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Marketplace•Season 39•Episode 8

Framed

Feb 24, 2012

The materials in them are downright cheap. Even crafting the lenses is hardly labour-intensive. So why are prescription eyeglasses so darned expensive? Tom Harrington focuses in on the outrageously high price of spectacles. In this eye-opening report, we test recent changes in retail and regulation,

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Seasons7

All 36 37 38 39 40 52 53

Season 39 Episodes12

Canada's Worst Customer Service: Store Edition

What FX?

Trouble For Rent

The Toilet Paper Chase

Lousy Labels: Health Hype

Snake In The Grass

Recruitment Rip-Off

Framed

When The Repairman Knocks

Tripped Up

Dirty Hospitals

The Busted Edition

Cast4

C

Charlsie Agro

Host

T

Tom Harrington

Host

D

David Commons

Investigative journalist

W

Wendy Mesley

Host

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Episode Summary

"Framed" is episode 8 of Marketplace season 39. It aired on February 24, 2012.

Next: E9 · When The Repairman Knocks Best of Season 39