Sure you can register...you're just not allowed to post or participate
in any but (I believe) 2 subforums that have nothing to do with
optics.
They do have a knowledge quiz during registration, but anyone with
access to Google can easily pass it.
Doesn't it make you feel special? It's obvious they have a special
place in mind, just for their customers. A special level of Hell...so
far as I can tell.
-- Chuck Knight
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM, SQ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I go to a B&M store. Their selection of frames is absolutely
> riduculous. Maybe 2 ft of shelf space of style that I might even
> consider. I had to find the frames that I liked online and take it
> to them and they ordered it for me. I could have easily done it myself
> without their help. What value added benefit are they providing, I am
> not sure.
>
> Screwed up my eye exam and consequently the lenses they made, had to
> go back to them to redo the whole thing.
>
> Got the lenses, 6 months later the AR coating came off. They did
> replace it to their credit.
>
> But it's something they should do, considering I paid almost 500
> tokens *after* the insurance. Just $200 for the titanium frames
> alone - you know they are all made in asia now and their price cannot
> be justified, even high-end ones are not that good. I don't see how
> any frames from asia can cost $200. I found the same frames online
> for something like $79.
>
> Got a prescription for contacts and the optometrist was almost
> freaking out, told me I had to get them here and not "off the
> internet". I didn't even mention anything.
> I wonder why people go online, could it be that it costs between
> 500-1000 bucks to get eyeglasses? (eye exam, nice frames, lenses with
> high index and AR coating, etc.)
> And in this economy?
>
> They need to reduce the expenses or they will lose the business. The
> optiboard does not allow non-professionals to register, I guess our
> opinions don't matter, and we are not supposed to know the trade
> secrets.
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