I guess that the eyeglasses will be the one of the pruducts that will be outsourced from China and India very soon. I can also predict that our local optical industry will be forced to face a painful re- structuring: either the local stores can go online at the similar prices as Zenni is selling, or the local stores will be driven out the game. This is the law of economics. No one will be loving to pay 10-20 times more than the online stores for a pair of eyeglasses, while only worth 3-5 dollars of manufacturing cost only.
Just like almost all the toll free numbers are being answered by Indian young people trained with American accent in Dehli or Bangalore, eyeglasses will be outsourced for sure. Walmart everyday takes about 20,000 pairs of eyeglasses orders from its customers throughout North America, which has a share of 10% of the country's total purchase of prescription eyeglasses. Guess what is the share of Zenni now? About 1.25% to 1.5%. This is an exciting number. Accoording to the statistics of the past years, the annual purchase of prescription eyeglasses is about 76 million pairs. I can predict that with the development of online sales, it will become common for one people to have 2 pairs, some may even have 10-20 pairs, so the annual national consumption of prescription eyeglasses will reach 150 million pairs in the coming 2-3 years. By then, eyeglasses will really be consumed at the same manner as other fashion items, and people will really create their eyewear wardrobe in the coming years. Let us wait and see! On Aug 17, 2:03 am, Chuck Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > Re: Poor quality from Zenni > > Some of Zenni's frames are exceptionally nice, and some are less so. > This is true for any brand and any retailer. Strangely, at Zenni, the > quality and price seem to have no direct correlation. > > Zenni is renowned for two things -- exceptional price, and exceptional > optical quality. They're known to get your prescription not just > within tolerances, but absolutely dead smack perfect, and countless > on-list reviews have proven this. They have the occasional mistake, > but what company doesn't? > > Re: Buying from China > > While I would prefer to buy from a local retailer, the difference in > cost is impossible to ignore. Given equal quality, I can't justify > paying 20 times more. Well, 19 times, actually...I did the math. > > Forget about nice, or attractive. Had I been able to find *any* pair > locally for around $100, I would never have tried the online option. > Local places are pricing themselves out of the market, and they don't > seem to realize it, or even care! > > -- Chuck Knight > > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Chalo<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lucille wrote: > > >> I ordered two pairs of glasses. My order took 5 weeks to arrive. > >> [...] > >> I've heard some people comment on poor quality with Zenni optical, but > >> both of these glasses look fine. They're actually more flattering > >> than my other glasses that I've paid top dollar for. > > > I got my latest glasses from Zenni just yesterday. I was so happy > > with the cheap sunglasses from my last order that I ordered another > > pair with no tint. $8 for the glasses, plus $9 for the strong > > prescription surcharge, plus $5 for shipping, equals $22 total. > > > They are great glasses and the frames seem to be the equal of any > > other plastic frames I have owned. I got regular index lens material > > which resulted in slightly better optical quality than my latest high- > > index lenses. The mostly clear plastic frames (with black front > > surface) do a good job of minimizing the lenses' apparent thickness. > > > I am happy to buy made-in-China glasses at appropriate prices after > > paying a skilled local optometrist or ophthalmologist for his expert > > service. If my previous fantastically expensive glasses had done > > better at meeting my expectations, I might never have discovered > > discount prescription glasses online. > > > Chalo- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
