Glasses repair

"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove) 09/08/2017 at 19:00 • Filed to: too good to be true

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screw remaining shown at bottom of pic

So I want to repair my fancy-pants pair of sunglasses that lost the tiny hex-screws that hold the lenses on. I googled for repair screws/nuts and found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! :

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The kit is $0.99 with free shipping. How can that be? I mean, that’s a loss proposition for any business, isn’t it? Although I guess I have only a dollar to lose finding out.

Or I can pay $18.95 processing fee to get replacements via the manufacturer’s lifetime warranty (which is less than the cost of a whole new pair to them and so just another way to make $ out of me).

Urambo Tauro > Chariotoflove 09/08/2017 at 19:11

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What in the world? How?

Oh, I see. The screwdriver is $0.99, and you pay extra for the screws. Sneaky. Still, $4.59 doesn’t sound bad, especially with that free shipping.

notsomethingstructural > Chariotoflove 09/08/2017 at 19:11

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the screwdriver is $0.99 the kit is like 5 bux

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Chariotoflove 09/08/2017 at 19:12

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Or I can pay $18.95 processing fee to get replacements via the manufacturer’s lifetime warranty (which is less than the cost of a whole new pair to them...

I bet we’d be very surprised to find out - especially for non name brands - just how cheap they are and that you paying 18.95 actually does cover their cost.

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 09/08/2017 at 20:37

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Link because Kinja.

Joke’s on them. I already have a screwdriver!

Chariotoflove > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 09/08/2017 at 20:39

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Oh, I wasn’t kidding. I read articles about how even the most expensive brands are cheap to manufacture, and command a ridiculous mark up.

Chariotoflove > notsomethingstructural 09/08/2017 at 20:42

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Yeah, still barely above cost with shipping, I would think.