Plug for your lab?Craig, you make some very good points...and I agree with your comment about the independent song is old and tired....I don't think it has ever made a difference in the Carolinas (I can't speak for other areas). I would like to respond about the "dreaming" comment. I have worked on both sides....ELOA and a family owned lab (Luzerne) and and I can tell you, there is a big difference and I am not dreaming. Being able to offer the same, equivalent, or better lenses for less without the gimmicks, contracts and games is something I was unable to do until 2004 when I made a change. The change I made in 2004 to go to work for a non E owned lab was the best move I have made in my 26 years in the wholesale lab business. Its so nice to be able to offer the best products to fill a need for the ECP as opposed to talking about the products that management wants to promote. I do agree with you, however, that just because my lab isn't owned by one of the large corporations is not going to help me keep or gain new clients. Being able to positively affect the ECP's bottom line, level of quality, level of service, or offering better performing lenses does make a difference. We are in somewhat the same boat as it also doesn't doesn't matter to me which lens an ECP buys from my lab....my family and creditors could care less as well. So on that we can agree...cheers
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