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Anybody know where i can get an eyepatch online? (self.Blind)
submitted by BigCrowbarSalvia
Im only half blind and im not wasting my money on an ugly glass eye. Anybody know where i could get a small and fit eyepatch online?
LarryWren 3 points 4y ago
Honestly, some of the more comfortable-looking and aesthetically pleasing patches seem to be from creators on Etsy. Some are a lot more reasonably priced than you'd expect, too. $1, $1, $1, $1 – looks cool, but bit more expensive.
Amazon has some, too. I have one like $1 – REALLY do not recommend that style! The cheap price is nice, but it is soft and starts bending inward and pokes my ball (ow), so I imagine it will bend and press into your socket. Looks shit, too. But $1 looks super comfortable and pleasingly simple. Bit cheaper than Etsy patches, too.
What country/area are you from? That information would help figure out which companies would be easiest for you to order from. If you're from, like, South Africa trying to order from amazon.ca or amazon.com, you're going to have a lot of waiting and a lot of shipping fees, if you can even get it shipped there.
Amazon has some, too. I have one like $1 – REALLY do not recommend that style! The cheap price is nice, but it is soft and starts bending inward and pokes my ball (ow), so I imagine it will bend and press into your socket. Looks shit, too. But $1 looks super comfortable and pleasingly simple. Bit cheaper than Etsy patches, too.
What country/area are you from? That information would help figure out which companies would be easiest for you to order from. If you're from, like, South Africa trying to order from amazon.ca or amazon.com, you're going to have a lot of waiting and a lot of shipping fees, if you can even get it shipped there.
BigCrowbarSalvia [OP] 1 points 4y ago
I live in australia, and im looking for a fairly small thin eyepatch, i dont want it to cover half of my face because it gets really itchy, maybe one like dan cranshaw has?
LarryWren 1 points 4y ago
Oh! Well $1 is where he got it from! Drive-style (like Dan's) is 36 USD (50 AUD) each, and shipping is a flat rate of 7 USD (10 AUD). So... that's not quite as costly as I would have thought. Looks good-quality, too.
The guy does warn that it might take a long time to make one and get it out there, but if you can wait it might be worth checking out. (In my experience with international shipping... they tell you it'll take 1-4 months. Sometimes stuff gets where I'm sending it in 7 days – *wtf?* – and other times it will literally takes months, as predicted.)
Edit: I couldn't find any from big companies, but my search results kept bringing me back to Etsy. There's some smaller, sleeker patches. $1 one is 48 AUD, and will ship to Australia for ~7 AUD.
The guy does warn that it might take a long time to make one and get it out there, but if you can wait it might be worth checking out. (In my experience with international shipping... they tell you it'll take 1-4 months. Sometimes stuff gets where I'm sending it in 7 days – *wtf?* – and other times it will literally takes months, as predicted.)
Edit: I couldn't find any from big companies, but my search results kept bringing me back to Etsy. There's some smaller, sleeker patches. $1 one is 48 AUD, and will ship to Australia for ~7 AUD.
BigCrowbarSalvia [OP] 1 points 4y ago
I'll see what i can do with this, thanks!
LarryWren 1 points 4y ago
How did you lose Eyeball? (Or did you just lack Eyeball from the get-go?)
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