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    Ted Baker...who is he?

    Hey, for you UK guys: who is Ted Baker, the designer?

    Just got his line from Tura this month. Superb quality and style for way too low a price. A must see! Funky to semi-funky. Unisex, men's and women's. Selling like Viagra. Check it out.

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    ted baker doesn't exist

    http://www.optispares.btinternet.co.uk

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    just giving this thread a bump...
    How have you all done with this line?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNeyecare View Post
    just giving this thread a bump...
    How have you all done with this line?

    Crummy. I think the quality stinks, the styles are goofy, almost odd. I have about a dozen or so left. After they disappear, they will never return.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fezz View Post
    Crummy. I think the quality stinks, the styles are goofy, almost odd. I have about a dozen or so left. After they disappear, they will never return.
    Although Brother Fezz is very guarded in his true opinion on this product, I have to say that he think more of it than I do.
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    Ted Baker

    We have carried it for about 3 years and it seems to be moving slower and slower. If it were up to me we would phase it out.

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    Apparently, he encourages women to pour their drinks on their shirts

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    We do pretty well with Ted, but the LuLu Guiness stuff has been moving more quickly lately.

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    You goons must not know how to buy! Everyone knows ODs can outbuy and outsell in the optical.:D

    I'm selling it, well. Nyah.

    Problem, is, I'd rather be selling more expensive stuff. Working on that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
    Problem, is, I'd rather be selling more expensive stuff. Working on that.
    Don't give up yet! If you stick with them, they'll raise the price some more, and then you will be selling more expensive stuff!:D
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    We sell it.
    Goofy styles? sure. But hey, if it sells, who am I to question?
    Hard to insert lenses in some styles.
    poor quality? no way!
    Too expensive? You bet

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    Isn't he the guy that used to be the announcer on the Mary Tyler Moore show?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johns View Post
    Don't give up yet! If you stick with them, they'll raise the price some more, and then you will be selling more expensive stuff!:D
    I know when I've been beat, Johns. No mas, no mas!:D

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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    Isn't he the guy that used to be the announcer on the Mary Tyler Moore show?

    :D

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    Australian football star


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    It is a fake name. Ted Baker is everyone and no one--as I have been told by the Ted Baker company.
    Last edited by BelleResa; 12-09-2009 at 05:51 PM.

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    as far as the drink spilling on the clothes---that comes from their images in their clothing stores. Evidently, ted has liquid resistant suits? shirts? Sounds weird--don't know how true it is or how well it works. Hey, his clothes sell like mad in Hollywood--maybe it is a gimic for those hard partying celebs!:cheers:

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    Quote Originally Posted by BelleResa View Post
    It is a fake name. Ted Baker is everyone and no one--as I have been told by the Ted Baker company. I am a Tura rep. LuLu IS a real person, however. She married into the Guinness family---the stout and Book of World records family. But Teddy is fake---like Paul Smith of Oliver Peoples.
    Belle, Belle, Belle!

    You are woefully misinformed.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sm...shion_designer)

    Sir Paul Smith is one of the most highly respected iconic fashion designers on planet Earth and an actual real person. He is the top selling menswear designer in Brittain and in Japan, he is second only to Calvin Klein.

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    neat, water resistant eyewear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by For-Life View Post
    neat, water resistant eyewear.
    which means hydrophobic

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    Quote Originally Posted by BelleResa View Post
    But Teddy is fake---like Paul Smith of Oliver Peoples.
    Actually, Sir Paul Smith is quite real http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sm...on_designer%29
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    I was told that Mr. Leight once bought a lot of antique glasses at an auction of the Oliver Peoples' estate, and later - fashioned his eyewear styles from most of those frames.

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    actually, it has been said that Ted Baker was spotted in a bathtub with a butcher and a candlestick maker.

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    Big Smile

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    actually, it has been said that Ted Baker was spotted in a bathtub with a butcher and a candlestick maker.
    That was funny!

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    Thanks, it's a gift, I think

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