Why can't they all be like her?

They are both psychopaths, the CEO and the journalist. Psychopaths are literally fearless, they don't get anxiety, they feel like a cat playing with you, the mouse. They are charming and manipulative. They are the virtue signalers.

8:04 daaammm

Totally. He also said that "They (Oakley) understood that life was better together." after forcing them into what sounds like a hostile take over of Oakley.

My guess is that you're getting a Chinese knockoff. Nothing wrong with that, but the frames won't last as long as the real thing.

catquack The frames last me as long as I need them to last. But for 1$ I literally have like 50 glasses in my possession and I still paid a fraction of what an idiot pays luxotica to get the same glasses for 200~300$

Just did the same, ordered some cool frame from 'Ali-Express' for like 6$. If all will go well and it'll be also comfortable enough on my face, i'll follow your advise with replacing the lenses :)

Or just go on googles4u

A lot of the "high end" brands are made in china... wake up

There are legal monopolies and they’re illegal monopolies this one is illegal because it was obtained not buy a superior product but by buying up the competition which should not have been allowed according to the Sherman antitrust act was also obtained by illegally selling your products for less than cost in order to drive your competitor at a business and or buying up the distributors and then refusing to sell your competitors product. The solution is Boycott Italian products like those from Luxottica and man Frodo and it’ll be even easier toy void giving them our tourism business now that the coronavirus has become rampant in Italy and just a matter of three days. Death in Venice. www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/23/europe/italy-novel-coronavirus-spike-intl/index.html

Not so. Apple has Samsung and Google and other makers for phones. Google sells A LOT of Chromebooks and Dell still sells billions in computers. Then you have the software/OS. Comparing this asshole to Jobs is way off. If this were an American company, it would be broken up. They did it to AT&T and they only got to “get back together” after other long distance carriers and, later on, VOIP providers came along. It made things cheaper without quality suffering. This is all an illusion. Why do they make/decision Chanel glasses? It’s all plastic. Prices are up and people pay because they HAVE to, especially with prescriptions. “It is American. It’s an American Brand owned by Italians.” It’s not an American company and they aren’t made in America. This is a monopoly and it should be illegal.

Agreed 100%!

Because they are not real lol

@@ChromeMan04 What makes them real? The design or the price tag alone?

I think this clown did this on purpose to hide his identity.

Should you take the opportunity tho.

It’s an Italian company. Can’t do much.

@@TheRealJuseBeats its not the job of the company to regulate monopoly laws that the govt job the company job is to make money i would take and do whatever i need to do with every loophole in the law to make as much money as possible if given the opportunity if it is legal.

I don't like this take at all. People need to be held accountable whether they're a politician or not.

This is why capitalism is bad for the world

I like how the CEO is basically saying, "I don't give a fuck as long as the stock holders are happy"

+Doc Holladay I am currently watching the episode on trutv...

you dont have to buy if you dont want there third party store that sell glasses on the cheap if you really hate then dont buy it

I suspected that cause the flimsy quality of modern frames in any eyeglasses store.

i agree. i bought AO ti use in the Army much better then rayban and oakley.

unfortunately they are actually more expensive than ray bans these days. i looked at the prices for ray ban aviators and they were around 150 dollars, while american optical is around 180 (240 for glass lenses) and randolph starts at 280.

I retorted to scan Ebay, about 7 years ago, and try to find plenty of B&L models, which had decent prices, and was lucky enough to get many of them at absurd prices, some of them at decent ones, and a few with high prices, such as a 1965 5022 which had a documented history. Made a group of them for a very good price, and even added a few equally cheap Luxottica models. And let me tell you, I still use the B&L ones every day, and the Luxo ones have gone to shite in different moments.

japneet singh lol. I watched the video. I just meant that Mykita are one of the brands not owned by Luxottica. And I got my degree from Swinburne University. It got me a job at Facebook :)

Daniel Lo Nigro congrats

you forgotte Safilo, number two behind Luxottica. Oh, and they are italians too.

I mean... he's not wrong

Wrong. Many people need to get need glasses every year due to a Rx change. Kids especially need new glasses every year due to Rx change.

How did “you argue to get the price down”? The only thing that could have happened would be if you dropped special coatings like scratch resistant and anti-reflective.

@@lisamarielund6292 Thanks for your response Lisa 😊. I told them I only wanted standard progressive lenses instead of the premium type that they were trying to push on me . I didn't need that . The standard are just fine for me . She spewed at me that "I guess you want pop bottle lenses then ", which was uncalled for . She was treating me horrible and talking down to me like I was dirt . I asked the eye doctor and she said standard were fine. I told the lady at LensCrafters that and she was angry 😠 because I was right. They couldn't make a ton of money on me . I told her I wanted standard or forget it . She was mean to me the whole time and argued with me. I got my way though and she hesitantly made out a new and lower bill for me. Some people can't afford the elite high prices for things , especially something as important as eye glasses which are very necessary for many people and should be affordable for all . This country is so screwed up . It's all about the money and the little guy suffers . We're just their cattle to make money on . Sorry 😞 for the rant . Just irritates me . Well, ok then . Hope this explained it . Have a nice day Lisa 😊.

And still they cost less than 10usd to make.

@@IvanRadovanovic probably cost $2.00 to make if even that.

@@IvanRadovanovicthey cost 30 dollars to make

Put some glasses on

except that they have laid of 500+ Oakley employees in the US, and are forcing jobs overseas

you don't see anything wrong with a monopoly? Lets put it this way if luxottica didn't exist prescription glasses would cost a fraction of what they do now

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alphanatrix "brought back to capitalism" you said. This is video is about capitalism. This is what happens after capitalism runs its course unregulated;Capitalism unabridged leads to monopoly after enough time. Usually you get two or three players(oligopoly) or even one in some markets(the winners then time 4 the spoils for the victors) in the end and price competition ends. Capitalism is not exactly synonymous with free enterprise. Capitalism is about who has the capital$$$$$(so this system rules out the common man as general rule). Like in most major cities for example try to start a taxi business with one car,a yellow paint job and sign and small capital;You cannot because you have to buy a permit and be given a badge for your car and that badge may cost you up to one million dollars(so you need a fleet of cars to justify a million dollar permit not one or a few or even a dozen). Large taxi companies lobby and lobbied for the city regs so no little guys can compete. Lets say you make great tasting potato chips and you want to sell them to convenience stores,well you need big money to pay for spacing for Frito Lay buys all the space allocated for chips and has deeper pockets. The convenience store wants to sell the space more than sell a superior product from a local that does not rent space. The days of small mom & pops running stores and small privately owned manufacturers with no multinational or conglomerate connection is virtually history in all industries. One giant business most overlooked as being locked down as far as competition is the US Federal Government. Yes two parties or two businesses(yes the government is a $$$$ making business for profit to redistribute for power) that have no other competition and legislate to keep it that way. In elections you are told by the corporate media that a vote for a weaker third party is a wasted vote. The two parties in many respects seem the same. Yes the USA has one more governing party than a communist country or dictatorship. If we live long enough maybe we can witness if Ayn Rand was correct in that monopolies cannot last the long haul because of being unflexible. I postulate that unflexibility can be overcome by crony capitalism;And a revolution is the only way to cure that disease.

vanillaexplosion99 Couldn't agree more. As a bit of a libertarian myself, I often follow along with Ron Paul's line of thinking, who in turn has quoted Ayn Rand as well, and agrees with her at least up to a point. Regarding same-sex marriage, his way of thinking is as follows: "I don't care if you marry a zebra. The question is, what has government got to do with it?". LOL - There's something to that! We have become so "Government first in everything", that it's the one hand often overlooked in the problem. Corporatism is the combination of big money from corporations mixed with big government to the mutual "benefit" of both parties involved. When, government, (the referee) is allowed to start carrying the ball itself, (such as in corporatism) it's the beginning of the end of freedom for everyone. And you better believe big money is part of that. But if, on the other hand, government is held accountable in the same way we wish corporations to be, then the back-scratching between big corp and bog gov would have to cease. True capitalism is exactly what I think you and I actually want. Real competition between small and large players wherein freedom reigns and government does its proper referee job and is not bought out by lobbyists. It's Lobbying that needs to be stopped in its tracks so that big corps can;t get the jump on anyone else in the field. I agree with you. It's a two sided issue. And to me I think it's a question of who is the more central player. Is it the big money playing puppeteer to the government or is it actually the legal system of law and government that is the great entity playing "Nice guy", all the while knowing these corporations have to have their "blessings" in order to accomplish what they desire. Which is really the deeper source of power in the end? I think it's government. I think Corporations know that they can buy from a corrupt system what they want because it is now corrupt. That's not freedom's fault and that is therefore by default not TRUE capitalism's fault. True capitalism is the natural by-product of true freedom. I agree with you in everything you said with the simple addition that it is important that we do not throw out capitalism (properly protected [refereed] freedom), when in truth we mean corporatism, the beast created from the combination of big government and big business. To me, it is government that need to be smacked up side the head so that corporatism can be ended and the little guys can get a fighting chance. Things would level out more properly and the fairness and "social justice" people who THINK they want socialism will actually get much more of what they want. It all.. starts... with... freedom!

buy them overseas: in Romania a good pair amounts to around 100-200$

You don't say. It reminds me of communism which in theory would be perfect but in reality isn't.

there isnt education you make no sense gramtically. Also come off as dumb the united states or any country can make glasses, or any product. But labor is cheap in china, very cheap even luxoticaa makes its stuff in china although they are a tlaian THAT HOW A BUSNINESS MAKES PROFIT THEY GET THE CHEAPEST LABOR AND SELL FOR TWICH AS MUCH.company. You should know this very surpising i have to state ths. eVERYON IN THE WORLD KNWO LABOR IN CHINA IS VERY CHEAP THE MOST CHEPEST HENCE EVERYONE MAKE STUFF IN CHINA. YOU NEED TO GET A EDUCATION LOL OUT OF 7 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WRLD YOUR THE ONLY TAHT DOESNT KNOW THIS.

This isn't a free market. This is fettered capitalism. Luxoticca lobbies the government to pass laws allowing them to do this. The government creates monopolies.

but Warby Parker and other online Glasses sellers are fighting this worldwide Monopoly.

Not in Jesuit-controlled American cartel capitalism...no.

$150 for a pair of rayban sunglasses you have to be rich for that? if you makes 8.38 per hour whic is minuim wage and work 40 hours per week you can afford a pair in esse ten one week of work. you can actually aford a pair in 18 hours of working which is not even 3 full shifts, lets include playing taxes so lets say 20 hours so that 8 hours per day not even three full shifts since 8 times three is 24 hours and you can have a pair thats three days of working were is your logic good sir? and this is minuim wage the lowest you can make many people make more then that sir.

My logic is simple. They are fucking sunglasses! No one should pay $150.00 that's just ridiculous and I don't care who the hell makes them.

japneet singh ... if you make 8 dollars an hour then you shouldn't be buying expensive sunglasses anyways. You need your money for basic necessities. That's the problem in America and many other places, ppl spend money they don't have on things they don't need and then they are in debt.

No, if you make $8 an hour and in one day you work 8 hours, that means you make $64 a day. Obviously you need food and other necessities which will only let you save maybe $10 if you're lucky. You'll then proceed to save up for 15 days, only for sunglasses.

@@rizkiyoist If you have fixed expenses (including food) at 54 dollar a day when you make 8d per hour, then you have to high fixed expenses. Then the 150d sunglasses is not your biggest problem, it is your high fixed expenses you shall look at. But with that said, i do not really agree with japneet either. Just because you can afford if you prioritize it do not mean it is not a overpriced luxery item. The rich kids can buy without thinking about it, the poor has to prioritize it. Therefore it is for the rich, even many poor has it too.

everything=china luxoicca makes shit in china your country makes shit in china so does the us china has the cheapest labor and ray ban is still god quality you give them premuim quailty stuff and then its made in china but the parts are your the labor is cheap. look at iphones there made in china but apple uses its wn matierals.

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ZP Pierce they can send you 10 more replacements and still make profits because the overpricing

That was Andrea Guerra, and not Vian. And he actually comes across as piece of shit as evidently as possible in this video.

I have a vintage pair made in France and they don’t feel that great in my hands compared to my luxottica made ray bans. They feel cheap in comparison.

oOBiohazardxOo because all the "choices" come from the same big company.

Bruh yours are fake 😂

@@ChromeMan04 Of course they are, but you'd never notice it.

not yet.....

Cut and dry, it is a monopoly, they control 80% of the industry at every level.

Daniel Asher The definition of Monopoly is that 1 singular business owns an entire industry. This is called an Oligopoly, where just a few businesses are a part of an industry.

Desiree Randolph That is incorrect. The courts have adhered to a "90-60-30 rule" when defining a monopoly. If a firm has a 90% market share they would absolutely be defined as a monopoly, 60% would most likely be conisdered a monopoly, and 30% is definitely not a monopoly. Since this firm has a 80% market share they undoubtedly would be classified as a monopoly. To be considered an oligopoly the market would consist of a few large producers whose combined market share is 40% or more. I am referencing the 19th edition of Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies.

***** the problem with this which i think was not addressed directly at the end is that, we are willing to pay such a high price because it is the only way we can get glasses of that quality. If not we would have to go with glasses of lower quality. If there was more competition this would not be the case. I can see how all this can benefit consumers by concentrating resources in such a way so long that the head of the company has his heart in the right place. But how as, consumers, can we know that this guy is not making abnormal profits? So you are selling a luxury product, but still is it OK to make abnormal profits off people who are capable of buying a luxury product? The problem here is you have made luxury products more expensive because you have taken out all the competition, which in turn is not good for the consumer as you can set what ever price you like. This cannot be right, as if all corporations are like this, we as consumers will be enslaved, and have no choice! please respond

sorry i have to stop you at the second paragraph, the first 2 are not true let me explain in a sec

why should he be prosecuted he did not break a single law you can come with your own glass company and if your good enough at marketing and able to get people to want your brand you to can grow you business

Such a bs answer ! Wanted to punch him lol

Why blame the CEO of LensCrafters? He’s just doing his job. The real villain is the Italian Luxotica creep. Luxotica is the parent company of LensCrafters.

What? What frames are made in the USA? Frames are imported from China were labor is dirt cheap.

Not really. American labor costs just as much, if not more, depending on the industry. Oakley’s “Made in USA” sunglasses (produced in California) retail for just as much as most of Luxottica’s “Made in Italy” brands. The US hardly manufactures any eyewear these days, and when it does it’s premium-priced. China has its own monopoly on affordable eyewear…

It might be hard to buy online if you have a very complicated Rx.

Luxottica owns Oakley and Oakleys are made in Italy. Hate to burst your bubble.

Martin Lewis Is this the same bubble you live in buddy? Oakleys are made in Italy just like McDonalds still has "All Beef" patties and Pamela Anderson's tits are real... I'll tell you how they get away with saying "Made in Italy" on the inside of the crap Oakleys you are wearing as well as all the other brands they own. They have all the injected crap plastic made in China along with the rest of the material and then ship it to Italy to have it assembled, hence "Made" in Italy. Don't be fooled. Ask yourself this, is there ANYTHING about an Oakley that looks Italian?! Think about a Ferrari, Lamborghini and even the damn Vespa. And the only way to get Oakleys made in the US is if you own a Delorean or you are buying vintage frames from the early 90's and earlier.

Frank Abignail Oakley is made in China! LOL

Sara Riding Some are still Italian