Could Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Be Counterfeit?

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  • Опубликовано: 3 апр 2024
  • Eclipse mania is sweeping the country. On April 8, millions will be gazing up to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime event. Manufacturer Mark Margolis says there has been a flood of counterfeit solar eclipse glasses that have hit the market. Inside Edition found an ad on Craigslist offering 500 pairs of glasses for just $100. An Inside Edition producer went undercover to meet up with the man selling all those glasses. Inside Edition’s Les Trent has more.

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  • @WabiSabiLady
    @WabiSabiLady Месяц назад +738

    That guy needs to be fired and banned from Craigslist!!

    • @vpg8000
      @vpg8000 Месяц назад +16

      Looks more like Craigslist.

    • @MichaelSmith-jv7zm
      @MichaelSmith-jv7zm Месяц назад +5

      They literally FN say Craig's list

    • @ZERONEINNOVATIONS
      @ZERONEINNOVATIONS Месяц назад +15

      Who uses Craigslist these days anyways

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад +6

      ​@@ZERONEINNOVATIONSA lot of people still use Craigslist

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад +2

      People need common sense

  • @Commentingfame
    @Commentingfame Месяц назад +638

    Imagine knocking people off for one of the rarest events to see

    • @destinytaylor6370
      @destinytaylor6370 Месяц назад +8

      honestly

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Месяц назад +17

      It's a rare opportunity.

    • @KIMjB72
      @KIMjB72 Месяц назад +17

      ​@@user-er3ri6sc3jit's not rare because we just had it 5 years ago

    • @erinboateng5961
      @erinboateng5961 Месяц назад +9

      And probably causing them to go blind too😭

    • @StarLightFIlmProductions
      @StarLightFIlmProductions Месяц назад +5

      Not just that. making people blind to not ever witnessing anything ever again.

  • @zxcytdfxy256
    @zxcytdfxy256 Месяц назад +590

    So this dude is risking everyones literal eyesight and is walking free while making a buck? Crazy world

  • @FakeReal007
    @FakeReal007 Месяц назад +272

    So this whole story was almost pointless, they didn’t find any unsafe glasses, the one they bought on Craigslist and examined by the ‘expert’ was not deemed unsafe, the expert said he doesn’t know.

    • @inflation1139
      @inflation1139 Месяц назад +20

      Exactly 😂😂 this news show is always a joke.

    • @davejoseph5615
      @davejoseph5615 Месяц назад +8

      Yeah, what sort of "expert" would give such a vague answer?

    • @loner1878
      @loner1878 Месяц назад +10

      In 2017 there were counterfeit ones and people did suffer eye damage from it

    • @Dany_Stormborn
      @Dany_Stormborn Месяц назад

      @@inflation1139idk if I’d call inside edition news lol…. More just gossip entertainment…. Buuuut they could’ve actually told ppl how to find safe glasses. Easy to find out online. Gotta trace them back to nasa approved manufacturers not sellers or brands

    • @jermaineallen2879
      @jermaineallen2879 Месяц назад +1

      I’m glad im not the only one.

  • @user-ee9vr1oj6l
    @user-ee9vr1oj6l Месяц назад +106

    Any easy way to figure out if the glasses were fake is to see if you wake up blind the day after the eclipse

    • @whitemailprivilege2830
      @whitemailprivilege2830 Месяц назад +12

      Thank you 🙏 so much

    • @XtremiTeez
      @XtremiTeez Месяц назад

      ​@user-wz6gd1qv4ilooking at the sun doesn't make you go blind. That's an old wives tale. I've looked directly at the sun many times since I was a little kid, even through binoculars and telescopes. I'm now 60 years old and my eyesight is fine. I don't even wear glasses.

  • @BLOXKAFELLARECORDS
    @BLOXKAFELLARECORDS Месяц назад +65

    I like how the news be outting people 😂 on camera 🤳 😂😂😂

  • @kingti85
    @kingti85 Месяц назад +96

    I swear this is like the 50th "once in a lifetime" eclipse in my 40 years

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER Месяц назад +2

      Well it took me 40 years to see a total solar eclipse.
      It's was well worth the wait

    • @mitsuri3096
      @mitsuri3096 Месяц назад +10

      It happens every year in different parts of the world so idk

    • @lachlantrescott5533
      @lachlantrescott5533 Месяц назад +9

      And did you see all 50 of them? It happens in different parts of the world only once in a lifetime

    • @kingti85
      @kingti85 Месяц назад +3

      Seriously? Dammit! I think we observed one when I was in 2nd grade in the 90s but we didn't have glasses we had to stare at paper plates with a hole in it or something it was lame as hell

    • @samu-chan
      @samu-chan Месяц назад +1

      @@SUGAR_XYLER strange

  • @CMBurns1000
    @CMBurns1000 Месяц назад +89

    I expected an explanation on how to test them.

    • @StarLightFIlmProductions
      @StarLightFIlmProductions Месяц назад +6

      Get a vary hot and bright flash light and shin into your eyes it won't cause any lasting damage but will burn that's how I tested mine

    • @ProductOfThePines
      @ProductOfThePines Месяц назад +3

      put them on and stare at the sun for half hour. thats the NASA test

  • @FiftyBuckCrusader
    @FiftyBuckCrusader Месяц назад +85

    Nah that’s crazy, didn’t think folks could be low enough to pull this stuff off of all things

    • @alphayeep
      @alphayeep Месяц назад +1

      i know people can go blind from those

    • @hhhhj5831
      @hhhhj5831 Месяц назад +2

      Never underestimate how low people go for a quick buck

    • @Spoon97
      @Spoon97 Месяц назад +1

      Never underestimate how low people will go just to troll others

  • @bigcue3168
    @bigcue3168 Месяц назад +21

    The library is giving them out for free...

  • @FluffyMonke
    @FluffyMonke Месяц назад +33

    Imagine going to the hospital just because you bought some glasses that had the words "NASA approved."

  • @user-ee9vr1oj6l
    @user-ee9vr1oj6l Месяц назад +35

    People would have believed it more if it said - Approved by the Sun .. Instead of Nasa😅

  • @Sarah-sz4jg
    @Sarah-sz4jg Месяц назад +3

    Imagine watching it and all a sudden you can’t see anything

  • @EllieOscar
    @EllieOscar Месяц назад +34

    ⚠️if ur worried ur glasses may be fake then I would recommend putting them on and looking at the sun before the eclipse, if the sun is a orange color then ur good.👍

    • @A_warrior_in_the_making
      @A_warrior_in_the_making Месяц назад +3

      BAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣 I thought everyone knew by now

    • @EllieOscar
      @EllieOscar Месяц назад +1

      @@A_warrior_in_the_making clearly some don’t lol

  • @redbrixanimations
    @redbrixanimations Месяц назад +14

    Just tape 7 pairs of sunglasses together and look at the sun through them lol (for legal reasons this is a joke)

  • @billyc2493
    @billyc2493 Месяц назад +14

    People will scam anyone for anything.

  • @AnotherCanadianLady
    @AnotherCanadianLady Месяц назад +94

    Definitely not risking my eyesight on any of these glasses.

    • @That_One_Guy434
      @That_One_Guy434 Месяц назад +3

      Just test it earlier.

    • @Mr101editz
      @Mr101editz Месяц назад +4

      Look for the ISO logo

    • @chris135x
      @chris135x Месяц назад

      Then don't get any of these glasses. Even if the government provides it for you!

    • @NoOneHere2Day
      @NoOneHere2Day Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Mr101editzThat can't be faked?

    • @Mr101editz
      @Mr101editz Месяц назад

      @@NoOneHere2Day no. Faking it would guarantee life in prison

  • @StarDustMoonRocket
    @StarDustMoonRocket Месяц назад +3

    Dr. Ralph in Toronto was a great help. He looked at the cardboard.

  • @SUPRAMIKE18
    @SUPRAMIKE18 Месяц назад +5

    "tested by certifications in China" ok so they don't work at all then, got it. 😂😂😂

  • @DMaN333v
    @DMaN333v Месяц назад +15

    How can we tell? This was no help!

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад +2

      Don't buy them

    • @Faithdced
      @Faithdced Месяц назад

      Basically, the real solar eclipse safe viewing glasses won't allow you to see Anything but the sun or extremely bright lights, such as those when welding. When you put them on, it is absolutely pitch black. When you look at the sun with them, it'll be just a small circular round light, not even bright on your eyes. If you end up with glasses that show through more than that, it's not safe to look at the sun with them.

    • @haven_lady675
      @haven_lady675 Месяц назад +11

      Use your flashlight on your phone.
      Put your glasses onto the phone flashlight.
      If the light appears like a small speck, it's real.
      But if the light is a big circle, you got a fake.

  • @EllieOscar
    @EllieOscar Месяц назад +9

    The city I live in is gonna be PACKED with people 😭

  • @wolfx1t
    @wolfx1t Месяц назад +5

    Everybody: get to see the solar eclipse
    School: remain open
    Me: B.R.U.H

    • @guy.4289
      @guy.4289 Месяц назад +1

      They let us out at 11 at my school so we can see it
      Even if they don't let you out early I doubt they'll let you miss it, they took us out in elementary school a few years ago during the eclipse and even gave us glasses

    • @richardcano1824
      @richardcano1824 Месяц назад

      I don’t think that message was directed to children.

  • @Hellefleur
    @Hellefleur Месяц назад

    Rainbow Symphony is where I got mine from. Glad to see them speak up on safety.

  • @cindy1568
    @cindy1568 Месяц назад +2

    In the old days, we put pin hole in a paper aiming the sun/eclipse throught the hole onto another paper on the ground. Worked just fine without having to worry about going blind.

  • @8bittimetraveler834
    @8bittimetraveler834 Месяц назад

    I saw the eclipse in Montreal with ISO glasses, and it was absolutely amazing I'm not surprised some people cried. That was one life time experience

  • @1970daywalker
    @1970daywalker Месяц назад +1

    Wear the eyeshield used in welding😊

  • @dannyarrais5596
    @dannyarrais5596 Месяц назад +2

    Guy probably frantically looking for who he sold the glasses to now.

  • @86JonJones
    @86JonJones Месяц назад +2

    I just got fake glasses from amazon.. had the ISO label but you cant even see a bright cell phone light up close, its completely blacked out. I guess that's how they get away with the ISO rating because I just wont see anything at all

  • @brandonbenson7867
    @brandonbenson7867 Месяц назад +3

    I just bought a few pairs of these exact same ones from Canadian Tire. I know the NASA approved isn't true, but it also has an ISO approval, which is what it should have. Fingers crossed.

  • @kennyrichetti2197
    @kennyrichetti2197 Месяц назад +2

    He should get arrested selling fake Solar Eclipse glasses, Doesn't even think twice for anyone who will loose there eyesight in the future.

  • @808drumz9
    @808drumz9 Месяц назад +3

    I'd rather use an ND filter on a digtal camera and look at it through the digital screen. Not worth the risk to eyesight to look at it directly.

  • @overseer9104
    @overseer9104 Месяц назад +3

    Once in a life time wasn’t there one just a few years ago

  • @kameroncole5566
    @kameroncole5566 Месяц назад +4

    The answer is yes

  • @Levante_
    @Levante_ Месяц назад +13

    I love when Inside Edition bust people😂

  • @6_dogs
    @6_dogs Месяц назад +1

    Grandad:
    *sighs*
    … “the _Toy Maker.“_

  • @BelleEFlopp-nk5xe
    @BelleEFlopp-nk5xe Месяц назад +1

    But they have iso on them?

  • @fireflymiesumae
    @fireflymiesumae Месяц назад +3

    I just use a bucket of water

  • @theswapmeetflea
    @theswapmeetflea Месяц назад +1

    Radioactive Man - "THE GOGGLES, THEY DO NOTHING!!" 😂

  • @user-wd2sh6tu3g
    @user-wd2sh6tu3g Месяц назад +1

    "Here Comes the Sun" should be renamed "Here Comes Your Eye Doctor" or " It burns my eyes"

  • @Radioroom91
    @Radioroom91 Месяц назад

    No criminal charges for blinding people.

  • @bryanpenaloza5697
    @bryanpenaloza5697 Месяц назад

    Been looking at eclipses without glasses everytime 😂😂 my eyesight still good

  • @loganknapp8905
    @loganknapp8905 Месяц назад +1

    Wish I thought of this

  • @LIGOS625801
    @LIGOS625801 Месяц назад +1

    Inside edition could not afford a light emitter with a set frequency to find out if the glasses were effective?

  • @breebrat56
    @breebrat56 Месяц назад +6

    You can safely view the eclipse on many live streaming sources.

    • @Solar3clipse1
      @Solar3clipse1 Месяц назад +1

      Although you can view the eclipses on live streaming videos, you're still not gonna witness the beauty of it, not even pictures.

  • @southrussellboy2031
    @southrussellboy2031 Месяц назад +6

    i hope not

  • @Thecutecyanbird
    @Thecutecyanbird Месяц назад +1

    I just need to wear Eclipse Glasses to see it's not hurt my eye! 😊

  • @mapl3mage
    @mapl3mage Месяц назад +17

    if you watch the livestream, you protect both your eyes and your wallet!

    • @STARIZZY458
      @STARIZZY458 Месяц назад +1

      but i want to see it in real life so it feels real

    • @u.npeacekeeperball432
      @u.npeacekeeperball432 Месяц назад +1

      @@STARIZZY458 close one of ur eyes, put an orange parallel to a light bulb and to ur other eye that is open. Boom, artificial solar eclipse. You'll even get some weird black spots once you're done looking at it!

  • @FDR-ww6xz
    @FDR-ww6xz Месяц назад +1

    I already bought mine.

  • @emilyake9689
    @emilyake9689 Месяц назад

    I bought some on Amazon and got an email letting me know they aren't safe. Thankfully we found others. Just in the nick of time.

  • @dannybaumflek8693
    @dannybaumflek8693 Месяц назад

    The same safety drill that is said every eclipse

  • @rhyswillcox6011
    @rhyswillcox6011 Месяц назад

    Is their not those boxes that you can see it safely

  • @shaquillerobinson1115
    @shaquillerobinson1115 Месяц назад +25

    Here's a solution, buy a welding helmet.

    • @HeyN1ckk
      @HeyN1ckk Месяц назад +8

      Some aren't safe you can look it up

    • @shaquillerobinson1115
      @shaquillerobinson1115 Месяц назад +5

      @HeyN1ckk That is true, but the one I have is awesome. I can stare directly at the sun and be fine.

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@shaquillerobinson1115Same

  • @02122_
    @02122_ Месяц назад

    Bought those same phony eclipse glasses 2 hours before the event, luckily saw this video and didn’t use them. There was a line of 100 people in the park buying them just an hour before the event, I prayed for every eyeball. Luckily my coworker had a good pair and I was able to view the eclipse.

  • @OfficialNihalKompalli
    @OfficialNihalKompalli Месяц назад

    I thought the Solar Eclipse wouldn't get that popular so I didn't watch it. You know what? I will watch the next one on 2026.

  • @memeboi8384
    @memeboi8384 Месяц назад

    Hector Salamanca went from making drugs to making glasses, truly amazing.

  • @kittencatyguyooferdot2640
    @kittencatyguyooferdot2640 Месяц назад

    I really hope nobody ever sponsors eclipse glasses

  • @JonyPlayz1
    @JonyPlayz1 Месяц назад +1

    Where can you buy them?

  • @mcdonkey500
    @mcdonkey500 Месяц назад

    still got mine from 2017 when it came through here. Too bad I'm just outside of totality this time

  • @leah.preppy.xo888
    @leah.preppy.xo888 Месяц назад

    can't believe this is happening on my birthday!!

  • @sophefx
    @sophefx Месяц назад +25

    crazy how theres not really official solar eclipse glasses out there

    • @chris135x
      @chris135x Месяц назад +2

      Yet these news sources and government want us to think there is.

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад +7

      THEY AREN'T NEEDED

    • @mitsuri3096
      @mitsuri3096 Месяц назад

      Cause there's no money to be made

  • @MEPS2010
    @MEPS2010 Месяц назад +9

    It's weird how most of us living on Earth will never meet or even acknowledge each other’s existence. For example, if you're reading my comment; this is probably the first and last time you’ll ever see me.

    • @jamilf2667
      @jamilf2667 Месяц назад +7

      Weird yet normal, may you have a good day stranger of the internet.

    • @MaxPaxton
      @MaxPaxton Месяц назад

      We can hope.

    • @NateRobloxYT
      @NateRobloxYT Месяц назад

      my brain thought ur pfp was george washington for a sec for some reason 😭😭💀

  • @joyyonba4853
    @joyyonba4853 Месяц назад +1

    my GF and I will be watching eclipse inside my room on that day. so excited!

    • @1A2T
      @1A2T Месяц назад

      yay! good for you! 😁

  • @DemarcusQ
    @DemarcusQ Месяц назад +1

    We’ve had red moons, blue moons “Once in a blue moon”, but still everyone would rather watch the basic toilet hole moon 😂

  • @noodle5585
    @noodle5585 Месяц назад

    i didnt know they could be knockoff like that, i just use a welding mask as solar eclipse glasses

  • @kinggordon6833
    @kinggordon6833 Месяц назад

    This that wife that puts 10 towels and a blankets and wanders why the washer craps out less than a year later😅.

  • @PJB-ks9vn
    @PJB-ks9vn Месяц назад +8

    I just bought my first ever pair of state of the art solar eclipse glasses, and these better not be some stupid scam. I just sacrificed fourteen quarters on those glasses.

    • @Xane_Dragon
      @Xane_Dragon Месяц назад +1

      Is that your allowance 😂

  • @gojithefatlizard_official
    @gojithefatlizard_official Месяц назад

    "Once of a life time event" didn't one happened like 7 years ago? 😭

  • @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied
    @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied Месяц назад

    I’ve never seen a more specialer pair of paper glasses in me life.

  • @kermitthefrogking8510
    @kermitthefrogking8510 Месяц назад +2

    Nah I trust my happy meal

  • @Lemuel928
    @Lemuel928 Месяц назад +1

    Wait..They’re all burning blind?

  • @jinmangoes2621
    @jinmangoes2621 Месяц назад

    "Once in a lifetime" I’ve seen the solar eclipse 2 times

  • @Thunder_Dome45
    @Thunder_Dome45 Месяц назад

    I'm days away from cloudy skies.

  • @this_is_NOT_a_test
    @this_is_NOT_a_test Месяц назад +3

    Just watch the livestream of the solar eclipse on your smartphone lol

  • @FBI-cz8dw
    @FBI-cz8dw Месяц назад

    "once in a life time" - this has happend over 30 times in my life time

  • @shloyogoldstein7043
    @shloyogoldstein7043 Месяц назад

    Why would anyone even buy these??? I've seen ads for free glasses everywhere

  • @Jesse12489
    @Jesse12489 Месяц назад +6

    This reminds me back during the pandemic when people were selling stuff that says prevents you from getting covid and they made a huge profit out of it or selling fake covid test.

  • @brandongaming1049
    @brandongaming1049 Месяц назад +3

    the next one will be in US in august of 2044

  • @kilem3810
    @kilem3810 Месяц назад +1

    Lol i still have my glasses from 2017

  • @michaelkalpakiss
    @michaelkalpakiss Месяц назад +1

    This is comforting knowing I have my glasses from the university of Toronto !!!

  • @woop6078
    @woop6078 Месяц назад

    0:15 Why did they choose that song? is the sun appearing or something?

  • @kaistockman6443
    @kaistockman6443 Месяц назад

    I bought one from Walmart hopefully it’s good.

  • @strangerpenguin1203
    @strangerpenguin1203 Месяц назад

    I wished I was able to see the eclipse but I live around the west coast and I was in class…

  • @nessa_amo8077
    @nessa_amo8077 Месяц назад +5

    Has anyone bought these? Just curious lol. 😅 The safest way is using a wielding helmet. But if you want to keep your good eyesight I recommend not looking at the sun at all!

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад

      Yup glad own several that's what I'm wearing and letting friends use

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Месяц назад

      Been welding for 33yrs now and gotten flash burn more times than can remember at this point. Fact I'm 𝙉𝙊𝙏 blind yet is already a miracle.

  • @kevorka3281
    @kevorka3281 Месяц назад +1

    Great... I think I'll avoid looking at the sun at all instead

  • @tbug8470
    @tbug8470 Месяц назад +1

    How did he make them? Did he eats lots of Quality Street and use the wrappers?🤔😋😋

  • @DennisLiewDennis
    @DennisLiewDennis Месяц назад

    too good to be true...

  • @user-chemistpharmacist
    @user-chemistpharmacist Месяц назад +3

    Yikes.

  • @MangoBBT
    @MangoBBT Месяц назад

    Think I've still got a few pairs from watching 3D movies at the movie theatres

  • @kinariuu
    @kinariuu Месяц назад

    Imagine causing someone to go blind for a dollar

  • @tinalclayclay8553
    @tinalclayclay8553 Месяц назад

    You can do the shoe box project

  • @Lisa.G412
    @Lisa.G412 Месяц назад

    I got some on Amazon and mine say the same on mine

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa8429 Месяц назад +3

    Back when i was a little kid we smocked pieces of glass with a candle,and look through them at the eclipse.They work.

  • @loganknapp8905
    @loganknapp8905 Месяц назад +1

    If you feel the need to stare at the sun.... 😂

  • @GwarFluffyGoreGuts
    @GwarFluffyGoreGuts Месяц назад +3

    I haven't found one that it's made in China.

    • @Faithdced
      @Faithdced Месяц назад

      ALL the ones I've found say they're made in China.

  • @blexyyt1887
    @blexyyt1887 Месяц назад +1

    I’m not gonna see it cuz idk how or were to get the glasses 👓😭

  • @Dino_Boy.01
    @Dino_Boy.01 Месяц назад +5

    “Here comes the sun.” I can’t wait for the memes that will occur if someone goes blind 💀💀

  • @VivaSardina
    @VivaSardina Месяц назад

    I always go for *suluxs* , their quality is great. and for authenticators to not be able to detect it as a fake

  • @channelsurfing
    @channelsurfing Месяц назад +17

    People will do anything to make a quick buck. Sad. What has happened to our society?

  • @LightningEthan
    @LightningEthan Месяц назад

    With clouds forecasted to cover most places during the solar eclipse, this shouldn’t be AS big of an issue

  • @user-er3ri6sc3j
    @user-er3ri6sc3j Месяц назад +2

    A knockoff on the streets of Manhattan?