the current crisis, I can say that the private system is broken, insurance is a scam and what we need is to adopt a system more like much of the world that combines private, public and oversite that is people first and not profits first.

love ya adam wish teachers teach like you

"Everything is worth when people are ready to pay" Sounds like apple of glass industry

@azophi

4 жыл бұрын

"they'll still buy it" - tim cook

@Cyril29a

4 жыл бұрын

Ya but that is actually true... It isn't a bad thing it is literally how value is determined. The issue here isn't the price it is the total lack of competition, and that is caused by the insane government regulations on the manufacturing process insuring competition doesn't arise. Capitalism doesn't create monopolies, over regulation does. Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards.

@azophi

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cyril29a k

@hayuseen6683

4 жыл бұрын

@Cy Cyril Over-regulation nor capitalism creates monopolies. Businesses, wealth, effort, and market forces create monopolies. They don’t spontaneously occur because of regulation; they’re built for the purpose of profit, to maintain control of profit, without regard for balance in the economy. Price point, particularly for essentials, should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds - in fact once you have a sufficient level of market control and resources they can set market thresholds and exploit it to provide less and less value with a greater profit margin. Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly, or not allowed to rise because the big company is participating in anti-competitive behaviors to crowd out any other competition by vertical market integration, hostile buyouts, and multi-brand flooding. Over-consolidation of wealth (as resources and market influence) in a competitive market is a far bigger problem than restrictive or expensive regulations, but good regulation is required to prevent or remedy the issue of consolidation in order to maintain a supply-demand cost balance. Fun fact, Luxottica is an Italian company (though obviously international). USA regulation is hardly the biggest factor regarding its monopoly.

@Cyril29a

4 жыл бұрын

@@hayuseen6683 "should be based on expense and end-user-value rather than using market thresholds" Why? "Competition did exist but were bought/squeezed out by the monopoly" This happened because of regulations not because of "monopoly" . That sentence doesn't even make sense... "The monopoly emerged because of monopoly"??? Ridiculous. Monopolies emerge because of regulations diminishing competition. Why do we have $30 smart phones but glasses are expensive? Because tech is new and the government hasn't had a chance to regulate it to death, they're working on it. Glasses on the other hand... In case anyone was wondering why Luxottica is such a monopoly look no further than the absolutely insane number of regulations and compliances one must adhere to in order to manufacture and sell sunglasses and frames. If capitalism caused monopolies we would only have one restaurant. No government regulations that hinder competition cause monopolies. Here is just a quick rundown on compliance for glasses. Iso standards plus consumer product safety commission, ftc regulations, fda regulations, animal and plant health inspection service regulations, over the counter medical product sales regulations, magnification limitations, regulations on shape and size of frames, licenses must be purchased for manufacturing of a medical device., ANSI compliance, reading glass standard compliance ,reflectiveness compliance, American standards testing and measures compliance on a ton of factors, international sunglass and reading standard compliance, wto membership. Oh and Australia has its own slightly varied set of standards. So ya these guys have the process on lock, and probably sit on all sorts of boards where they can easily change what the regulations demand to hinder competition further. You want cheap glasses? get the government out of the way and people will make good cheap glasses. Luxottica, is not a capitalist enterprise it is essentially a socialist one. It has used government regulations to seize the means of production, which is what regulations do...

$400 for a pair of glasses? :O I paid like $30 for mine and I thought that was too much.... May Luxotica forever stay out of India.

@yoarnelio5981

7 жыл бұрын

Gwise you shit in the streets?

@moaoun1304

7 жыл бұрын

Gwise Wow this escalated quickly

@PKhan-no4ho

7 жыл бұрын

Because Carrot was being rotten, and Gwise put him straight into the trash.

@brothaman4578

7 жыл бұрын

American here, I paid $70, but they were shatterproof and transitions.

@PKhan-no4ho

7 жыл бұрын

I buy mine from Clearly. Clearly gives 1 pair free because Canadians are twice as nice! Go Canada. I got two pairs of Main and Central's for 50$.

I WILL say this, I ordered two cheap, just for working at my home computer, pairs of glasses from GlassesUSA or one of those sites and one just fell apart within a month. A month of sitting in front of a computer. When I tried to reassemble them, the screw holes stripped IMMEDIATELY. The other did basically the same, but lasted about four months. I bought a named brand pair, at a named brand price, after that and I'm wearing them right now. That was two years ago.

The answer to this is to get your eyeglasses prescription and buy your glasses online. Earlier this year, I bought a pair of glasses from Zenni optical. They were progressive bifocals with an anti-reflective coating. They only cost me about $100, and that included a pair of clip-on sunglass shades. I liked them so much that I bought two more pairs of glasses from Zenni with different frame styles. I paid less for three pairs of glasses than I would have paid for one pair of glasses from an optician, and that is after the insurance payment.

am i the only one who actually felt bad for adam?

@archdukeferdinandofthe3rdc9

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Gwoendolei

7 жыл бұрын

God I hope so.

@frisosmit8920

7 жыл бұрын

When he does the same thing to others all the time

@sleep3417

7 жыл бұрын

it's scriped thought

@ihatemyname2816

7 жыл бұрын

Adam is my spirit animal, so yes.

Zenni Optical. Glasses are 20 bucks there.

@acidroofproductions9378

7 жыл бұрын

Been shopping there since my coverage under my parent's insurance ran out.

@Christian-gj4uw

7 жыл бұрын

Wish I would've seen this 2 weeks ago. My parents ended up paying like 300 bucks for my glasses.

@leaderoftaehyungnation9766

7 жыл бұрын

Free Healthcare. Your glasses are free

@acidroofproductions9378

7 жыл бұрын

Eugene Lee Where are you where free healthcare = free glasses. I'm in Canada and we still have to pay for glasses.

@leaderoftaehyungnation9766

7 жыл бұрын

+Acid Roof Productions Where I live for under 16s glasses are free.

“New you to you” is a far more succinct way of saying “oh no I’ve actually had it for a while”

“$400, that’s as much as my phone” Everyone in 2022: Hahaha… ha… ha… **starts to cry**

So... what you are saying is that I should wear a monocle?

@jordanjones6504

7 жыл бұрын

they're cooler

@jarnovanherreweghe218

7 жыл бұрын

just rip your old pair of glasses in 2 and now you can wear it twice as long

@01epoch74ny

7 жыл бұрын

Life Hacks with Jarno

@MsQueenOfDance

7 жыл бұрын

maybe they're half the price

@TheCanterlonian

7 жыл бұрын

Just purchase lenses and mold your own frames.

You omitted the most important part: when you get a vision exam you're legally entitled to know you're prescription, it's just 6 numbers, write it down and use that to order a pair of glasses online with that prescription for a fair value. The frames are just plastic, and the lens can be manufactured to match a prescription for practically nothing, so it damn well should be cheap. I ordered a pair online for 15$, including shipping

@shrujanamsyama9940

Жыл бұрын

The lens will cost you much more if you have power like 4+D and need progressive bifocal lens. Although, $400 is way too much.

@elizabethpemberton8445

Жыл бұрын

My -7, astigmatism-correcting, progressive, coated Zennis average about $120-$150. The same at Target was $600. Both are accurate to the prescription.

@kb-zealot

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethpemberton8445 I don't have an astigmatism myself, so i haven't personally experienced how it's price compares, but it certainly shouldn't cost even 120$. Even a more complex prescription should be able to be manufactured in an automated way and in bulk, I'd guess that at least 100$ of that 120$ is gross profit. And 600$ is just an obscene level of over-charging.

@saschakirchner1004

Жыл бұрын

@@shrujanamsyama9940 Nope. not exactly. I have in one of my eyes 6 Dioptrin and also a macular degeneration. Bought glasses online for 15 bucks. The UV coating was 2 or 3 bucks. With shipping to europe it did cost me in the end 37 bucks. Although a caveat was that they looked like the glasses of Harry Potter but I just needed them for my VR googles and there was an adapter for them so who cares what a frame I got. But this shows that it can be cheap.

@CalvinVance

Жыл бұрын

Hi, optometrist here. It is true that progressive lenses increase the price by a lot. They are a bit more complex than "just bifocals with the line shaved off" so you're going to pay for the expertise to fit and craft one and the R&D that goes into designing them. Even so, there are much more economical options than the ones sold at LensCrafters that are available. Supposedly they are not as good, but anecdotally my patients actually complain about vision in the "cheap" progressives less than they complain when they get the "high end" progressive. So $120 give or take seems about right for a cheaper set of progressive lenses. Personally I'd just get lined bifocals if I wanted to save money but the stigma around them being for old people drives a lot of customers to pay an extra $100 to $200 to get the progressive lens. As I mentioned in another comment, part of why glasses are so expensive is because social pressures make the majority of us feel like we need to buy name brand products. My patients even want their photochromic lenses to be a name brand (there are less expensive alternatives to Transition but my patients don't want it and even accuse us of selling them knock offs because of it so we removed it from our catalog). You could even get a good price at a brick and mortar location if you're willing to settle for a non name brand option. The only reason we mostly stock and sell $500 stuff is because people mostly want the $500 stuff. Also, having astigmatism does not change the price of the lens, but having a high prescription or a severe degree of astigmatism can.

This is good to watch since I’m getting new glasses tomorrow

what ever happened to these video's? i remember loving these

We should meet Adams turtles.

@MrCreeperquest

6 жыл бұрын

SquidsAndStuff he has turtles irl

@CrowsCalling

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

I never thought more expensive glasses were better quality. I just buy the ones that I think look nice lol

@june9914

7 жыл бұрын

there are eyes behind my glasses most of the time, sometimes its skin.

@coryinthehouse8125

7 жыл бұрын

Julia T-P same

@sirvolatile6775

7 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey Tang my glasses were 800 dollars and the lenses get scratch easily

@syafranmuflih9066

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe, maybe it's different each country? Here in Indonesia it only cost around $20 at most $100, for the medium ones our healthcare completely doesnt charge us for it,

@turtleextra4128

7 жыл бұрын

syafran muflih yeah in England the most your paying is £100 for glasses

"Free Market" LOL

Ooooh a video I haven’t seen yet!

Wal-Mart bro, 30 dollar glasses, 25 dollar exam.

@andrewstark9172

7 жыл бұрын

Including the lens.

@TheGeorgeD13

7 жыл бұрын

The Glasses are still made by Luxottica, though.

@harmanhameed6286

7 жыл бұрын

the first time I heard glasses cost 80 bucks I was stunned and shocked !! then I was introduced to the American prices like WTF !! glasses usually cost 30 $ at most in my country. (commenting from Iraq)

@TheVigilante20

7 жыл бұрын

$80 is nothing. My prescription costs me $400 a pair. I'm supposed to get a new pair every year, but I can't afford it, so I use the same ones for years on end.

@bashersully7667

7 жыл бұрын

Harman Hameed 5-20$ in Syria...

This video is making me uncomfortable bc Adam isn't the one correcting

@RioZMC

7 жыл бұрын

Leo Hunter I'm the Adam

@Naiuhz

7 жыл бұрын

Look At Me. Look At Me. I’m The Adam Now.

@Altoryu

7 жыл бұрын

Even Adam can be ignorant of things in the world, good that he has a friend to help him realise that.

@dStrojdStroj

7 жыл бұрын

I think that was some good old fashioned... womansplaining?

@christophersantander2767

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the patriarchy, baby

0:03 thats the same spot as the key and peele sketch

I like how the sources are listed at the top.

But How Can Our Glasses Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real?

@MusketWalrus

7 жыл бұрын

Jaden. pls stahp

@SonOfMeme

7 жыл бұрын

[muffled sound of リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー playing in the distance]

@stiinkysocks6354

7 жыл бұрын

+Rayman34128 XD

@TheAllSeeingEye2468

7 жыл бұрын

what have u been smoking?

@stiinkysocks6354

7 жыл бұрын

virus4812 probably everything

This is why Costco Optical is my friend.

@priaa7934

7 жыл бұрын

are their frames are from luxottica

@DBZHGWgamer

7 жыл бұрын

Costco Optical may not be owned by Luxottica, but all their glasses are made by them.

@Bigwaterboi

7 жыл бұрын

True but everything Costco sells has been bought from the manufacturer for a lower price and will be sold to their "members" for the a lower amount than anywhere else on the market. I worked for Costco and have been a member for a decade. It really is a special kind of company. They strive for price undercutting. The only things that are "retail" price are the apple products.

@rebcreighton

7 жыл бұрын

Wrong about Costco and other discount warehouses. There is still a 40 to 70% markup on the glasses that you can get from them on top of the mark up from Luxotica.

@CatKellyEventing

7 жыл бұрын

TrashLord Lord of the Trash Mine is Walmart. XD

1:17 My man fails TWICE at grabbin those glasses and just rolls with it.

Ha, Ha!! The Joke's on you! I get all my glasses from Dollar Tree! 😂🤣😅

Remind me again how people from the lower classes are supposed to get rich when the competition is a literal monopoly?

@patrickderp1044

7 жыл бұрын

by getting rid of taxes. If the state has no tax revenue, they can't enforce trademark or patents. If they can't enforce trademark or patents or tax more things, lower classes can feasibly compete

@ThePeacemaker848

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick herp .....without patents people don't invent things.

@patrickderp1044

7 жыл бұрын

ThePeacemaker848 ah yes, the great peacemaker84, traveling across dimensions he is able to see two universes, one with patents, and one without! Thats how he is so sure that if we didn't have apple, suing everyone to keep their 600 dollar headphone patent, why nothing would ever get invented at all! lol

@ThePeacemaker848

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick herp Patent or no Patent, the rich 1% would find a way to still control things.

@patrickderp1044

7 жыл бұрын

ThePeacemaker848 your argument is that there is a chance we would have some form of what we already live under? wow real hard hitting stuff

luxoitca: I’m ruining all the glasses hahahahaha! Specsavers: _stares intensely_

@hannamouse1

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes... They should'a gone to specsavers.

@nickel_las

3 жыл бұрын

Idk why but i don’t really like specsavers I like opsm who is owned by LUXOTTICA

I feel like this is the only episode that Adam doesn’t ruin everything

Nice! An episode where I for once was not doing it all wrong. I don't know what possessed me, but I get my glasses from a small local brand who owns their own stores. I payed $250 for mine, which is still a lot of money, but definitely a good deal on glasses and I am very happy with them.

Just watched the interview referenced in this. Wow, just wow has that guy got an ego on him.

@znout65

7 жыл бұрын

He secretly cornered a market that both creates supply and demand. Plus, the company has reached the point that consumers can't affect the market short of forgoing a medical necessity and totally changing their way of life. The only thing that can stop him is the government...so.

@Quikie93

7 жыл бұрын

and since the american way is the "Capitalism HO!" way, that's not going to happen.

@TheTerranscout

7 жыл бұрын

No, it's not going to happen because while the American way is capitalism ho, the American government doesn't follow that, and they can bribe and lobby their way to whatever they want

@hawhafunnyraffs5568

3 жыл бұрын

Capitalism Ho? No no. This is called cronyism. Its just that the State has refused to bust a trust since At&t way back like.... Thirty? Years ago?

I use to work for Luxotica, the company is crooked as fuck. Oakley use to have amazing quality, but now under Luxotica, they just don't really give a shit. Luxotica is the Walmart of eye care sadly.

@KASASpace

7 жыл бұрын

Except Wal Mart does sell things at good prices (at least some things...). I can only speak for myself here, but Wal Mart is actually okay. Not the best by any measure, and not that good either, but not as bad as luxotica.

@jeniko2841

7 жыл бұрын

KASASpace I meant it as a quality control issue and bad corporation practices with staff and products. At least with Wal Mart they aren't inflating the prices of products to ridiculous amounts, but they do sell lower quality goods which they try to make up in higher quantity. Luxotica is trying to be both, high quality prices with high quantity cheaply made products.

@KASASpace

7 жыл бұрын

Jeniko Yeah, you're right there.

@Shoop83

7 жыл бұрын

Is there a rival brand that's worth looking at? Someone with attention to detail that's not looking to screw over its customers?

@KASASpace

7 жыл бұрын

Shoop83 Yeah. Actually online shopping is helping to topple the giant somewhat.

The fact that they let Emily run this show on this episode proves this show IS AMAZING. I love Adam and Emily 😂

The new Adam is greater than the old Adam ever could be

This makes me so uncomfortable. Adam just got Adamed I thought that I would never see this day

@declangray2931

7 жыл бұрын

This is the second time he got Adamed

@MsEliteForever

7 жыл бұрын

+Declan Hearne lol

@brandondavidson4085

7 жыл бұрын

The first time, Emily just took over, instead of taking charge from the beginning. Slightly different context.

@MisutaaAsriel

7 жыл бұрын

Not the first time.

@WalterWhiteBreakBadForMe

7 жыл бұрын

when was the first time Adam got Adamed?

So, basically Luxottica is like the Kim Jong Un of the glasses industry.

@River2384

7 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more like the Monsanto of the glasses industry

@DashingSteel

7 жыл бұрын

No, if it was like that they would constantly threaten the contacts companies that they're gonna nuke them.

@minecraftminertime

6 жыл бұрын

So* basically,*

@odinfromcentr2

6 жыл бұрын

Bagel Nigelberry That's more or less what they do financially.

@user-uz3fk8zq3u

6 жыл бұрын

CJCWIS except people take their threats seriously and the company is financially secure

0:53 Oh man, that hits hard. Flagships really used to be $400😂