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Aside from the glaringly false assertion that they are the one thing you should buy online, I'm not even sold on the idea that they're an item that you should b
by kolbe 9y ago
Aside from the glaringly false assertion that they are the one thing you should buy online, I'm not even sold on the idea that they're an item that you should buy online.
Call me a snob or whatever, but I like two things: high quality and local. Some optometrists in Chicago are among the few remaining locally owned and operated businesses. And there are several here who put an emphasis on selling hand-crafted Japanese frames. As a local business, they're also up for negotiations, so I was able to get some truly great non-Luxottica frames from cool people in my own community for about a 20% premium over a cheaper online alternative.
- walterbell 9y agoSounds like a great local business, care to share the name? In my city, the cheapest lenses from a reputable optician (in Chinatown) are priced 300% more than online, but are ready in a few days vs few weeks for online. Some independent boutiques are priced for a high-end market segment who don’t have insurance that mandates Luxottica frames or specific lenses. Such independents don’t compete with Costco, Walmart, Lenscrafters or online pricing.
- kolbe 9y agoThese were both good options near me. To your point, I know that you cannot walk out of any of these boutiques for anything less than $150 a frame, but they also try to only sell the hand made german/japanese frames, which cost a lot everywhere, as you might imagine. http://www.labrabbit.com/ http://www.labrabbit.com/ http://dvoptical.com/ http://dvoptical.com/