OnlinelDoc, I'm curious - have you ordered online yet? Have any of your employees? If so, what has been your experience thusfar? How does the online product compared to the products you have access to?
Your comments and input are much appreciated! On Sep 17, 12:54 am, bateye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > as more & more people discover purchasing glasses online I can see > that the demise of the traditional optometrist shop is coming. > business models will have to change > why don't more optometrists see this disruptive force coming? > > It would be great if optometrists / opthalmologists > a. offer eye health checkup > b. provide a choice of > -full service eyeglass/contact service at a reasonable markup, ie shop > will do all the leg work including samples available to try on > -partial service with a given choice of online vendors with follow-up > upon receipt of the glasses. follow-up to entail checking of lab work > and adjustments/repairs and possibly follow-up with online vendor in > case of possible errors > -partial service with other online vendors with minimal follow-up - > follow-up to only entail checking of lab work but patient to do any > follow-up with online vendor > > each of these choices will possibly at different price levels based on > the amount of service provided by the optometrist/ophtalmologist > > On Sep 16, 3:42 pm, onlineIDoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One thing that attracts my common sense is that most posts are happy > > with their purchase. In any optical shop, we deal all day with > > complaints. I guess after the heavy sell they expect some service, > > attention, etc instead of ...... here. > > > So I guess we expect a little less this way , pay much less for very > > little less (service, or hipressure selling"), and overall rate the > > purchase a sucess. Many of my patients go this route, I I explain how > > to do it let alone pd. The reason I am not afraid of my host store > > "throwing me out for that", is multifold. Forst of all, people want > > that kind of service and I give it at a fair,(cheap) price because I > > can as fo years I devoloped and purchased the > > software,hardware,training and equipment needed to do this, Back then > > I got more money but reinvested it into the practice to develope to > > the point where I can see patients at a reasonable rate for a correct > > lengthy of time and do a thourough exam, get a good rx and discuss it > > with them. I do have technicians most of the time run the "pretests", > > a battery of machines that take no skill to measure objectice rx, ks, > > IOP(glaucoma) and in my practice fields ( pripheral vision) and we > > take a retinal photo which networks so any exam room can pick it right > > up. > > > There will always be customers for internet, brickm and mortar, but > > the percentages will change. More will move towrards internet if the > > success rate is so high, and complainers usually respond more than > > happies,The only angry stuff is from the "professionals" who's > > percentage of the market will shrink, and most will go down with the > > titanic, > > > Greetings, > > > Michael Katz OD > > > On Sep 16, 5:26 pm, deborah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > AMEN! > > > > I am really grateful that I found this board JUST as I was in the > > > process of ordering new glasses. I saved roughly $400 compared to the > > > SAME glasses if I had gone ahead and gotten them from the store I was > > > planning to buy from (Europtics. By the way, Europtics stinks - VERY > > > high prices and super-duper high pressure selling.) > > > > Deborah > > > > On Sep 16, 12:23 pm, onlineIDoc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As most know I am an optometrist who is in favor of bringing down > > > > costs of optical goods and on line selling is definitely a great > > > > method. Watching the events on Wall Street and past few weeks implies > > > > that times will get harder for most of us, we may have been on a > > > > spending binge the past few years, but a reversal is occuring. > > > > > In many third world countries, people just don't receive eyecare at > > > > all , and just live with the inability to see. I have seen 40+ > > > > imigrants see for the first time and it is amazing to watch. > > > > > I think we as a world community must use all available resources, not > > > > to make eyecare more expensive and less available, but the opposite, > > > > to make it more affordable and I think Ira gets this too. > > > > > I think that this will grow into a much bigger community as people > > > > seek alternatives. > > > > > I'm glad to see opticians on board who "get it" and as an optometrist > > > > I "get it" and will answer questions, give opinions etc. > > > > > Good Luck to everyone here, you are pioneers in what will be the > > > > future very soon. > > > > > Michael Katz OD > > > > > kudos to Ira for having the foresite to get this board going now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. 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