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Don't get into the habit of asking for a deposit as your default. Make your payment request as "That will be $XXX, you can pay for that with cash, check or charge". Make a deposit your second...

Think outside the cookie cutter optical design furnishing houses like Eye Design. .

Has anybody started to receive the cheesy, unattractive cloth cases from the Newtown Square Versant lab? The clamshell cases might have been plain and black, but they were much more substantial and...

Nah, this organization seems much worse.

He kind of ran the practice into the ground, and now just wants to wash his hands of the financial part.

Has anyone on the board had an experience with a company called Refocus or Onsight?

Our doctor is considering selling the practice to them and I don't think he vetted them thoroughly enough.
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I also believe that consumers (patients, if you will) also need to be educated, or at least be engaged with their eyewear purchase. And opticians have to get off their high horses. You're in retail,...

Concentration of ECP's in a populous but small in mileage area.

There is no intention of going straight to the patient or retail.

Get with the program!

So, you don't stock any one of their many brands, even though customers might ask for them, especially Oakley. You must be proud of yourself. Do you carry the same things everybody else does...

Don't you want to attempt to sell two pairs to your customers? While the Transitions might be convenient and deliver a bit of comfort, wouldn't selling a pair of real sunglasses be more profitable...

Nice job. You've got to practice what you preach. When I wore SV lenses, I had 4-5 in all different colors to match what I was wearing. Also kept previous Rx's to use for rough or dirty work. And...

Most of the Chinese (and European) manufacturers have their own design and sampling departments. If you're looking to do private label products, consult some of them. They'll do the custom work for...

In reality, what have any of the organizations that supposedly represent independent opticians done since I've been in the business, the late 70's? I see no national voice. Insurance payments are...

Listen, JohnS, since your signature tag line rips WalMart, then you say you buy AutoFlex knock-offs for $15, what does that make you? All we are seeing from you is resistance to the great ideas that...

I can't believe you all who do the proverbial "cut your nose to spite your face". Who are you going to have left? Most opticians are not going to go for anything risky (read: expensive or...

You all are lucky you get these engineers to buy new dress glasses! I worked and lived in Wilmington, DE, where the DuPont scientists and engineers would be out in public wearing their...

Why do you tell the patient that it will take two weeks? Tell them it will be just a few days. 95% of the progressives I've dispensed were fine within that time frame. Always be positive, don't...

It's amazing that the wearers don't notice the build-up of green crap in the pad arms. After I've clean up some, I suggest that they gently take an old toothbrush to them every month or so. ...

This is not the same product that Viva did, but the same mind is behind it. However, be prepared for a similar learining curve in figuring out how to work with it and fabricate it.

Remember also at that time there was the grey frame or the brown frame.
And the temple joints never lined up.

If you are worried about the lead content, ask the manufacturer if they have on record statements from their vendors that their products do not have lead, or meet USA and European RoHS (more...

I remember when I started in the business in the late 70's - USA brand advertising was all about how useful they were, how well they held the newfangled progressive lenses, and how many temple...