An odd business.
First, they operate with some truly unconventional business hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10-6. I take it that not being open on a Saturday and/or Sunday is to keep the riff-raff out. Considering the very high prices, it would seem that people who can afford such merchandise offered here would be working hard during the week to earn the money to thus blow at Eye Chicks.
Anyway, they have some unique and interesting eye wear, no doubt.
The peculiar part of this business is how they thrive on dominating you (the potential paying customer): Overwhelm you with stories about how great they are, how they are exclusive distributors for line x and line y, how drop-dead-sensational such-and-such line is, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Ad nauseum. Then they proceed to tell you what is best for you. You needn't look around the store: they won't let you. It is a tiny store and they keep you on a shockingly short leash like a disobedient dog. You like something over there? Well, if they decide that it won't look good on you, forget it, they'll almost rip it out of your hands (if you manage to get your hands on it before they catch you) and tell you that you won't/don't look good in that and reprimand you to come back to them. They never shut up! LOL. Control freaks, most certainly.
While you're visiting (if you choose to, of course): They are incorrigible name droppers. As in "So-and-so (politician, local business/media person) wears this brand." Ooh, that is a reason to buy! Not.
Their follow-up is dreadful. Bottom line: If you don't like what they want you to wear, forget it. You can ask them for all sorts of things, but if they don't want you wearing it, they'll ignore you or talk right over you. A strange and very confrontational operation here. If you are not going to buy what they have in stock when you visit, forget it. The situation is that simple.
The most ironic part of our visit was the fact that just prior to stopping in to Eye Chicks, one of us deposited a $38,000.00 check (yes, you read that number right) at a nearby branch of our bank. Here we are, interested in another pair of glasses, cost being no significant obstacle, a wad of cash burning a whole in our pocket, and these two ladies soiling every opportunity for us to want to do business with them! Amazing, yes? Once they figured out that we might not buy anything during that visit, we were discarded like a nose booger being flicked away. They just walked away. No "Thank you for stopping by." or similar. No nothing. Just walked away and acted like we no longer existed while we stood in their store looking back at them.
This could be such a more pleasant business to deal with were it not for the two eye chicks that own and run the place. If you like to be bossed around, listen to the owners tell you how brilliant they are, be told what looks good on you and what to wear, and spend astronomical amounts of money on eye wear, go here because you'll love it. We found it insulting and unpleasant. read more
