Anyone know why eye prices have gone up so much

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I have been eye shopping and the prices have just gone up so much . It has made me wonder why.

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both glass and acrylic.

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Polyglass seem to be about the same :thinking: I have seen glass eye prices fluctuate

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Are you in America? If you are buying eyes from other countries it might be because American dollar has gone down in value against most currencies.

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Yes, I buy mine all internationally and it has, and prices have gone way up on the German glass eyes

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Yes i am in the u.s.

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I buy my eyes directly from Germany, and I just checked; prices in euro look pretty much the same as last time I bough some
Heavenly Illusions - Lauschaer Glasaugen

and EYECO look cheaper if anything, but I did not buy any acrylic eyes for many years

If American suppliers are charging lot more for imported eyes, they are paying more to get them.

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Thank you I will check it out.
I have not had to buy any for a good while since i had a box of them.
Usually i can get them from bb but they are out of alot now.

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thank you, I bought my needles from them last year and was trying to find the site! tyvm!

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Speakig of polyglass, I wasn’t sure if that was a trademarked product or a generic term. Now, i can’t wait to see them.

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https://www.aliexpress.com/ though they take a little longer to get here, mine took 2 weeks.

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They really are beautiful

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They have some good prices for glass eyes if the shipping is not a fortune.
Thank you for sharing.

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Which ones? How much did they go up? There are many different makers in Germany. German sellers have their prices set in euro, if you are paying in US$, you get less than you would have 6 months ago. It has nothing to do with the price of the item. Of-course, it is possible that some sellers/manufactures also put their prices up. Costs of manufacturing go up, and prices go up.

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I buy the full blown glass ones. Been buying from a seller on ebay, great service but they have been going up in the last year, like 5.00 a set. Might be the money exchange too

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I bought two pairs from the link you posted and it came to about 30.00 a set with the shipping.
They were 20 mm glass so thats pretty compared to the u.s. prices