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Look out! They're the model to disrupt every over priced product in the market. I'm looking at you inkjet printer ink.

So how many outrageously over priced products are there? (Besides everything the Pentagon buys and anything health care related.)

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I'm not going to defend all defense spending (and I don't know much about healthcare, though I expect it's similar), but much of the cause of huge expense for defense projects is that they're buying standard deviations. A lot of the stuff is manufactured to shockingly small tolerances. Same reason you spend $10000 for a PLC with less functionality than a $35 RBPi.

Daily disposable contact lenses.

I feel like getting into selling prescription devices is a bigger hurdle than say reselling razor blades.

Also is there an FDA approved factory that white labels contact lenses?

Edit: after thinking more aren't contact prescriptions written for a specific brand? I know mine is written for Biofinity Toric lenses and that's the only type I can get. So you would need to bring in optometrists and convince them to fit their clients to your new line of contacts.

In the UK we have a company called Daysoft that do this. They were about half the price of the cheapest dailies back when I swapped in 2015. I've been using them since with no issues- none of the opticians have mentioned anything when I get my eyes checked.

I've worn contacts for years and it was never mandated which brand/type I could buy. When you get a contact lens exam, it just says what size and power they should be. Perhaps your insurance only covers that brand, but an exam and prescription should allow purchase of any lens brand.

You know, I've never really paid that much attention to it. I always assumed when they fit me for a specific brand that I had to get that brand. Especially since they had me try multiple brands before writing the prescription.

My eye doctor tries to sell me on a certain brand but I choose a different one. I always wonder if he gets some kickback?

it was never mandated which brand/type I could buy

I'm sure regulations vary by country, and probably? by state. In Oregon a contact lens prescription is for an exact brand and type of lens.

That makes sense to me, because different lenses have different oxygen permeability (and probably other differences as well).

When my daughter's doctor changed her brand, he wanted her to come back in for another visit to confirm they were tolerated equally well. And this was at an HMO type organization (Kaiser Permanente). They don't get paid per office visit, so they're not incentivized to bring you back unnecessarily. (I really like that aspect of KP).

If you know of good quality Canon replacement ink let me know. The knock off stuff I've tried has been awful

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