Dear Ira, i am also a cheapo at heart.I hate paying too much for anything and i apreciate your motivation here. However i wonder WHY you have decided to single out he optical industry. I have worked in 3 industries in my life, one being optical. The mark up on glasses was no higher than any other retail item i have ever sold. In fact (in Australia) many items have a higher markup than optical goods, including anything you buy to eat at a cafe, and also alcohol.But of course people LOVE to eat and drink so no complaints there!! Seems people are happy to pay mark up on things they WANT but not on things they need. So my concern is this, that there is an alternate motive (financial) for this site.
For if you are really just trying to help the comsumer why not make more sites exposing more rip off industries. (which in truth would be almost 100% of industry). My entire life when i buy a product i pay the mark up.Jeans, cosmetics, cars, perfume, jewelry. ETC. Now the industry i am currently working for is almost under attack for over charging.Yet every time i go into a shop i pay the same %age of mark up that the store i work in charges. So why should we as an industry feel bad? What REASON is there, knowing what i KNOW about other industry mark ups for me to feel like i have "done something wrong, unethical or immoral. Please explain as i am having a battle in my own mind. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
