And the Crosshair. Last year I bought the only dartboard to show up at my OPD. They were a little bummed that they didn't even have a chance to display it.

No pics I'm afraid! I bought my camera with me but never got a chance to use it, I had my arms full of swag. I was kinda hoping for a store launch exclusive or something similar but no joy, still not a bad days haul...

Here you go Phil, 10w40 monsterdogs. No PW yet I'm afraid, I'm still in the office!

Sweet. How much again? I think you or Lex had told me about $135+ USD?

They were £74.99, so as you said it's about $135

edit: depends on exchange rate as well I guess! I think its 1.75 uk>us at the moment

Todays exchange rate $137.59.

There you go then mate, we'll call it $135 and just let me know when you want em picked up.
This isn't the best picture as it's a little dark but you get the idea, the frame is a bit 'brighter' (more yellow) in some decent light

Sounds good! Surprised they didn't have those Hatchets though. I'm sure once they're fully established they'll be getting everything in the UK first.

Also just wanted to say; it was good meeting up with Lex and Nic, nice to meet you guys in person. I'm looking forward to the big UK (+1 Aussie!) meetup on the 28th June, it should be a laugh!

Oh, and no one from work ever asked where I dissapeared to for 2 1/2 hours this morning! :)

i bet the opening party was full of pricks too, theres a bunch of wannabe 'it' people doing the rounds in nottingham, they usually turn up in a mag called FHP (fuckin hideous pricks) i imagine, or something like that, all with big tie knots, yellow mullet hair and glasses of champagne pretending to be famous at different store or pub openings, just makes you wanna drive your armour plated war wagon thru the window and right over em before stepping out and stubbing your cuban on the bonnet and wading over them in your Pit Boots and Medusa, takin the bottle of JD from the waiter cowering under the bar, then reversing out after chucking in one of those 4kin excellent ceiling grenades that Arnie had in Eraser....

Lol,Awesome idea mate

Im afraid to say I was a little disapointed to, the staff left alot to be desired, I knew it was bad when one of them gave a pair of monster doggles to a customer and said these are VR28 I was horrified and said actually those are Gold Iridium, and had to physically point pairs out when the staff didnt know which pair i was asking for.
SHOCKING!!

but it was nice inside, smaller than i thought but they made good use of the space.
i was VERY disapointed that they were missing so much stuff,
Grape gascans
Night Camo umbrella
Ash Riddles
Ducati Stuff
and some other pairs i wanted to check out.

so unfortunately i walked away only having bought the 10w40 dogs.
but at least my girlfriend bought a pair of oakley sandals.
and shes already planning her next purchase.

It was great meeting up with Adam, and watching him spend a fortune, lol

looking forward to seeing the rest of you on the 28th

I find a lot of stores that sell Oakley don't really have a clue what they're talking about. This one time, this self-proclaimed Oakley fan was trying to sell my friend a pair of Titanium/VR28 Black Pennys. He was telling him the lenses were Persimmon, so I cut in and politely told him,"No, actually Persimmon's orange, those lenses are VR28 Black." And he insisted,"No, they're Persimmon." So, I told him to check the tag on the glasses. Can you guess who was right? I guess this is also coming from the guy who insists it was the Romeo in X-Men and that Tom Cruise was wearing the X-Metal XX in M:I-2, no matter how much I argued with him. With all of this I don't mean any of the guys on here don't know your Oakley stuff, cause obviously you do.

Man what a dick. Glad you proved him wrong Jamey.

I mean, its not hard to get your facts right. If we can all get colour combos/model names correct why can't people working in the stores selling this stuff?!?!?!

Who cares? Oakley doesn't exactly hire geniuses to work in ANY of their stores for the most part. The entire staff, with the exception of the main manager, in O Stores/Vaults are just recruited from other retail stores hastily in the weeks leading up to the grand openings and given a useless, hardly retainable tornado of product knowledge, "training" and things of the like. They recruit people from non-sunglass stores in an effort to not piss off the Sunglass Huts/OPDs of the world, since they wouldn't want to anger their largest vendors by taking their best employees, which makes finding real Oakley "fans" at O Stores/Vaults even less likely. Lookin for quality assistance with Oakleys? Don't go looking at a recently opened O Store/Vault. Even if they did know their stuff, most people there aren't nearly as obsessed as the crew here at the Review, so there's no need to be bent out of shape when they mistake lenses. Most of them are just floating from one retail job to the next for the paycheck, they're not there for the love of the product
.

Yeah, god forbid someone takes the initiative to learn about the product they sell. There's a big difference between making a mistake and arguing with a knowledgeable customer (such as Jamie). When I was a kid (here we go), we took our jobs seriously and tried to become an expert in our "field". And it didn't matter what kind of job you had. I worked at a gas station for god's sake, yet I knew what type of oil that went in every car that drove up. I wasn't "trained" by my manager, I just took my job seriously. And that's what's wrong with you kids today, you don't take initiative. It's not "cool" to know the difference between persimmon and VR28. Well I got news for you: Stop mucking around with your Playstations and go out there and memorize the tire pressures for every mini-van on the road like I did! Who's gonna back me up on this? C'mon, I can't be the only one with a good, old-fashioned work ethic, can I?

Hey Rick,I am with you on that mate.
I have the exact same philosophy as you.
I have always tryed to be the very best at my trade,and in 15 years of being self employed, I have never had 1 single complaint.
I am always very quiet in shops etc,and I am not really that bothered if the planks behind the counter make a mistake, because I have never met one with any kind of knowledge at all.
I just think to myself "I know what I know" and thats good enough for me.
Now why can't I ever seem to bump into someone like Phil.........

It'd be nice if the people that worked in O stores really loved the product, and a few of them probably do, but I wouldn't be too worried about it, as long as they have the stock and you know what you want. I'm lucky in that my dealer is an O freak so I can chat about the products and get extra assistance and opinions. I'm sure with time the London staff will get better product knowledge anyway. Wonder if the O will be building other stores in the UK?

I dont know why its wrong to expect premium staff when your selling a premium product.

i find it very sad that they look for sales experience rather than knowledge/love for the O

You would expect it, I agree. Anyone know how much training O store staff get?

obviously not enough,
it would be easier to clone phil and have him working there.

At the point of launch, very little it would seem. Apparently they were focusing more on getting the store ready etc. than training the staff to tell the difference between lenses etc. (their words, not mine) I guess(hope) it will get better as time goes on. And they also said the store would have been ready back in april but planning permission issues were what held it back.

edit: lol @ cloning Phil. Good idea! If only I could clone £20 notes...

Hopefully it will get better. Anyone been to the Portsmouth/York Vaults - are they any better (doubt it seeing as they're outlets). Good bargains? I'm never close enough to either of them to visit.

They had 5 days training in London, i know because my friend who i went wiht started shouting at one of them, when i had to point out to him which ones were the razor blades were, chaz got pissed of and told him he shouldnt be there and how much training he'd had. after saying 5 days then he told him you should know more about this stuff and it was a fucking disgrace, the guy got upset and apolagised.

Thanks for the info Nic. I agree, after five days you'd have expected the guy to be able to tell which model was which at the very least.