Comment Request Ophthalmic Practice Rule (Eyeglass Rule)
They received 537 comment over the last 24 days, just see for yourself.
also check the links right under the main title below as 1, and 2
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3. #624: 16 CFR Part 456 ; Agency Information Collection Activities: Review; Comment Request Ophthalmic Practice Rule (Eyeglass Rule)
#624: 16 CFR Part 456 ; Agency Information Collection Activities: Review; Comment Request Ophthalmic Practice Rule (Eyeglass Rule)
MATTER NUMBER:
R511996
RELATED FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE:
16 CFR Part 456: Ophthalmic Practice Rules (Eyeglass Rule); Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Request for Comment (September 3, 2015)
COMMENTS (copied today) click on links
1.J FRANKLIN HOWELL - Oct 19, 2015 #00554
2.Summerville - Oct 19, 2015 #00551
3.Harold Valentine - Oct 19, 2015 #00555
4.Shahyan Madhani - Oct 19, 2015 #00552
5.Andrea Kuchinski - Oct 19, 2015 #00553
6.Maayan Shuval - Oct 18, 2015 #00550
7.Nicholas - Oct 17, 2015 #00549
8.MARIANNA SIMOES - Oct 16, 2015 #00546
9.Farzam Kamel - Oct 16, 2015 #00547
10.Hugh Cooper - Oct 16, 2015 #00548
11.William Beck - Oct 15, 2015 #00543
12.Suzie Betuk - Oct 15, 2015 #00544
13.Emily Palmquist - Oct 15, 2015 #00545
14.James Bookhamer - Oct 14, 2015 #00538
15.Scott Schultz - Oct 14, 2015 #00542
16.Schutz - Oct 14, 2015 #00535
17.Andrew Orsi - Oct 14, 2015 #00539
18.christine tranchina - Oct 14, 2015 #00536
19.Hartley Bonisteel Schweitzer - Oct 14, 2015 #00540
20.Amy Moschell - Oct 14, 2015 #00537
21.St. Mary - Oct 14, 2015 #00541
22.Timothy Rancourt - Oct 13, 2015 #00530
23.Brenes - Oct 13, 2015 #00534
24.S Pauly - Oct 13, 2015 #00531
25.jason block - Oct 13, 2015 #00528
26.Laurie Osmond - Oct 13, 2015 #00532
27.Kirsten Bhattacharyya - Oct 13, 2015 #00529
28.Darlene Bhattacharyya - Oct 13, 2015 #00533
29.Vaughn Buntain - Oct 12, 2015 #00514
30.PHILIP JAMESON - Oct 12, 2015 #00518
31.Leatherman - Oct 12, 2015 #00522
32.Romanoff - Oct 12, 2015 #00526
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see more up to last one at
- 537 Debnam - Sep 2, 2015 #00003
see all of it: ==========>
https://www.ftc.gov/policy/public-co...initiative-624
opportunity for the optical industry to re-invent itself....................
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Originally Posted by
SharonB
Interesting! I read my senator's response (Chuck Schumer), and also Barry's response, and about 24 others. Many of the responses from around the country are obviously bogus, but a large number of responses seem to be from legitimate consumers. I don't think we should run screaming into the streets yelling "we're all gonna die!" Instead, it's an opportunity for the optical industry to re-invent itself.
Thank you Sharon. You just about said it in your last sentence. I hope that people start slowly to wake up to discuss that re-invention and maybe even profit from a coming change.
You want to fight them these days ................
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Originally Posted by
Tigerclaw
You do realize that just because a bill is proposed, it doesn't automatically come to pass, right? This concept that it is inevitable is why other people have to carry the load. Don't be a bystander or a victim, be a doer, but only if you do the right thing.
Right........... I have never been a bystander, by actively warning that the internet online opticals were out to bury the conventional eyeglass retailer,
just by pricing their products for close to 10 years, at the wholesale level, right here on OptiBoard.
There is no way that anybody can restrict the sale of Rx glasses on the internet after having let them them loose in space. The largest and most successful ones are now operated and owned by the worlds largest two optical corporations in this field. They did not get to that stage by being stupid, they are now, and are well on the way on a international basis with internet based optical retail sales.
This year they will have sold 23 to 24 million pairs of glasses combined between all online opticals, all glasses that we did not sell. The projection for 2016 is to reach 27 million pair.
These are all sales that where not sold at the retail end.
You want to fight them these days you would have to change your pricing to the same level, and charge for hands on service "a la carte".
is quite frankly naive and bordering on childish.................................
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Originally Posted by
Tigerclaw
We still have to pay rent, pay off loans, equipment, etc. That idea of yours and of a few others (who quite frankly should know better) that doctors can always just cut prices is quite frankly naive and bordering on childish.
Thank you for the compliment.
Just find a better formula than mine without counting on any government to save your extra income derived from optical sales besides being a OD doctor.
How can you stop the Essilor online business that originates in Vancouver which is next door and not even in the USA, or others that finish the Glasses in China.
The internet is a free for all as long as you pay the service provider. I am just trying to throw some ideas on the table that might just work, and are open for discussion.
The consumer is also not stupid and shops for better prices, which will have to come down in nearly every field that is attacked by these newly emerging companies or there will be some professional funerals.
The persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of change.
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Originally Posted by
MikeAurelius
Chris, I think all the negativity about this boils down to one thing: metathesiophobia.
There are some who are too heavily invested in their profit structure to think outside the box, and they seem to be the ones who are shouting the loudest against changing the status quo. The only problem is that the status quo changed long ago. It reminds me of the old story of of King Canute.
You are very right Mike.
I had to check that word because I never even heard of it it before
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Metathesiophobia (noun) - The persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of change. Symptoms usually include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, sweating, nausea, irregular heartbeat, and overall feelings of dread.
I have been around for a while and know the optical business in every angle, from the retail end to owning optical labs and manufacturing.
However this avalanche that is threatening the professional optical retail has become irreversible and will soon fill the bottom of the valley. Anybody that is not changing the location will be buried in the snow.
23-24 million pairs of glasses sold this year and expecting sales of 27 million for next year while more people get older and are in need for them.
My formula might not be perfect but it makes sense to lower prices and and charge for service instead, which can also be applied for products purchased elsewhere.
Imported glasses won't make it through customs without permits
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Originally Posted by
Tigerclaw
The FDA already regulates glasses. Imported glasses won't make it through customs without permits, which would be denied. And yes, many consumers ARE stupid. That's why we have laws, licenses, and threads dedicated to entertaining ourselves with the stupidity of consumers.
There are lots of finished glasses coming in now, and I have not seen the FDA blocking any of them lately.
You saying that there are 23-24 million people that are stupid now, and the amount will grow to 27 million next year ?
If it increases by 10% a year, you can even figure out when the whole population will turn that way, no licenses applied and whatever was stated.