Any benefits of the Luxottica Advantage Program?

[jadenj]

Hi,

I currently use Marchon and was looking at switching to Luxottica. I was reading the benefits of the Luxottica Advantage Program. It seems they have discounts for all sorts of things including cell phones, insurance and other benefits.

""As a Luxottica Advantage Member, you qualify for a Sprint Discount. If you sell the following brands, you will get a 15% monthly discount on any Sprint or Nextel wireless services plans. Sprint and Luxottica have teamed up to offer this discount to 30,000 independent eyeglass dealers nationwide.

You can call Sprint directly at 866-853-4931 and mention Luxottica code 0583325597
You can call Nextel directly at 800-390-9545 and mention Luxottica code NLUUI_ZZZ

Ray-Ban, Killer Loop, Arnette, Revo, Persol & Vogue while the Luxottica licensed brands include Bvlgari Occhiali, Chanel, Moschino, Prada, Versace and DKNY.""

Is anyone a member of LAP and is it worth it? It sounds like great plan, but I wasnt sure how the plan works based on the documentation and when I called the service rep they didnt seem informed.

Thanks

JJ

[For-Life]

The advantage is the new Pearle Vision, Lenscrafters and Sears television advertisements.

[Audiyoda]

Before all the Lux haters emerge and engulf this thread with one-sided and often misguided levels of hate and mistrust, (and I'm not a Lux lover and don't carry any of their products) - the Advantage program is a very nice deal if you are able to take advantage of their savings and can tolerate Lux as a partner and competitor.

[ziggy]

Hi,

I currently use Marchon and was looking at switching to Luxottica..

Thanks

JJ

You only use one vender?

[Johns]

Before all the Lux haters emerge and engulf this thread with one-sided and often misguided levels of hate and mistrust, (and I'm not a Lux lover and don't carry any of their products) - the

Love, peace, and happiness...

:cheers:

[chip anderson]

most such programs are highly beneficial to Luxottica or whomever else is promoting such programs.

Chip

[partyoptician]

I cannot understand why any independent optician would do business with Lux. If you want some good dependable product talk to Safilo. The elasta brand is still made in Italy and really can be a house brand for you. They offer disount off the wholesale pricing and they will stand behind there products! By the way I'm a wholesale lab who has nothing to gain by recommending them but I do see alot of their product and rarely see any quality concerns. Just some thoughts.:)

[ShuString]

most such programs are highly beneficial to Luxottica or whomever else is promoting such programs.

Chip



I agree! And thats not bashing.

[Audiyoda]

I cannot understand why any independent optician would do business with Lux. If you want some good dependable product talk to Safilo. The elasta brand is still made in Italy and really can be a house brand for you. They offer disount off the wholesale pricing and they will stand behind there products! By the way I'm a wholesale lab who has nothing to gain by recommending them but I do see alot of their product and rarely see any quality concerns. Just some thoughts.:)

:drop:You're joking right?

Have you seen Safilo lately? Most of the in-house brands (Elasta, Team, Chesterfield, Adensco....) are junk with a few rare exceptions. The licensed brands all look alike...Armani looks like JLo looks like Marc looks like Juicy looks like Diesel. The only original product they have is oXydo and I'm sure they'll ruin that as well. Did you see Chaps/RL/Polo before it went to Lux? It was junk, pure junk. Now that Lux has Chaps/RL/Polo it looks classic again...the product looks the part of having the Ralph Lauren name on it. That's what just killed me when Safilo got the Armani line - they killed it. Armani (at least Giorgio Armani) was a classic look with a bit of flair - now it's crap thanks to Safilo.

[Audiyoda]

most such programs are highly beneficial to Luxottica or whomever else is promoting such programs.

Chip



I agree! And thats not bashing.

You know all this is is a program that offers independent practices some discounts with various national providers. That's all. You get it when you do X amount of business with Lux. Similar to Marchon's MVP benefits but the discounts are broader and not all related to optical. As I understand it, you even get a discount on health insurance and everyone at the practice can take advantage of the offer - not too bad considering most ECP don't provide health benefits.

[Fezz]

I cannot understand why any independent optician would do business with Lux. If you want some good dependable product talk to Safilo. The elasta brand is still made in Italy and really can be a house brand for you. They offer disount off the wholesale pricing and they will stand behind there products! By the way I'm a wholesale lab who has nothing to gain by recommending them but I do see alot of their product and rarely see any quality concerns. Just some thoughts.:)

I beg to differ. I think that Safilo as most of us knew it (quality) is GONE.