In article , "frank says...

I've been buying all my eyeglasses from Zenni Optical.* The have a US
agent but glasses are made in China.* Similar glasses made here would
cost 5 times as much.* The eyeglass people are screwing us in the US.
You know, I'm not a commie.* The money I save goes to American brewers.
Better them than the eyeglass people here.

Might also mention that last glasses I bought in the US had a label on
the case that said "Made in China".



Many things are made in China, then sold by US companies. They buy from
China for almost nothing and mark it up big time.

Often on ebay and maybe other places you can order direct from China.
China has some very inexpensive postage that when it gets to the US, the
USPS looses money by delivering it . Did I mention no sales tax
either.

US glasses are a big ripoff. How do you justify over $ 100 for simple
plastic frames ?
Get slightly fancy and it can be $ 200 to $ 300.