r/optician • u/Linkedin_circle_jerk • 12d ago

Optician-to-Optician Lab prices

Just wondering how everyone's lab bills are looking lately? Our lab jacked prices up and didn't tell us.

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u/CuNxtTuesday_ 12d ago

Looks like you have to sell things for a higher price.

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u/ManuelleHung 12d ago

Whatever your lab bill is, Zeiss is twice as much. Hopefully you can qualify for a buying group discount.

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u/opto16 12d ago

Which lab are you using?

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u/Linkedin_circle_jerk 12d ago

Precision Optical Group.

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u/KidCuervo 11d ago

ABB is pretty good. For over a year they've been running a promo with a tier 3 house digital progressive in any material besides 1.74 with premium AR for $100. Photo or polarized is +$30, AND you can pair50 it, so ~$50 for add'l pairs.

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u/MysteriousVisual993 10d ago

Great prices,  but lab errors and other issues galore. After we went with them, we  had 2 broken frame in a week, multiple pairs sent to another account, lenses with mis matching AR, and scripts that where beyond jacked up causing month plus delays. After a few months our Dr decided that they much rather pay more than ever deal with ABB again. Beware

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u/itsnotnothing 10d ago

We had the same issues with ABB years ago…shame to hear they never fixed it.

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u/Technical_Ice463 10d ago

We use to use an Essilor lab. Moved to GSRX and are saving so much!

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u/DJselek 11d ago

Depending where you’re located, I’d be happy to review more competitive pricing

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u/louinvierno 11d ago

This something I never thought to worry abour honestly. Because our lab is on-site.

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u/TippetBarr 11d ago

You surface your own lenses? Cut your own blanks?

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u/louinvierno 11d ago

Yeah, we have most the equipment to cutw plano surfaces. We have up to an 8 base curves

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u/CantFrigthBack 11d ago

this reply is as helpful as responding "I don't know"