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I read up until the following quote, attributed to an unnamed “industry observer” - something aroused my curiosity:

"In essence, EyeMed is merely an instrument to protect the market share of the Luxottica family of companies, and it provides little to no substantive cost amelioration to consumers, what many would regard as the principal purpose of insurance."

Searching with Kagi, the quote comes from a post on forums.studentdoctor.net by ThazinJayne (1), who prefaces the text “Here is an e-mail I received from a friend”.

An industry observer? More like an unnamed friend of an anonymous forum member.

1: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/luxottica-eyemed-sc...

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P.S. I like my Oakleys, both sun- and prescription glasses, but cannot deny they are way overpriced for what they are – a little bit of plastic and metal.

P.S. I like my Oakleys, both sun- and prescription glasses, but cannot deny they are way overpriced for what they are – a little bit of plastic and metal.

I'm like that with my prescription raybans, I know it's a scam, but they fit my head the best despite being like 4x the generic ones at the same stores.

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