Ask me anything about eyeglasses and the industry

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Price differences between Serengeti? Quality differences?

Olivers People has more form factor IMO, Serengeti is more of a Rayban type sunglasses...

you could get a pair of Serengeti from costco for about 160-200, they sell them for real cheap

one thing, the photochromic effect on serengetis are not as significant as they are on the Olivers people sunglasses, in fact when I played with it, I couldn't see it change color at all.

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I paid 400 for oakley's square wire 2.0 with glossy coating with perscription

did i get ripped big time?

When you mean glossy coating, do you mean the mirror effect? you got a pair of RX sunglasses right?

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Whats the markup on Gucci's? and how much are they at your store - for Men's frames titanium.

Gucci's markup is about 50%
we sell gucci's for about 200~260 for the frame
downtown stores sells for double the price

I don't recall that Gucci makes Men's titanium frames, Hugo Boss, Aramani, and Burberry does though.

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what do you think of those cheap online glasses site??

Well, they are cheap, but buy at your own risk

1. Warrantee would be a hassle
2. unless your eye doctor measured your PD for you, you would have to do it urself
3. they can't adjust the glasses according to your face

for something like eyeglasses, I prefer B&M store, so if anything happens, I could go and b!tch @ them.

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Did you take the Renu's off the shelf?
If a customer wants trial contacts, do you charge them a "dispensing fee" ?
What's the highest prescription can they put on an Oakley sunglasses frame?

Well, we don't carry Renu big boxes solution, there's no profit for those.

You can't just walk in and ask for a pair of Trial lenses, but when you order Contact lenses or eye glasses, we would be nice to give you a pair upon your request.

no we don't charge dispensing fee. However, if you are a first time contact lenses wearer, our optician would charge you a learning fee which includes the instructions for you to wear the pair of contact lenses as well as a pair of trial.

It really depends on the sunglasses frame, if it's really curved, I would say less than -4.00, if it's mildly curved or straight, I don't think you would have a problem unless you go over -6.50. Their sunglasses frames are pretty small and not very curved.

[ji2o0k]

what are the markups on Alan Miklis...........I bought a pair from your store a few years ago.......


nice glasses but very very pricey.........don't worry man, any future eyeglasses purchase I will go to you.............(give me some wicked discounts man..........)

[zero_2003]

I have astigmatism. What brand of contact lenses do you recommend?

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what are the markups on Alan Miklis...........I bought a pair from your store a few years ago.......


nice glasses but very very pricey.........don't worry man, any future eyeglasses purchase I will go to you.............(give me some wicked discounts man..........)

I would thank you first...

Apparently, Alain Miklis and Lindberg has the worst profit margin, their markup is somewhere around 25%, the cost is pretty high...Holt Renfrew or other boutiques in downtown would charge you close to 1000 for the frame while we only charge about 450

We make more money on frames like Gucci and Burberry

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I have astigmatism. What brand of contact lenses do you recommend?

how high is your astigmatism?

[Neb]

Does that Bauch and Combe (sp?) solution really cause eye infections?

Does your store sell trial pairs of contact lenses even though it says "not for resale" ?

[burnt_toast]

didnt read the whole thread...

but do you have direct payment through insurance - greenshield?

[PlayerOne]

When you mean glossy coating, do you mean the mirror effect? you got a pair of RX sunglasses right?

yes and yes

was 400 bucks a rip?

[z3r0]

Are you an optician?

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Does that Bauch and Combe (sp?) solution really cause eye infections?

Does your store sell trial pairs of contact lenses even though it says "not for resale" ?

no we don't sell trial lenses

I think the infection is only an isolated case, it only happened to a certain batch of solution

[ah_long]

didnt read the whole thread...

but do you have direct payment through insurance - greenshield?

no we don't do direct payment, we issue you a reciept and you do the claim yourself, we will also sign all neccesary forms