Opticianry in the 21st Century??
http://www.optiboard.com/forums/imag...quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Stan Tabor http://www.optiboard.com/forums/imag...post-right.png
.........................................We are in a world that is accelerating in terms of change. Focus on adapting to the change and capitalizing on new opportunities rather than fighting change.
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And just how are we to accomplish this??
If opticians do not adapt very fast and not over years.......................
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tmorse
Originally Posted by Stan Tabor
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Originally Posted by
tmorse
.........................................We are in a world that is accelerating in terms of change. Focus on adapting to the change and capitalizing on new opportunities rather than fighting change.
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And just how are we to accomplish this??
As there is no way of destroying the internet, unless you can shoot down the satellites that transmit it instantly and the world will be set back more than 60-to 70 years, because the old telephone and telegraph cables do not exist anymore as they have been removed, in which case your profession will flourish again for a while and there is no need for any change.
If this ultimate disaster does not happen you will be dying a professional death as we can see from these many posts on OptiBoard. There is no consensus, no agreement, only bickering.
The consumer looks for the best price and the internet provides the information where to to and get it. The BC Government has now ordered optometrist's to provide the PD on every prescription. (Copy of letter in a Canadian Forum post). How long will it take until other provincial and or State governments will follow this trend ? It is bound to happen.
One post on another thread quotes an OptiBoard member buying his new car on-line because it saves thousands of Dollars. How long will it be until we can just about get anything on the web for cheaper ? And aren't we all doing it, ............but do not like the on-line optical's to interfere with our profession?
According to the post's right here on OptiBoard any post dealing with this competition where just about ignored for the last 6 years.
There is no way of picking the brains of on-line operators as the few that came on this board have disappeared or have been banned for whatever reason.
I could even project that at some point your optical labs will start selling directly to consumers as the B&M businesses will not be able to order enough for them to survive. Most of the big labs are corporation owned, the same corporation that owns the largest on-line optical.
They are playing the field both ways and don't care how it is going to be in the future, they will still be selling their lenses and AR coating them.
If opticians do not adapt very fast and not over years, they will be a historic profession.
There was once an optician who..............................