Letters: Online shoppers come a cropper

I have heard some grumbles about the latest in a long line of programmes jumping on the band wagon of the story that glasses and opticians are a rip off. The programme, Supershoppers, aired in August and showed, in the nicest possible way, idiots (the word idiot comes from the Greek idiotes meaning ‘layman, ignorant person’) having a conversation with other idiots about something they clearly do not understand, and then asking even more idiots, who happened to be passing by, what they thought. This makes excellent TV for masses of idiots who are watching at home.

Their message was predictably, ‘buy your glasses online and save hundreds of pounds, and they look just the same.’ One caveat was: ‘If you wear varifocals, these can be tricky, so just buy your frames online and get your lenses at an optician.’