What can you tell me about Italee?

[hcjilson]

I received a call from a young lady asking if I carried a line called Italee. I am unfamiliar with this company and would like to know how to access them. They have an extremely artistic website but I couldn't find out about dealers. If you can provide any info I would appreciate it.
tx from harry J

[BobV]

Harry, they produce the 2.5 line, which Nautica copied. It is an extremely lightweight surgical plastic 3 piece from Sweden, I believe. Also, they produce the Kazuo Kawasaki line, another drill mount with 3 or 4 styles of temples and bridges but the difference is with the 150 + lens designs.

They are actually Lab Italee from LA, I believe. They do all the work, you fax in your orders.

Bob V.

[Diane]

Harry,

I did a product close up on one of their collections and they have more. They are very cool. Very unique. Call them and find out a rep in your area.

Where to find it:

Italee Optics, INC
2641 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90006 USA
800-948-2533

Hope this helps.

Diane

[LENNY]

Italee is a lab and frame distributing company.
They do surfase and edge jobs including Zeiss AR.
The jobs are the best i ever seen on 3PM frames.
They are overpriced, dont speak English and the worst company to do any unusual job.
They distribute Kazuo Kawasaki titanium 3Pm frames
2.5 plastic 3PM
SwissFlex Plastic 3PM
Click interchangable chassies plastic 3PM frames.
Retail prices for the frames from 200-400
customer servise
BTW they have the worst customer service.

[itsyvonne]

Italee is a lab and frame distributing company.
They do surfase and edge jobs including Zeiss AR.
The jobs are the best i ever seen on 3PM frames.
They are overpriced, dont speak English and the worst company to do any unusual job.
They distribute Kazuo Kawasaki titanium 3Pm frames
2.5 plastic 3PM
SwissFlex Plastic 3PM
Click interchangable chassies plastic 3PM frames.
Retail prices for the frames from 200-400
customer servise
BTW they have the worst customer service.

My optician stopped carrying the 2.5 Eyephorics line from Italee and started carrying the very similar T2 line from a company called "The Lens Work" instead. I got the impression they switched because of bad experiences working with Italee.

I know this is an old thread but I just thought I'd put in a plug for The Lens Work since they don't seem to be well known. I am wearing my T2s right now & love them. :)

[Chris Ryser]

If you can provide any info I would appreciate it.
tx from harry J

They have their own stores

AFFILIATE RETAIL LOCATIONS offer an extensive variety of high-end and specialty frame collections. Each location is fully staffed with on-site opticians, ready to assist with all of your optical needs.
Italee¡¯s affiliate retail locations in Los Angeles carry selection of over 20,000 high-end specialty frame including: Cartier, Oliver Peoples, Kata, Moschino, Paul Smith, Alain Mikli, Koh-Sakai, Dolce and Gabanna, Matsuda, Donna Karan, Lotos 18 Karat Gold, Hoffman-Kelberg Genuine Horn, Kazuo Kawasaki rimless and 2.5 by Eyephorics. On-site ABO certified opticians and contact lens specialists are available to assist with all patients optical needs.

[chip anderson]

Do they only offer exclusive distributorship or is this just a local deal that the only dealer in the area has with them?

[LENNY]

I dont think they offer any exclusivity but GOOD LUCK getting the sales rep in to your store even to open a new account!!!

[Fezz]

I will second what Lenny said. Good luck getting the rep to stop in. I spoke to them about 2 years ago. The rep would only stop if I intended to buy deep into each line(Minimum 50 pieces or something like that ) and he could "only" come in the third wednesday seven months from now at 2:35 pm and could only stay for 8 minutes because his time was so valuable, blah, blah, blah. Needless to say, I do not carry the product.
Good Luck!

Fezz
:cheers:

[lab_troll]

The shop I work at sells several italee lines. Like has been stated, their products are high quality, and their work is very good. Unless you need anything out of the usual, in which case problems can arise. And then you have to deal with their customer service... It IS possible to get something done with their CS, it just takes being very clear about what you need. And they do give us grief from time to time about ALIZE warranties. But, as I said, their glasses are stellar.

[Pete Hanlin]

Just returned from Essilor's National Sales Meeting in Miami, and Italee Optical was awarded "Laboratory of the Year." I've visited their laboratory in California and was impressed with their systems and set-up.

[Chris Ryser]

Just returned from Essilor's National Sales Meeting in Miami, and Italee Optical was awarded "Laboratory of the Year." I've visited their laboratory in California and was impressed with their systems and set-up.

Are they part of the ESSILOR family?

[karen]

Are they part of the ESSILOR family?

Authorized Distributor. (Pete- they have Crizal on site, right?)

[judyseyes]

The Lens Work is now an Authorized Zeiss lab and offers Zeiss AR as an in-house process. I also wear their "T2" frame which is great!!
Call them at 1-800-987-0735. Customer Service speaks English and is great!!Judy

[Chris Ryser]

The Lens Work is now an Authorized Zeiss lab and offers Zeiss AR as an in-house process. I also wear their "T2" frame which is great!!
Call them at 1-800-987-0735. Customer Service speaks English and is great!!Judy

Hope you guy's speak spanish mexican.......because I prefer to order my lenses in spanish.............or you wont get me as a customer

[OPTIXS]

they were awarded lab of the year not much of what t2 can say ! italee is a well respect lab with the best of quality & customer servics skills, they have the best from opticians to equipment, :) they do alize clear guard in house which is just incredible ! they also do lens tattoo's which are wonderfull, and you can apply any tattoo you like from leafs to roses to happy faces anything you like they can do and ofcourse you have to be clear of what you want, but you do that every where dont you ? and t2 is a wannabe version os swissflex they couldn't come up with their own styles !!:p

[OPTIXS]

1-800-948-2533 italee optics

[Framebender]

and he got pretty decent service from them. I also worked for a Dr that after investing about 15K in product had a hard time getting bushings from them. They finally closed his account saying that he wasn't doing enough business with them. I'd be careful. Good luck to you though!

[OPTIXS]

would you give youre supplies to somebody that was not making you any money no more ? no !! what was and what is, is completely different, do you know how manny people try to get all the freebies ? plenty ! dont make this personal, italee makes great lenses & frames, seems that some people make all this stuff personal it's a business how is anyone gonna make buisness by giving everything away !! so smile be happy call customer service and cheers
:cheers: 800-948-2533

[Snitgirl]

Hi Harry, the only information that I can give you is that I used them as a lab several years ago. WOW!! Amazing work, the best that I've seen.

They provided me with excellent customer service as well. I use to speak to a person there by the name of Young. Not sure if he is still there since this was awhile ago.

If I needed a lab (at the moment I do not) I would call them first!

Have a great day!

Michelle

P.S. Back then they didn't believe in such a thing called "within tolerance" everything was ALWAYS perfect and exact!!!

[Framebender]

do you work for Italee?? If you have some affiliation with them then you ought to disclose that. Now you may think $15,000.00 is no money and if you do I'll take mine in cash if you don't mind. The poor Dr I was working for sure didn't think it was no money. Now I stated that when I worked for Europtics Ira got good service from them, but he was a good size account. The poor Dr on the other hand paid his money and had his account shut off 18 months later because he could only sell a couple of pieces a month. That's not personal, but I feel it is information people have a right to know.

I don't know who you are and to be honest I don't really care, but your don't worry, be happy approach to business tells me you aren't an owner. Please PM me and I'll be happy to supply you with the address to send me the no money! Oh yeah, and have a nice day!

[Johns]

do you work for Italee?? If you have some affiliation with them then you ought to disclose that. !

From the post and the bold ph#, it loike like they ARE Italee.

[markssunwear]

I have seen there work before and it is very good...........all the way down to the packageing/shiping...

do you work for Italee?? If you have some affiliation with them then you ought to disclose that. Now you may think $15,000.00 is no money and if you do I'll take mine in cash if you don't mind. The poor Dr I was working for sure didn't think it was no money. Now I stated that when I worked for Europtics Ira got good service from them, but he was a good size account. The poor Dr on the other hand paid his money and had his account shut off 18 months later because he could only sell a couple of pieces a month. That's not personal, but I feel it is information people have a right to know.

I don't know who you are and to be honest I don't really care, but your don't worry, be happy approach to business tells me you aren't an owner. Please PM me and I'll be happy to supply you with the address to send me the no money! Oh yeah, and have a nice day!

[LENNY]

Packaging is verrrry important!

I woud rather pay 50 cents less and get a job in the brown bag than with a blue bow on it!

[LENNY]

Optixs!

You are wrong!
You should support ANY acount that bought Your frames so they CAN sell them and deliver them to the customer!
I also see a very easy solution: Would you like to get ALL those frames back?

Just my 2 cents.