Oakleys - very cheap - dodgy?

copper585

wife just sent me this link for cheap oakleys however prices are very very cheap do we think dodgy? or has anyone used them?

http://www.oakleyssunglasses.co.uk/oakl ... -c-81.html

nicklouse

you know what they say.

site info

Domain name:
oakleyssunglasses.co.uk

Registrant:
nothing

Registrant type:
Non-UK Corporation

Registrant's address:
49 Anchorage Lane
Sprotbrough
Doncaster
SouthYorkshire
DN5 8DX
United Kingdom

Registrar:
eNom, Inc. [Tag = ENOM]
URL: http://www.enom.com

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Registered on: 01-Jun-2012
Expiry date: 01-Jun-2014
Last updated: 01-Jun-2012

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go and knock on the door Link

redvee

Given the prices quoted it looks like they are buying Choakleys in from China and doubling their money. If you want some reproduction Jawbones look on Ebay.

copper585

Thanks for that! as i suspected far too good to be true!

hulla the hulla

also noticed that the spelling at the bottom of the page your link takes you to is spelt incorrectly

"Copyright © 2012 Oakley UK|Oakley Sunglasses . Powered by Oakely Sunglasses UK"

Oakely ?

Poor attention to detail like this should tell you everything you need to know....

JustinLeeAtkinson

I have a ride that takes me through sprotborough, perhaps I should call into the "showroom" and do some investigative journalism?

I have a pair of choakleys for comparison...!

Pigeons in flight

I've got a pair of Choakley Jawbones and I can't fault them. I don't think for one minute that the lenses match the real deal...but I wear UV filtering contact lenses with them, so am not unduly worried.

giant_man

i did laugh seeing those prices, brilliant!

jezzasnr

and they look a bit shit...

xscreamsuk

I bought some choakleys ( 2 pairs) then some proper transition lenses, v happy with the result.

Beatmaker

Everyone seems to be working on the assumption you will receive a set of Chinese fake Jawbones. I'd say there is a good chance you'll lose your cash and not receive anything in return.

lovestheclimb

which seller on eBay is selling the best Choakleys whom you have brought from?

FSR_XC

Try Deal Extreme: http://s.dealextreme.com/search/Oakley

hulla the hulla

lovestheclimb wrote:

which seller on eBay is selling the best Choakleys whom you have brought from?

I bought mine from Shining Star…. or something like that, it was a while ago. I'm 100% happy with mine and as mentioned above, changed the lenses so I have decent optics. No other issues so far. I actually have a real pair or Jawbones so have two pairs of lenses, the dark lenses for sunny days stayed in the real Jawbones and the clears went into the Choakleys for wet/night/dull days.

That website just looks dodgy and I'm sure Oakley would have a lot to say about them using their brand/images...

hulla the hulla

Beatmaker wrote:

Everyone seems to be working on the assumption you will receive a set of Chinese fake Jawbones. I'd say there is a good chance you'll lose your cash and not receive anything in return.

agree

calmx5

Yeah Sophos (anti virus) just told me the website contains multiple viruses - avoid!

Sussed out

I've got a pair of jawbones and a pair of radars from http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/shiningstar20 ... ksid=p3686 and they are absolutley brilliant. Like pigeons in flight above I wear UV blocking contacts so not too worried about that but I did get some savage sunglasses tan the other day and the polarized lenses are indistinguishable from my genuine lenses. Whilst driving there is still no reflection from other cars windscreens.
I would buy these any day, cannot recommend them highly enough!

lovestheclimb

Sussed out wrote:

I've got a pair of jawbones and a pair of radars from http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/shiningstar20 ... ksid=p3686 and they are absolutley brilliant. Like pigeons in flight above I wear UV blocking contacts so not too worried about that but I did get some savage sunglasses tan the other day and the polarized lenses are indistinguishable from my genuine lenses. Whilst driving there is still no reflection from other cars windscreens.
I would buy these any day, cannot recommend them highly enough!

Thanks a lot i'll look in to that

andy46

I'm thinking of getting some of these from the link above, shining star eBay. Does anyone know if the lenses do give the proper UV protection?

I've never bought anything that's a copy and just want to know that these won't do any harm to my eyes.

If only I could justify the money for some real Oakleys.

Sussed out

I got some very funky tan lines from the lenses the other day... And the fact that the polarized lenses are SO good makes me think they are ok...however if I ever stopped wearing uv blocking contact lenses I think id buy some lenses from eBay... Search for walleva lenses on eBay. They are made by a reputable lens company and conform to all the relevant standards, but are a quarter of the price of Oakley ones. So you'd get the excellent quality Chinese frame with proper impact and uv tested lenses for 40-50 quid. Still saving £100.

calmx5

What is the length of postage like on the shiningstar ebay glasses?

lovestheclimb

can you put in genuine jawbone lenses into the chinese copies?
How do they look? identical or ....

redvee

calmx5 wrote:

What is the length of postage like on the shiningstar ebay glasses?

Allow 21 days from ordering to receipt which is fair considering the journey they have to make. There might be something on the sale listing giving delivery times.

lovestheclimb wrote:

can you put in genuine jawbone lenses into the chinese copies?
How do they look? identical or ....

Yes, I bought clear genuine lenses and they fit perfectly.

Sussed out

I've compared the chinese ones with genuines and swapped lenses back and forth and they fit.
I got some jawbones which took 3 weeks the some radars which took 2. Extremely happy with both...

calmx5

One more thing- Do you have to pay any thing for customs other than the postage?

redvee

calmx5 wrote:

One more thing- Do you have to pay any thing for customs other than the postage?

Only paid the Ebay sales price, the seller marked the goods as a gift so no import duty. I think the initial price is under the HMRC threshold anyway.

Pigeons in flight

lovestheclimb wrote:

can you put in genuine jawbone lenses into the chinese copies?
How do they look? identical or ....

The answer to your 1st question is yes - kosher Oakley jawbone lenses fit perfectly into my shiningstar jawbones.

The lenses provided by shiningstar are not 'identical' to proper Oakley ones. But they're pretty bloody good for the beer money you pay.

Rockhopper

Apparently poly-carbonate and other similar materials which are used to make sunglasses lenses are naturally 100% UV resistant, its actually more expensive to make lenses that let UV though!