i never buy groupon before, i scare kena con.. are all the product sell in groupon is real and authentic?
some sunglasses just under RM30-50, its this kind of sunglasses really can protect the eye from sun-ray?

anyone can give some advise here?

petaling street cheaper.

cheap thing no good
good thing no cheap

Better save the money and dont stare at the sun.

this

close your eyes better

HIDE IN YOU MAN CAVE BETTAR

invest in good sunglasses la, if not you better dont use at all. the eyes are the windows to the soul yo!

got forummer sells glasses with quite affordable price.

dont go for branded stuffs from these deal sites. 90% of the times its fake.

how about Rm 299 ray-ban sunglasses? is it authentic? ray-ban sunglasses

This post has been edited by steadystream: Sep 17 2014, 05:49 PM

buy cash voucher from groupon only

erm..so, how you spot that if it is fake or authentic?

Confirm fake, groupon take 50% of the price. So the seller only gets RM150. You think original Rayban will be sold @ RM150? you buy 10000 pairs from italy also wont get RM150 la....

2nd, you see the warranty from groupon LOL, if it is genuine it will provide official warranty. Until now I still dont understand why so many ppl so stupid go buy fake item tot it is real.

Wanna get fake wan go petaling street RM50 bucks why wanna buy RM299 fake stuff?

i see, groupon take 50% of the price, where you get this info from?

Are you in the market for a new pair of designer sunglasses this summer?



The following article was published by Yahoo in July of 2010. See for yourself:



It's the season for it, and you can spend hundreds of dollars on your next pair of shades. Some Prada and Bulgari pairs will run you nearly $500, and that's if you don't need prescription lenses. Even more moderate design labels like Ray-Ban or REVO can cost a couple hundred bucks.

Designer shades are big business, even in this economy. I keep hearing about the new age of frugality, but I'm not seeing much of it at the mall. Sunglass Hut's same-store sales in the U.S. rose 10.8% in the first quarter, pretty much erasing the slump in early 2009.

But are these expensive brands worth it? How much better are they, really, than the $25 pairs you can get in your local pharmacy?

Before you spend big money on your next pair of designer shades, here are six things you should know.

1. Most sunglasses are made by the same company. Do you prefer the "quality" of Ray-Ban to Oakley? Do you think Bulgari is better than Dolce & Gabbana, or Salvatore Ferragamo is better than Prada? Wake up. They're all made by one company, Italian manufacturer Luxottica -- one of the biggest consumer companies that consumers have never heard of. Luxottica also makes sunglasses branded Burberry, Chanel, Polo Ralph Lauren, Paul Smith, Stella McCartney, Tiffany, Versace, Vogue, Persol, Miu Miu, Tory Burch and Donna Karan.

"We manufacture about 70% of those brands in our factories in Italy, and the balance in America and China," says Luxottica spokesman Luca Biondolillo. "We do the design, the manufacturing, and the marketing," he adds. The company makes most of those brands under license, working closely with designers at the relevant fashion houses. But it owns several brands itself, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Oliver Peoples and REVO.

2. In many cases, the same company is also selling you the glasses. Luxottica also owns LensCrafters, Pearle Vision and Sunglass Hut. This is extreme vertical integration. The eye doctor telling you that you need a new pair of glasses, the sales people helping you choose them, and the people who design and make the glasses all work for the same company. Make of it what you will. But if your financial advisor was actually employed by the mutual fund company that he recommended for your portfolio, you'd at least want to know.

3.The markups are as big as they seem. Whenever I have bought a new pair of regular eyeglasses, I have always reflected on how little I seem to get for my money. I can sort of understand why lenses are so expensive, as the material has to be made and ground precisely. But $100 or $200 for frames? These are bits of metal or molded plastic. Once I bought tiny slivers of hollow titanium that weighed considerably less than the bills I was handing over.

The cost of a new pair of glasses will of course reflect materials and labor. But the price will also reflect brand values and marketing -- and how much consumers will pay. Luxottica says it makes a gross profit of 64 cents on each dollar of sales. Even after deducting sales and advertising costs, overhead, and brand licensing royalties, it's still making 52 cents. That's some margin.

While the company's return on equity has fallen since the global economy turned down, last year it still managed a respectable 11%, according to data from FactSet Research Systems. A few years ago that number was as high as 20%. And investors are confident on the company's future. The stock has jumped from $13 to $25 from last year's market lows. It's about 20 times likely earnings, an optimistic rating.

4. Those expensive sunglasses may not be any better for your eyes, either. "Three-hundred dollar sunglasses don't do anything better than $100 sunglasses, except maybe look better and have a brand name associated with them," says Dr. Jay Duker, chair of ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center.

"A significant chunk of what you pay for isn't the quality of the lenses, it's the brand," adds Dr. Reza Dana, director of the cornea and refractive surgery service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He notes that making lenses that offer protection against harmful ultra-violet rays "isn't very expensive technology." And while spending more may get you better quality frames, here, too, there are laws of diminishing returns.

For about $40, says Dr. Duker, you can get a pair that offers 100% protection against ultra-violet rays. If you spend maybe $70, you should be able to get a pair with decent quality polarizing lenses that cut out glare. Beyond that, the medical benefits tail off pretty fast.

5. An inexpensive pair of sunglasses from the pharmacy isn't the worst thing in the world. They may be fine for most people in most circumstances, Dr. Dana says. "The main reason people wear sunglasses is to block out (regular) white light," he says, "and from that point of view, cheaper glasses work pretty well." And they will probably block most UV rays, even if not all of them, he adds.

6. Those fancy glasses are really costing you a lot more than you realize. If you make your shades last for many years, that would be one thing. But who does that? The people who want designer items want the latest fashion each year. And then there are the pairs that get lost. Scratched at the beach. And sat on. Personally, I have come to consider sunglasses a disposable item, and I suspect I am not alone.

Over a lifetime these things add up. Indeed they compound. Even at, say, 4% interest, $200 a year over 50 years adds up to $30,000.


TLDR - buy only cheap sunglasses... expensive ones are songlaped by LUXOTTICA

If you do your research enough, its all over the internet.

I've given up buying physical goods from Groupon on similar sites. Go figure.

Yang mahal, tidak selalunya bagus.
Yang bagus, tidak selalunya mahal.
BOOM POWER.

Inb4.. my 1st groupon purchase was the Dyson Air Blade replica.. RM150.. many² years ago. Luckily my unit not a defect unit, still ok till today.. just no remote control. Nasib la kan. If got defect unit, then complain groupon, ask for refund lorr..

This post has been edited by futra: Sep 17 2014, 06:10 PM

Fixed represent real world.

better to overpay for branded goods ma.
make you appreciate it more

+99999
Very true..

So in conclusion, those deals offered by groupon are 90% fake sh*t. Please do not buy them, if you intend to get fake one go petaling street. I bet it is 50% cheaper than groupon

it apply to all other groupon goods as well?

original. please buy ts.

pay rm30-50, expect rm30-50 quality, then you won't be disappointed.

pay proton but expect Mercedez level, sure disappointed bro

yea ..i bought the polarised sunglasses.. quite good