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initialalan

Dallas resident Dr. Stanley Pearle, founder of Pearle Vision died Thursday. I bet you didn't know.

I work at Luxottica Optical (AKA Pearle Vision) in Dallas and I JUST found out that he passed away on Thursday. He was 92, and a very great man. Without him I along with thousands would not have the job that allows me to search through reddit while on the clock :). I am sad that neither Dallasnews.com nor wfaa.com made an article about this but they have one for Amy Winehouse's death. IMO he much more important because not only did he make Pearle Vision what he is today, but his legacy continues with his Onesight charity foundation and scholarship program that provides hundreds of thousands of Dollars to the needy. Please help me get him the much respect he deserves and make this to the Front page. Thank you.

Posted Jul 24, 2011, 5:43 AM UTC · edited

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ragnaroky•

Didn't see that one coming.

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Let me get this straight. I am showing respect to Dr. Stanley Pearle. Not the company I work for.

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jeremiahwarren•

I didn't realize that Pearle was local to Dallas.

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fxpstclvrst•

I'm sure the Observer would love to do a story or at least a blog post about him. Send it along!

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Only article I found. Representing him for Pearle is Trina Parasiliti. I work with her and she is a nice woman.

http://www.sunherald.com/2011/07/22/3292254_dr-stanley-pearle-pearle-vision.html

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bkharmony•

Pearle Vision (like most glasses shops) is a scam, selling glasses for insane markups to desperate an uneducated masses.

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Prescription glasses are not cheap. I personally see the effort and time put into making them. From cutting the lenses to screwing them on the frames it takes time and labor. Yes I agree that glasses can be expensive, especially sunglasses but most of those are the brand name frames people pay for like Prada, Gucci, and D&G. With insurance regular prescription glasses are very affordable. As for the "desperate and uneducated masses", we actually have a whole team just for making charities happen and they bust their asses doing so; volunteering for many things so that people whom can't afford prescription glasses can see.

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jeremiahwarren•

If you want cheap glasses go to Wal-Mart. If you want something made specifically for your eyes you will have to spend a little more.

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TillyOTillyGarland•

I bought my glasses at Wal-Mart and they cost me $500.00.

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jeremiahwarren•

I mean the non-prescription glasses.

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ALoudMouthBaby•

Dude, did you send a copy of this link to your boss or something?

This is the most despicable, kiss ass post I've ever seen. Correct vision is crucial for any school age child to make it in the class room. Stan Pearle monetized that and made a substantial profit off of it.

Fuck you for being a kiss ass apologist for the man who put a decent education out of reach for a lot of children who come from families that can't afford glasses.

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yuorfaecPlano•

http://i.imgur.com/FDviP.gif

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initialalanOPMurphy•

haha, Now that guy is a bad man, he even had a whole song admitting it. Good music though

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Calm down guy, I made all this on my own behalf. My boss would probably get onto me if he knew I was on reddit. Dr. Pearle has provided many good people with decent jobs along with eyeware for the needy. We have vans that go around to schools with volunteers that literally give free eye exams and prescription glasses to kids that need them. We have teams from all our facilities that go to impoverished countries like Kenya that do the exact same thing. And agian I agree that eyeware CAN be expensive but if you really need them you can get them for free.

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initialalanOPMurphy•

We do ALOT more than our competitors for the needy. I agree that eyeware can be expensive. I paid $500 for mine, although Luxottica didn't make them (Nike Frames). I understand how people can freak out over prescribtion glasses being so expensive but mine are the best I could get, with autotent in the sun, anti-fog, scratch resistant, and the nearly indestructable Nike with Flexon Frames. But business is business and employees need to get paid decent wages. Do you freak out this over the expensive data services you use? Or the cost of purchasing a vehicle? Or expensive healthcare bills?

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Trust me, I dispise corporate companies as much as the next guy. Buy refering to Dr. Pearle as a person. He was a good man and I respect him for what he personally did. Did he personally and purposely make eyeware expensive? No, the CEO, Vice Presidents & etc. did. Let me tell you he did not die as a rich scumbag, when he visited the facility he came in a older Caddilac, not a fancy limo or personal helicoptor. Let me tell you one more thing, Luxottica actually screwed him over when they took over Pearle Vision, he had to BEG them just to keep his personal office in the facility he basically built. And the money, forget it.

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initialalanOPMurphy•

Glasses also go through multiple companies before they get to the customer. From the company that makes the lenses, to the company that makes to frames, to the company that actually sales the physical product. All of which have employees which need to be paid.

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