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    What is the average discount for your famil

    What is the average discount your employer will give to your family members? Just curious.

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    cost fo any one living at home
    Paul:cheers:

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    I work at a private office and the family discount is 30% off retail value off frames and lens.

    This only applies to immediate family, and the eye exams are $20 plus another $20 for contact fitting. That only applies when the doctor/owner is giving the exam.

    Benefits for myself is much much BETTER. :cheers:

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    100% They are family! If they have insureance, I bill the insureance.
    Family means a lot in the South.

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    immediate family 100 percent.

    Cousins, depends. As much as cost.

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    For immediate family, Husband and child, it is cost.

    For my extended family.. ie my sister and her 5 kids all needing vision correction, it is typically 25%.
    "Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate. But I believe that happiness is something we create."-Something More by Sugarland

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    For myself and immediate family we pay the cost of the materials. We get free exams.

    For my mom, brothers or sister in law I can give a 30% dicount. It used to be 50% but it was changed.

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    Here is a question. What is your discount for employees (and how many times)?

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    For employees: 100% they are family too, and we offer little enough in benefits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    For employees: 100% they are family too, and we offer little enough in benefits.

    agreed. We do 100 percent as many times as they want. We each get about 3 pair a year.

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    It seemed this issue was always coming up at the last office I managed. The way it eventually shook out...

    Exams free and materials at cost for employees and family members living in the same home (if the employee was given product by a rep, that was okay- but we made sure everyone had more or less the opportunity to enjoy free product).

    30% off for family members not living at home (or something like that).
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