Guilty as charged...pushing online glasses. I am starting to conclude that most people are just unbelievabley lazy, sad to say. It does take SOME effort to get glasses for $8-$100 instead of $400- $600 and apparently a lot of people figure its worth paying that difference for EACH pair, rather than invest the effort.
I hopefully bought my last pair of storefront glasses, as I hedged my bet after a rough learning curve online. Incidently through an "insurance misunderstanding" I went from paying $180 for that storefront pair to $330 delivered. I find it interesting that even with "insurance" coverage, the shops manage to pump up the price to $400 or so. (based on my last couple of attempts) Since then I have finally bought 3 pairs online.....lets see, thats about $1500 of glasses for just over $100. To ME that is worth fiddling with measuring, figuring out how to input scripts, trying to find and figure out "try me on" options online, and yes, even losing playing Zenni roulette. ( I ended up with success through a different source) My wife is vacillating buying at a store or online. I am hoping to guide her through the process or maybe she can get a Costco pair and I can help her buy her first online pair. I know this forum really helped me get through the learning curve! Thom On Aug 18, 7:53 am, powrwrap <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 17, 8:18 pm, CoreyW <[email protected]> wrote: > > My question is do you guys try to convince people to use online > > eyeglasses stores? > > What do you all do to convince people to check it out? > > I say something like, "In the past two years I've bought five pairs of > glasses, and my wife has gotten four." > > That usually piques their interest as they know glasses typically cost > $400 or so. The inevitable question about cost or why the need to have > so many sets of glasses ensues. Then I can launch into my sermon about > Zenni Optical. > > > Also, it's strange how frustrated I get when people ignore my advice. > > The experience has just been so positive, though, that I want to tell > > everyone. I have to imagine others feel this way, right? > > Yeah. I've got a friend whose 12 year old son has lost or broken 2 > sets of glasses in the past year. I've told him about Zenni, > volunteered to help him measure and order the glasses, but to no > avail. I've even pushed the idea of them buying a pair from Zenni now > for $8 or $12.95 as prevention for the next time his current set is > broken or lost, but I cannot get him to respond to the invitation and > walk down the aisle. > > I did have one of my nephews try it and he loves it. Hallelujah! He's > preaching the word now too. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
