Glenn Beck is an Ignorant Jackass — Finally Something Decent from Luxottica

Posted on September 14, 2009
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Luxottica is one of sixty-two (62!) advertisers that has pulled their ads from Fox News over Glenn Beck’s comments on Presidential racism. Lots of money is being taken off the table.

Read more here: http://reclaimthemedia.org/media_literacy/bias/ad_boycott_costs_glenn_beck_ov1438

No one likes a thief…

Posted on September 5, 2009
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…but I have an issue with this being a “felony” crime. The felony is in the pricing of these frames.

Here’s a link to the story from the Northwest Herald of McHenry County, Illinois.

And here are some of the pertinent details to this sting operation:

A 34 year-old Crystal Lake, IL man tried to buy a dozen pairs of eyeglasses that he thought were stolen — from an undercover cop for $520. Ouch.

The “retail value” of the frames was $3,286. That’s $273 pair!

There were some silly name brands in there such as Dolce & Gabbana, Prada and Versace.

He’s been selling them to friends and family and on auction sites. Yeah, he’s a criminal.

This isn’t a good guy to be sure, but the true cost of those frames is much less than $200. The felony theft threshold is $300 in Illinois. This guy is a thief and is going to be a felon due to the insane pricing of designer eyeglass frames.

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The first dozen pairs of glasses I bought starting in October 2006, set me back a total of less than $300 — INCLUDING LENSES!

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