While researching "online glasses", this board popped up: optiboards. I'm not sure how well-known it is, but it has several interesting threads regarding online glasses and the optician's view in it. This is an interesting thread: http://www.optiboard.com/forums/showthread.php/37086-Anyone-thinking-of-the-online-optical-store-s-big-impact-on-our-traditional-retail/page7, with angry opticians bashing buying glasses online.
I'd like to get people's opinion on it. Personally, I find it ironic, because most of them are claiming "ethics" or "liability", but it all comes down to money. These opticians call online glasses "crap" without ever trying them, and many of the posts are concerned with how to keep their sales, and how to charge for services such as PD, fitting, adjusting, etc. If you've ever had problems getting your PD from your optician, this thread lists all the reasons coming from THEIR SIDE. They have reasons from "we need the glasses to get the PD" or "I personally think it's wrong" blah blah blah, but in the end, they all see it as a waste of their professional time, and want to charge anywhere from $10-$30 for it. BTW, I'm not in any way trying to promote the board or its content, I just find it interesting and wanted to see other's views. -- 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
