Essilor now majority shareholder of Eyebuydirect.com

[gmc]

http://www.visionmonday.com/ViewContent/tabid/211/content_id/40717/catId/94/Default.aspx

[Browman]

Yet people are more worried about Coastal...

[Stan Tabor]

"Prescription glasses with high quality lenses from $6.95."
Progressives from $26. Rx sunglasses from $27.
This is Zenni's twin brother.

[Tallboy]

Are my Avance freeform (non-essilor) transition lenses worth giving them my money for them to sell adaptar ds lenses on this website? The answer for me today is yes, tommorow I hope for a solution.

[MakeOptics]

Cant wait until there prices are so low I can use them as my primary lab. Their terms are better thats for sure satisfaction guarentee. For ****s and giggles every now and agin when I have a little extra cash I buy and return a pair from one of these outfits. It gives me the warm and fuzzies inside.

[Chris Ryser]

................and all of you paid for it over the last 15 years

..........................Carrier added that MyOnlineOptical.com is currently supporting over 1,000 ECPs in the U.S., and told VMail that an updated version of this service will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

You just have to love and promote such companies................and all of you paid for it over the last 15 years.

[Chris Ryser]

EyeBuyDirect.com's Mission: ,........................................................

Social responsibility

EyeBuyDirect.com's Mission:
To make eyeglasses affordable and accessible to everyone.

The shortage of affordable and accessible eyeglasses is one of the world's most readily solvable problems! More than one billion people across the globe require eyeglasses, but are unable to afford them. Without suitable eyeglasses, people are often handicapped, and performing even simple tasks becomes slower, more arduous, and at times, simply impossible, which results in a downward spiral in the quality-of-life.

At EyeBuyDirect.com we believe that every person should be able to own a pair of eyeglasses and we do our best to further that objective. While Government organizations and non-profits are doing invaluable work toward this end, EyeBuyDirect.com founders and employees recognize that only a strong relationship between business and the community will assure success in reaching this goal. We strive to help people thrive.

The Internet has triggered lasting changes in the way people communicate and in the way by which the optical industry can benefit the visually impaired. By designing, manufacturing and distributing its eyeglasses, EyeBuyDirect.com is able to provide significant savings to its customers, making eyeglasses far more affordable and accessible. EyeBuyDirect.com provides the ultimate opportunity to create value, not only as a business, but as an organization that cares and actively contributes to the community. We further actively support the worldwide efforts of humanitarian organizations.

EyeBuyDirect.com is a rapidly growing company, specializing in top quality yet readily affordable eyeglasses personally produced for, and provided directly to, the user. We take pride in being able to afford people with such basic and readily available vision correction.

The social aspect of our work has further enhanced the efficiency, service and collaborative nature of EyeBuyDirect. By embracing corporate social responsibility as a guiding approach, we have deepened our understanding of our customers' needs and expectations, increased the collaboration between partners and suppliers, and engaged our team, all to further increase efficiency. We can therefore supply personal prescription eyeglasses at the most minimal price and provide the industry's best source of corrective vision.
EyeBuyDirect.com benefits from doing work that increases a more positive life experience for all people who need improved vision. We have the knowledge, the skills, the equipment, the resources, and most importantly, the will to contribute in the best way we know how - providing made-to-prescription eyeglasses to those in need, at a price within their means.

EyeBuyDirect.com is about what we, as a company, do to bring positive change to society by focusing on core needs. By making eyeglasses affordable and accessible, we provide our customers a most attractive means to correct vision, and we enable them to read and learn, work, and experience an increased quality of life, while enjoying the visual wonders of the world!

On behalf of EyeBuyDirect.com
Roy Hessel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Roy HesselCEO of EyeBuyDirect.com

Roy Hessel is the founder and CEO of EyeBuyDirect.com , the leading online retailer of prescription eyeglasses. Prior to founding EyeBuyDirect, Mr. Hessel was an analyst at Giza Venture Capital, and an M&A associate at Novartis Pharmaceuticals PC. Mr. Hessel is an investor and board member of a several internet technology companies.

[HindSight2020]

You just have to love and promote such companies................and all of you paid for it over the last 15 years.

+1 You couldn't have said it any better Chris. And most will continue to pay for it in more ways than one. ECP's supporting Essilor are signing their own business death certificate.

[idispense]

And who is the industry partner of associations ? GreenPeace would never allow their independence to be compromised.

[Judy Canty]

The shortage of affordable and accessible eyeglasses is one of the world's most readily solvable problems! More than one billion people across the globe require eyeglasses, but are unable to afford them. Without suitable eyeglasses, people are often handicapped, and performing even simple tasks becomes slower, more arduous, and at times, simply impossible, which results in a downward spiral in the quality-of-life.

At EyeBuyDirect.com we believe that every person should be able to own a pair of eyeglasses and we do our best to further that objective. While Government organizations and non-profits are doing invaluable work toward this end, EyeBuyDirect.com founders and employees recognize that only a strong relationship between business and the community will assure success in reaching this goal. We strive to help people thrive.

Ah yes. Altruism at its finest.

[Chris Ryser]

Essilor now owns 3 of them ............................................

Just for the fun I did some updating on my optical links website in the section on-line opticals, at http://optochemicals.com/web_listing.htm

Surprise...surprise..................Of the 7 best visited on-line optical retail sellers (below a 100,00 Alexa rating), Essilor now owns 3 of them. They are only 1 away from 50% of the most successfull ones world wide. These sites popularity has increased by 16.285 % on average, over the last 3 month.

This has become a non stopping steamroller and it will be interesting to see the progression and increasing speed it will take.


What are your opinions ?????????????????????????????????????


BTW the easiest website checking can be done at: ------------------> http://push2check.net/

[HindSight2020]

Just for the fun I did some updating on my optical links website in the section on-line opticals, at http://optochemicals.com/web_listing.htm

Surprise...surprise..................Of the 7 best visited on-line optical retail sellers (below a 100,00 Alexa rating), Essilor now owns 3 of them. They are only 1 away from 50% of the most successfull ones world wide. These sites popularity has increased by 16.285 % on average, over the last 3 month.

This has become a non stopping steamroller and it will be interesting to see the progression and increasing speed it will take.


What are your opinions ?????????????????????????????????????


BTW the easiest website checking can be done at: ------------------> http://push2check.net/

It's a no brainer. Boycott Essilor. There's numerous companies out there that will truly support the independent ECP's with better products, better coatings, better service, and better pricing - and they won't compete against you.

[Chris Ryser]

It's a no brainer. Boycott Essilor. There's numerous companies out there that will truly support the independent ECP's with better products, better coatings, better service, and better pricing - and they won't compete against you.

HindSight2020................................. You are totally correct, and that would be the way to go, but...................

Obviously Essilor has the largest publicity budget towards the consumer of anybody else. They are the biggest benefactor in the optical business wanting every poor person in the world to be able to afford glasses with all the bells and whistles. Are they using the US market to wet their feet for further international expansion in that field to find out at what point this new market system will have brought the conventional optical retail to a bare niche minimum.

Essilor USA owns now 2 of the largest o-liners while the Essilor International directly owns only the GKB in India. Canadian operations belong directly to the French mother company, how long will it be until they take over Coastal ?

Any thread like this one shows a large amount of views, but very little posting response from the active 1,100 active OB members.
Why ?.................. I have been asking myself for many years.

[LENNY]

It's a no brainer. Boycott Essilor. There's numerous companies out there that will truly support the independent ECP's with better products, better coatings, better service, and better pricing - and they won't compete against you.

Why don't you name them!?

[Judy Canty]

Why don't you name them!?

Luzerne www.luzerneoptical.com