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Palin's glasses give boost to Japanese company's sales

Wednesday 10th September, 08:25 AM JST

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chibaman at 08:57 PM JST - 10th September

Masunaga Optical sells 6,000 to 7,000 frames of the MP-704 model globally a year, she said, while declining to say how many orders it received since Palin was picked...

How convenient. Any immediate increase has been obviously insignificant. And with good reason. What a dork.
Sarge at 10:47 PM JST - 10th September

chibaman - "Any immediate ncrease has been obviously insignificant... What a dork."

How do you know if the increase in orders for the MP-704 are insignificant? Maybe they've gone through the roof! And I've never heard a woman referred to as a dork before...
chibaman at 11:03 PM JST - 10th September

Oy first of all Sarge you need to get nice shiny posts like mine, by using the quote function. Just copy what you want, paste it into the comment box, then drag over it and hit the quote button. There might be a simpler way but I'm not interested.

How do you know if the increase in orders for the MP-704 are insignificant? Maybe they've gone through the roof! And I've never heard a woman referred to as a dork before...

I know all, that's why. How hard is it for them to say they've had a 10 percent increase in sales, or a 15 percent increase, unless of course, they haven't. And yes this woman is a dork. Just trying to be politically correct.
Statistician at 04:17 AM JST - 11th September

Well, if by some awful stroke of fate this woman did get elected Masunaga Optical would probably be the only ones to benefit in Japan.
Sarge at 04:58 PM JST - 11th September

Oy, chibaman - Unfortunately, it's hard to read the the "nice shiny posts" with "the quote function" - the quote appears much lighter than if you just type it out, OK? Yeah, I know, it takes a little more time, but I always do that for the benefit of other readers.

Statistician - Masunaga Optical won't be the only ones in Japan to benefit from the election of Palin-McCain, er, McCain-Palin! Roughly 125 million people will benefit.
chibaman at 05:35 PM JST - 11th September

Are you serious Sarge? If you're having trouble reading the grey quotes, may I suggest a snazzy spair of specs designed by Masunaga Optical? The company makes Palin’s MP-704 glasses, designed out of titanium by Kazuo Kawasaki. I think they'd look good on you.
Sarge at 05:45 PM JST - 11th September

chibaman - Thanks for the advice, but I'm not so sure they'd look so good on me, plus they're a bit pricey.
chibaman at 05:47 PM JST - 11th September

Thanks for the advice, but I'm not so sure they'd look so good on me, plus they're a bit pricey.

I think you're being a bit hard on yourself. Go and get yourself a pair. You have to splash out once in a while anyway.
Sarge at 05:53 PM JST - 11th September

chibama - Didn't I tell you I had a hard time reading the light grey quotes? No rest for the weary lol...

Sorry, but I just splashed out on a good pair of shoes, so I have no money for a pair of MP 704's...
chibaman at 06:00 PM JST - 11th September

Didn't I tell you I had a hard time reading the light grey quotes? No rest for the weary lol...

I don't know how you keep up with the crucial daily to-and-fro on JT then. Or is it thanks to the new shoes you wear at the computer desk?
Nessie at 06:16 PM JST - 11th September

A must-see: Evidence yet again of Republican duplicity!

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7025/palinglassesad2.jpg
zaichik at 06:02 AM JST - 12th September

nessie - with you there, sadly girls who wear glasses slowly disappearing.

I still wear glasses - I've never been keen on the risk involved in Lasik, although it seems to be becoming increasingly popular. Apparently your vision has to have been stable (i.e. no change in prescription) for at least two years before they'll do it.

I believe that the procedure is comparatively cheap in Japan - around 100,000 yen. It's at least 3-4 times that price in NZ.
Nessie at 09:22 AM JST - 12th September

Wow, Zai, that is cheap.
zaichik at 01:26 PM JST - 12th September

A Japanese friend of mine in Auckland has just gone back to Japan to have her Lasik done there because it's cheaper than here, even with the plane fare home.

If I was going to do it, I'd definitely head for Japan for the procedure - one of the rare occasions where medical expenses in Japan are cheaper than NZ!
cleo at 03:20 PM JST - 12th September

the procedure is comparatively cheap in Japan - around 100,000 yen.

We're not talking rice here, but I'm not sure that cheap should be the primary consideration when letting someone loose near your eyes with a laser! That said, the standard in Japan seems to be pretty high, and none of the people I know that have had lasik have had any problems, so far at least.

As for price, I was charged 170,000. And while the national health insurance doesn't want to know, if you have private health insurance they'll pay 50,000~70,000 of that depending on your policy, which brings it down to around zai's figure. It can cost that for a pair of glasses even with cheap frames, depending on your lens prescription (I used to be charged a fortune for reducing jamjar bottoms to something light enough to hang in front of my face).