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Originally Posted by MidTNKayakAngler
I mainly wear amber lenses for freshwater, but have a pair of blue mirror, and green mirror for saltwater. I've found 5 frames that I like from Costa. I like Coasta's for all the frames they have, they have a frame to fit about anyone's face.
Where did you hear this from Alpha? I haven't bout a pair in about a year, but probably check out another brand for the next pair.
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Actually Jeremy you started me off on my research journey when you made some comments in an older post about sunglasses. I was looking to buy some Costas and started reading about the lens made by Costa. A lot of folks buy the Costa frame but not the Costa lens. I figured if I was going to pay that kind of money I wanted the Costa lens also. When I went to my vision shop....a locally owned place...I told them I wanted the Costa lens and she told me she wasn't sure if the lens would be the same since Costa had been acquired by Luxottica. Read a piece on them done by 60 Minutes. Since the 60 Minutes article Luxottica has been even more closed mouth. To recheck my facts went to the Luxottica page and Costa is not listed....but according to 60 Minutes they own them. Bottom line they own just about every make of glasses you can think of. That creates a problem for us as they keep the price high....they basically have no competition. Now the Costas may be the same as always....probably are. The only major eye glass shops that don't deal with Luxottica are Sam's Club...Costco.....Walmart. Pearl....LensCrafters....Target Optical.....Sears.....Sunglass Hut...all Luxottica. The mom and pop optical shops get their stuff from Luxottica. They basically did a hostile takeover of Oakley. I still want a pair of Costas but it was just an enlightening read to see why eye wear is so expensive.
Regards