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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Eyeglass frames--why so expensive?
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Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 21:27:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 10 21:27:33 1985
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I've been wearing wire-rims since 1968--the same frames, in fact.
Before that, I'd gone through two plastic ones in two years, and
figured that wire would be more durable, and if they did break,
I could do a solder job that would be a better repair than the
tape jobs I'd done on the horn rims.  Well, last year the right
side ear piece (they're sort of spiral-wound spring things that are
brazed onto the wire side pieces) disintegrated from 16 years of
miscellaneous skin acids.  I worried about getting replacement
parts for such an antique, but--lo and behold--wire rims are back
in style (or so the optometrist said)!  I think it was about $15-20
for the replacements, and I expect another 16 years of trouble-free use.
I heartily recommend wire-rim frames, and they seem to be readily
available again.  They appear to be no more expensive than plastic
frames, though the ones you get today won't have any real gold in them.
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