Part of me wants to throw my hands up and run to the hills to live out the rest of my days as a hermit, (Hobo Hermit Dann, you can pay me in tin cans) but then I feel the need to keep on the good fight so there's at least one place where the info is at least cross referenced and verified. Suppose as long as at those premium memberships and ads are pulling in the dough, then nothing will change. The Hub for everything Oakley...okay.

And how do you *think* something is Pewter. I mean if it was metal, then yes, you wouldn't know the specific alloy, but who confuses that with resin. Just touch it, and the heat difference is fairly obvious. I'd lean towards just outright lying since I lose faith in humanity thinking some people can be so dense.

Woosah

fakes are like lies..as time goes by, the story (price) gets bigger and bigger.... OH BOY!

And they become more believable. I need to set up a serious goal list for 2015. Really crack down on getting more of the Wiki pages online and fleshed out so there's some concrete info recorded and less is left to speculation.

Good goal. It would be good to gather info on all fakes to be easy to find!!!

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301456727556&alt=web

After asking for pictures of the back of the watch the seller stated that he don't ship internationally and stopped answering questions...

How convenient.

Very. I doubt that it is a genuine watch.

Some poor schmuck has to pay $1226 for it.

Hey does anyone know if any of the 3 rep cases on ebay are real? very leary, and the prices are out of this world. Im new , but it almost looks like the most expensive one might be real.

Hey does anyone know if any of the 3 rep cases on ebay are real? very leary, and the prices are out of this world. Im new , but it almost looks like the most expensive one might be real. - Greggour

Are you referring to the metal briefcases? Yes, the $2,500 one is real. The other two are fakes, or "inspired customs" as some would prefer to call it.

Are those "heavy duty" ones real, they look like they were modified. I see one original and the other two are custom. I think they were originals, then modified. Not sure.

Those who have handled both the originals and this version say it's fabricated from scratch, nothing original about it.

That is a pretty impressive copy. This is the first I heard about those cases being fake. I had no idea fake rep cases were floating around. I just thought they were modified originals.

I don't recall seeing anything but the Stretch Logo on items from the metal display case era... so that Square O on the cases would instinctively tell me it's not genuine.

This bag is just bizarre http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OAKLEY-PIlOT-RUCKSACK-BACKPACK-SCHOOL-BAG-FITS-LAPTOP-Bag-/151594474517

And they become more believable. I need to set up a serious goal list for 2015. Really crack down on getting more of the Wiki pages online and fleshed out so there's some concrete info recorded and less is left to speculation. - Dann

This reminds me of something i've been wondering, Dann ... I have noticed there is almost no Oakley info of any kind on Wikipedia which seems a bit out of place considering what else is cataloged there. I was really impressed with, for example, how the Army embraced Wikipedia with detailed pages on unit history, lineage, heraldry, etc. I was wondering if there was a reason for Oakley not appearing there. Is it something related to copyright, as if there were Wiki pages at one time and they were taken down? Or is it just more about the legwork making the pages?

And im only asking this out of curiosity, not to suggest there is something lacking here at OR. In fact, considering what Oakley has become, I am a bit surprised that Oakley didn't take time to make a database like this of there own.

I think that if Oakley is so concerned with counterfits then they would embrace a publicly accessible catalogue to remove ambiguity and set the record straight rather than leaving it up to the fans who, despite our genuine intentions and best efforts, don't always have all the pieces to the puzzle.

Jupitfr Squared®... Atleast they're made in the Good Ol' U.S. of A.!

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=191520799702

This picture speaks to me.

I present to you, the Oakley Halfjinx. USA ALL THE WAY!

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221700826717&alt=web

Not necessarily a fake, per se ... just a little concerned about what that $10 shipping cost buys. If a seller offers shipping at all, its usually $50, $60, $70, etc. Wonder how this is gonna end up on the back end ...

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=281611937512&alt=web

I present to you, the Oakley Halfjinx. USA ALL THE WAY!

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221700826717&alt=web - rsuarez1982

The earstem looks like it says "OAKEY". Bet they meant to spell "HOAKEY"! BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/spo/4902114566.html

Not ebay, but this deal seems a little too good to be true (provided he's not a scammer that wants to kill me). Fake?

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/spo/4902114566.html

Not ebay, but this deal seems a little too good to be true (provided he's not a scammer that wants to kill me). Fake? - xxmetal

yes, fake

K thanks