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Originally Posted by Furface  Did you just hear the sound of a raw nerve being tweaked? I agree with Joe that folk need to get their priorities sorted. But....
Without my glasses, I would be useless: couldn't drive, read, operate a computer, operate a till, even sweep roads without tripping over every little thing. I need my glasses to be a "useful" member of society. But the cost of them is getting on for £500, which, in one bash is a considerable dent in the income. Do I get any help? Not a bean. Luckily for me, I put glasses at the top of my priorities. So I am investing in my own treatment for what would otherwise be a severe disability. I realise it's economics, and if everyone who needed glasses had them provided the country would be crippled (add in dentists fees, prescription charges etc). "Free at the point of delivery" - I think knot. |
just to **** you off a bit more, i use to work in optics making lenses, for example varifocle lenses we buy the blanks for £17.50 each (£35) pair. grind and polish them, ie turn them into lenses then charge the optican £50 to £75 depending on the RX. we also made the frames and the cost us about £6. we send to the optician , the optician would plonck them on your nose and charge you £500, ever seen an optcian driving a clapped out ford, never. more like a flash beemer or merc, now you know why