Re: Gut check on lens pricing...

<p.clarkii@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> walmart/sams labs are definitely not independent. they are wholely
> owned by walmart. in fact they are the third largest optical lab chain
> in the country. they do have a variety of lenses but mostly based upon
> deals they have set up with specific suppliers. they cannot just make
> glasses with any kind of lens. they do have a rather complete supply
> of premium to discount lenses that fulfil the needs of most people but
> not everything.
>

When I said that Wal-Mart had their own "independent" lab, I put that in
quotes to mean it operates just like an independent lab that makes lenses
from different lens manufacturers, even though technically it is not an
independent lab servicing independent optical shops. The lenses they make
are sold under the brand name of the manufacturer such as Sola, Varilux,
etc, and presumably they could make just about any brand of lens they wanted
to (except those that are only made in labs owned by the lens manufacturer).

This is contrast to chains like LensCrafters which sell private label lenses
(although you can special order some brand name lenses from Lenscrafters at
exorbitant prices).


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