Sticker shock: Why are glasses so expensive?

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45. cheap glasses

i was in belize for a friends wedding when i broke my glasses. literally lost 1/2 of them into the ocean.
I was on the island of amergris caye. I called an optician on the mainland in belize city. I read him my perscription over the phone.
he made me a pair of glasses using a generic frame. then he had them flow to the island.
the pair of glasses was $125.
total cost for shipping by airsame day delivery???? $3.00

as for glasses in the US i use costco or walmart. my glasses,including bifocals,photo gray (or whatever they call it now that turns the lenses dark as sunglasses) and anti glare coatings are about $200. a regular optician want 5-700 for them

mine look as good as designer frames. I see as well as a glasses from an optician. and saved 60+%