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I thought it was fairly well established that optometrists make most of their income from the sale of the frames as they have little to no control over how much
by olliej 4y ago
I thought it was fairly well established that optometrists make most of their income from the sale of the frames as they have little to no control over how much they get for the examination, and the lens price determined by the lens manufacturer. The frames are the only thing that the optometrists get any significant margin on.
The moment you aren't buying the frame from the optometrist office the price craters, and has been that way for at least a couple of decades at this point.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoDon't forget the lens and underbody coatings.
- olliej 4y agoI literally stated that they don’t have significant control over the lens prices. Every optometrist is getting their lens from a relatively minor set of manufacturers, and the manufacturers price to maximize their revenue, not the optometrist. Now I’m sure that they make a bit more money in an absolute sense from coatings, but nothing like the full $8 or whatever it costs these days. The biggest markup items they have are the frames, as there are many different manufacturers the frame manufacturers do have to offer margins to the places that sell them.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoSorry coatings are much more expensive, lotsa markup, bucko.