Originally Posted by
coupe
#1 It is a unfair fight. Onliners have the ability to sell world wide under none or very few restrictions, while licenced ECP's are handcuffed by regulatory rulings that prohibit online sales. Even using virtual try on...Pd / seg height image measureing...on your website does not allow you to sell online. You must meet the client face-to-face and make the frame adjustments. YET as Chris pointed out 80 % of eyeglasses are miss fitted. Where is the relationship between face-to-face with a client and not seeing him again for 3 years. All the while his glasses are 80% mis-adjusted.
# 2 BC is de-regulated....about 1/2 of the US states are non-licensed....eyeglass onliners multiply daily....BigE /CC beats the Quebec Order against onliners....
and on and on. It's coming apart at the seams folks and the big corps are making it happen.
# 3 Yes, Big E does not care about my not buying from them. They are making hand over fist profits everywhere else, so that acutally I am more of a PROBLEM for them than an adavntage.
# 4 And truly, explain to me the difference between and $1800.00 pair of Prada (injected moulded frames) eyeglasses with 1.67 / trans / Seiko FF Hd Surmount / Oleophobic AR coating (bought at an ECP office) and my pair at $ 550.00 with a generic plastic acetate frame ...1.67 / trans / Comfort FF HD / with ETC-AR coating. This is an actual case that came to my office. Her Prada frame temples had all blistered at the back of her ear. The ECP said it was caused by her hair dye and no guarantee ($300.00 for new temples) . Mine fully guarenteed for one year. She asked me for a quote on a new pair and was devestated that she had paid so much.
This type of issue #4 is what is causing the public to look upon ECP's a legal thieves. They see high prices in our stores, low prices online. They see TV/newspaper/magazine/internet articles that suggest...NO PUSH ...people to go online for their eyeglasses.
Are we the thieves and the onliners the reality.
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