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    online buying story on local news

    Story that aired on Minneapolis station last night.

    http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/0...h-the-savings/

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    Sounds good. Let's cut out doctors and opticans and let the public have fun.

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    I like the article...basically lets you know you can get them cheap but they will likely be made wrong and be a poor frame selection and poor fit, sooo GOOD LUCK with that! What a hassle to mail them back and forth too. The shipping is more $$$ than the glasses are worth. I think for a lot of people it will be "Oh yeah, I tried that, ONCE".

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    The comments by readers are very interesting. It is a mixed bag, but there are certainly satisfied consumers and a perception that brick and mortar stores are overpriced. In a consumer business perception is reality. There was also support for the brick and mortar store pricing and services. Just like optiboard...a mixed bag. No groundswell to outlaw online or throw anyone in jail.

    It would be interesting to hear just how far off the PD and axis were on these jobs and then compare these differences to the ANSI standards. I guess this may have required some work by the reporter.

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    Who really gives a **** whether the PD and axis are off?

    Fit them with a quality SV optimized FF and you'll see why the patients will come back.

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    So what we've got here is a study overseen by an individual with a potential conflict of interest, and a sample size of two.

    Research methods fail.

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