Could Your Solar Eclipse Glasses Be Counterfeit?

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  • Опубліковано 3 кві 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 Місяць тому +738

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

    • @vpg8000
      @vpg8000 Місяць тому +16

      Looks more like Craigslist.

    • @MichaelSmith-jv7zm
      @MichaelSmith-jv7zm Місяць тому +5

      They literally FN say Craig's list

    • @ZERONEINNOVATIONS
      @ZERONEINNOVATIONS Місяць тому +15

      Who uses Craigslist these days anyways

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Місяць тому +6

      ​@@ZERONEINNOVATIONSA lot of people still use Craigslist

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Місяць тому +2

      People need common sense

  • @zxcytdfxy256
    @zxcytdfxy256 Місяць тому +589

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

  • @Commentingfame
    @Commentingfame Місяць тому +636

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

    • @destinytaylor6370
      @destinytaylor6370 Місяць тому +8

      honestly

    • @user-er3ri6sc3j
      @user-er3ri6sc3j Місяць тому +17

      It's a rare opportunity.

    • @KIMjB72
      @KIMjB72 Місяць тому +17

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

    • @erinboateng5961
      @erinboateng5961 Місяць тому +9

      And probably causing them to go blind too😭

    • @StarLightFIlmProductions
      @StarLightFIlmProductions Місяць тому +5

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

  • @FakeReal007
    @FakeReal007 Місяць тому +270

    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 Місяць тому +20

      Exactly 😂😂 this news show is always a joke.

    • @davejoseph5615
      @davejoseph5615 Місяць тому +8

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

    • @loner1878
      @loner1878 Місяць тому +10

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

    • @Dany_Stormborn
      @Dany_Stormborn Місяць тому

      @@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 Місяць тому +1

      I’m glad im not the only one.

  • @user-ee9vr1oj6l
    @user-ee9vr1oj6l Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +12

      Thank you 🙏 so much

    • @XtremiTeez
      @XtremiTeez Місяць тому

      ​@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 Місяць тому +65

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

  • @kingti85
    @kingti85 Місяць тому +96

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

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER Місяць тому +2

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

    • @mitsuri3096
      @mitsuri3096 Місяць тому +10

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

    • @lachlantrescott5533
      @lachlantrescott5533 Місяць тому +9

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

    • @kingti85
      @kingti85 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +1

      @@SUGAR_XYLER strange

  • @CMBurns1000
    @CMBurns1000 Місяць тому +89

    I expected an explanation on how to test them.

    • @StarLightFIlmProductions
      @StarLightFIlmProductions Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +3

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

  • @bigcue3168
    @bigcue3168 Місяць тому +21

    The library is giving them out for free...

  • @FiftyBuckCrusader
    @FiftyBuckCrusader Місяць тому +85

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

    • @alphayeep
      @alphayeep Місяць тому +1

      i know people can go blind from those

    • @hhhhj5831
      @hhhhj5831 Місяць тому +2

      Never underestimate how low people go for a quick buck

    • @Spoon97
      @Spoon97 Місяць тому +1

      Never underestimate how low people will go just to troll others

  • @user-ee9vr1oj6l
    @user-ee9vr1oj6l Місяць тому +35

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

  • @FluffyMonke
    @FluffyMonke Місяць тому +33

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

  • @billyc2493
    @billyc2493 Місяць тому +14

    People will scam anyone for anything.

  • @Sarah-sz4jg
    @Sarah-sz4jg Місяць тому +3

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

  • @AnotherCanadianLady
    @AnotherCanadianLady Місяць тому +94

    Definitely not risking my eyesight on any of these glasses.

    • @That_One_Guy434
      @That_One_Guy434 Місяць тому +3

      Just test it earlier.

    • @Mr101editz
      @Mr101editz Місяць тому +4

      Look for the ISO logo

    • @chris135x
      @chris135x Місяць тому

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

    • @NoOneHere2Day
      @NoOneHere2Day Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Mr101editzThat can't be faked?

    • @Mr101editz
      @Mr101editz Місяць тому

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

  • @EllieOscar
    @EllieOscar Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +3

      BAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣 I thought everyone knew by now

    • @EllieOscar
      @EllieOscar Місяць тому +1

      @@A_warrior_in_the_making clearly some don’t lol

  • @redbrixanimations
    @redbrixanimations Місяць тому +14

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

  • @StarDustMoonRocket
    @StarDustMoonRocket Місяць тому +3

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

  • @DMaN333v
    @DMaN333v Місяць тому +15

    How can we tell? This was no help!

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Місяць тому +2

      Don't buy them

    • @Faithdced
      @Faithdced Місяць тому

      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 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +9

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

  • @wolfx1t
    @wolfx1t Місяць тому +5

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

    • @guy.4289
      @guy.4289 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому

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

  • @SUPRAMIKE18
    @SUPRAMIKE18 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @cindy1568
    @cindy1568 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому

    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

  • @Hellefleur
    @Hellefleur 21 день тому

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

  • @6_dogs
    @6_dogs Місяць тому +1

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

  • @Thecutecyanbird
    @Thecutecyanbird Місяць тому +1

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

  • @overseer9104
    @overseer9104 Місяць тому +3

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

  • @1970daywalker
    @1970daywalker Місяць тому +1

    Wear the eyeshield used in welding😊

  • @theswapmeetflea
    @theswapmeetflea Місяць тому +1

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

  • @bryanpenaloza5697
    @bryanpenaloza5697 Місяць тому

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

  • @loganknapp8905
    @loganknapp8905 Місяць тому +1

    Wish I thought of this

  • @dannyarrais5596
    @dannyarrais5596 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @Levante_
    @Levante_ Місяць тому +13

    I love when Inside Edition bust people😂

  • @brandonbenson7867
    @brandonbenson7867 Місяць тому +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.

  • @user-wd2sh6tu3g
    @user-wd2sh6tu3g Місяць тому +1

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

  • @fireflymiesumae
    @fireflymiesumae Місяць тому +3

    I just use a bucket of water

  • @emilyake9689
    @emilyake9689 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @808drumz9
    @808drumz9 Місяць тому +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.

  • @kennyrichetti2197
    @kennyrichetti2197 Місяць тому +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.

  • @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied
    @fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied Місяць тому

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

  • @dannybaumflek8693
    @dannybaumflek8693 Місяць тому

    The same safety drill that is said every eclipse

  • @breebrat56
    @breebrat56 Місяць тому +6

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

    • @miz_the_wanderer
      @miz_the_wanderer Місяць тому +1

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

  • @FDR-ww6xz
    @FDR-ww6xz Місяць тому +1

    I already bought mine.

  • @strangerpenguin1203
    @strangerpenguin1203 Місяць тому

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

  • @leah.preppy.xo888
    @leah.preppy.xo888 Місяць тому

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

  • @02122_
    @02122_ Місяць тому

    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.

  • @Thunder_Dome45
    @Thunder_Dome45 Місяць тому

    I'm days away from cloudy skies.

  • @FBI-cz8dw
    @FBI-cz8dw Місяць тому

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

  • @kameroncole5566
    @kameroncole5566 Місяць тому +4

    The answer is yes

  • @noodle5585
    @noodle5585 Місяць тому

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

  • @rhyswillcox6011
    @rhyswillcox6011 Місяць тому

    Is their not those boxes that you can see it safely

  • @LIGOS625801
    @LIGOS625801 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @joyyonba4853
    @joyyonba4853 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @1A2T
      @1A2T Місяць тому

      yay! good for you! 😁

  • @PJB-ks9vn
    @PJB-ks9vn Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +1

      Is that your allowance 😂

  • @mapl3mage
    @mapl3mage Місяць тому +17

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

    • @STARIZZY458
      @STARIZZY458 Місяць тому +1

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

    • @u.npeacekeeperball432
      @u.npeacekeeperball432 Місяць тому +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!

  • @sophefx
    @sophefx Місяць тому +25

    crazy how theres not really official solar eclipse glasses out there

    • @chris135x
      @chris135x Місяць тому +2

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

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Місяць тому +7

      THEY AREN'T NEEDED

    • @mitsuri3096
      @mitsuri3096 Місяць тому

      Cause there's no money to be made

  • @michaelkalpakiss
    @michaelkalpakiss Місяць тому +1

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

  • @BelleEFlopp-nk5xe
    @BelleEFlopp-nk5xe Місяць тому +1

    But they have iso on them?

  • @southrussellboy2031
    @southrussellboy2031 Місяць тому +6

    i hope not

  • @brandongaming1049
    @brandongaming1049 Місяць тому +3

    the next one will be in US in august of 2044

  • @tinalclayclay8553
    @tinalclayclay8553 Місяць тому

    You can do the shoe box project

  • @mcdonkey500
    @mcdonkey500 Місяць тому

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

  • @kilem3810
    @kilem3810 Місяць тому +1

    Lol i still have my glasses from 2017

  • @jinmangoes2621
    @jinmangoes2621 Місяць тому

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

  • @86JonJones
    @86JonJones Місяць тому +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

  • @DennisLiewDennis
    @DennisLiewDennis Місяць тому

    too good to be true...

  • @kinggordon6833
    @kinggordon6833 Місяць тому

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

  • @kittencatyguyooferdot2640
    @kittencatyguyooferdot2640 Місяць тому

    I really hope nobody ever sponsors eclipse glasses

  • @shloyogoldstein7043
    @shloyogoldstein7043 Місяць тому

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

  • @this_is_NOT_a_test
    @this_is_NOT_a_test Місяць тому +3

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

  • @Bob_catplays
    @Bob_catplays Місяць тому

    Bro I saw a some soler eclipse glasses that said nasa approved the glasses am so glad I didn’t get them

  • @Radioroom91
    @Radioroom91 14 днів тому

    No criminal charges for blinding people.

  • @tbug8470
    @tbug8470 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @kermitthefrogking8510
    @kermitthefrogking8510 Місяць тому +2

    Nah I trust my happy meal

  • @LightningEthan
    @LightningEthan Місяць тому

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

  • @kevorka3281
    @kevorka3281 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @Lisa.G412
    @Lisa.G412 Місяць тому

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

  • @memeboi8384
    @memeboi8384 Місяць тому

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

  • @loganknapp8905
    @loganknapp8905 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @MangoBBT
    @MangoBBT Місяць тому

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

  • @nessa_amo8077
    @nessa_amo8077 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому

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

    • @dieseldabz7104
      @dieseldabz7104 Місяць тому

      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.

  • @Childhooddreamer
    @Childhooddreamer Місяць тому

    Well I'm having my mom get some solar eclipse glasses at our local Speedway, I guess I better check to see if they're counterfeit or not before Monday. 🙁🕵🏼‍♀️🕶️

  • @blexyyt1887
    @blexyyt1887 Місяць тому +1

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

  • @VivaSardina
    @VivaSardina Місяць тому

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

  • @gojithefatlizard_official
    @gojithefatlizard_official Місяць тому

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

  • @mashukyreilight
    @mashukyreilight Місяць тому +2

    I'm going to go fishing that day I'm curious on how the bites going to be

  • @Poppiizzzzz
    @Poppiizzzzz Місяць тому

    I have the T-Mobile ones and the approved ones lol

  • @youngmasterzhi
    @youngmasterzhi Місяць тому

    Better to just make a reflecting projector with a cardboard box, paper sheet and a toilet paper tube

  • @WaveRider-js8uh
    @WaveRider-js8uh Місяць тому

    They have been almost impossible to get anyways.

  • @MEPS2010
    @MEPS2010 Місяць тому +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 Місяць тому +7

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

    • @MaxPaxton
      @MaxPaxton Місяць тому

      We can hope.

    • @NateRobloxYT
      @NateRobloxYT Місяць тому

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

  • @DemarcusQ
    @DemarcusQ Місяць тому +1

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

  • @Lemuel928
    @Lemuel928 Місяць тому +1

    Wait..They’re all burning blind?

  • @krystalhill4213
    @krystalhill4213 Місяць тому

    Great so they were selling these at canadian tire
    . We wore them ..

  • @CMBurns1000
    @CMBurns1000 Місяць тому

    NASA is short for „no any seeing anymore“

  • @woop6078
    @woop6078 Місяць тому

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

  • @gingercat7925
    @gingercat7925 Місяць тому +2

    Same thing happened in 2017 (the eclipse and counterfeit glasses).

  • @neilmandelin3589
    @neilmandelin3589 Місяць тому

    You'll burn your eyes out!

  • @user-chemistpharmacist
    @user-chemistpharmacist Місяць тому +3

    Yikes.

  • @valevisa8429
    @valevisa8429 Місяць тому +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.