This week our car was broken into while parked in downtown Vancouver. The junkies (yes, sadly, it was junkies, as confirmed by the security guard) stole a foldable cloth trunk tray we would use for groceries, about $2.75 in loose change, an empty Oakley sun glass case (mine) and a pair of rose gold Side Swepts (my wife's). Those glasses had a lot of sentimental value.

She originally bought a pair and lost them about a year later, absentmindedly. About nine months later our anniversary came up and I was hellbent on finding her a pair again, but it was right at the end of their production life cycle. I searched and searched and although there were a couple places that still sold them online, they were super pricey due to being in Europe and having to pay exorbitant shipping and taxes to get them. I ended up finding them on Oakley's website and purchased the very last pair they had, at a nice discount too.

She loved those glasses. When she opened the box on our anniversary, she lost her marbles. Like seeing a kid in a candy store. But alas those glasses are no longer available anywhere. I know it's a long shot with likely zero chance of success, but I emailed Oakley today in hopes that maybe some magic can happen. Those glasses had a lot of sentimental value and I'd do anything to be able to get my hands on a pair again. What are your thoughts?

I should add: the purchase from Oakley's website was a bit odd. I added them to my cart but kept digging around to see if I could find them at a better price. I couldn't. I went back to the Oakley website to do the checkout and they disappeared out of my cart.

I thought "no biggie, I'll just add them again". But they were shown as sold out. Not available. I went to the site a dozen times over, and nothing. I thought someone else bought them or something.

Well they ended up showing up on the site again a day later. I think there was a glitch on the site and Oakley was showing them as sold even though they weren't. As soon as they showed up again I pounced on them, lol.

I'm not sure emailing CS will help. I've found them to be pretty much useless over the last few years.

You'd probably be better off going to a store with the UPC number and asking if they have a pair, if they don't they can check other stocks stock with the UPC and have them shipped to that store.

That's what I've had done but I'm not sure if that's just because I'm a regular or not.

There are some on eBay, so you may try looking there. Not sure what colorway you are looking for.

Sadly, I'm looking for the rose gold version which I can't find anywhere