Just a note to everyone: There is currently a sh*tload of Razrwires (full packaging - sunglasses, motorola look-alike charger, bluetooth earpiece with very look-alike Oakley boxes). One look/glance and it looks exactly original.

THEY ARE FAKE. THEIR PRICES RANGE BELOW US$90. JUST A WARNING. I wanted to buy and enquired beforehand, telling the seller I will be bringing to Oakley HQ to verify authencity. He quickly told me that they are high quality replicas with very authentic looking Oakley boxes. Buy at your own risk. =)

Heat Vision: Opps... u are right. Me bad.

JohnT: Sorry to hear about it. I was thinking maybe Oreview could start a list for sunglasses with serial numbers that got lost. If it turns up in future, we would know that it was a stolen property. Anyone think it's possible?

american image: As pointed out by BrianJ1888, these aren't my thoughts. I copied from another forum. I thought it was an interesting write up and I didn't know how to refute it. I copied it here to see the thoughts of everyone and get a better idea/judgement myself.

Country's are always referred as she, never a he.
Sorry to hear about that, John. What was the item?

Last I heard from Maison was that Singapore has one of the cheapest and safest shipping options in the world. I ran a check on Singapore and found that she has one of the toughest laws & regulations in the world. You will be amazed at some their laws & regulations.

Anyway, the following is copied from one of his email replies to me on eBay when I enquired about why his shipping is sent out of Singapore.

"Canada shipping with tracking/registered mail to anywhere in the world, other than US: Minimum CDN$60 to CDN$80

Singapore shipping with tracking/registered mail to anywhere in the world: Approximately US$10 to US$15.

Paypal requires tracking in event of dispute. With postage from Canada, it is impossible to compete with sellers in the US which has USPS which is also rather cheap, considering that with tracking, postage in US to anywhere in the world is about US$30 onwards which is 50% of Canada shipping. To compete on the same level, I've no choice but to use a better alternative."

I am not sure if this is the place to post. I saw the following in another forum. I thought it was interesting that someone wrote the following. No offence intended but feel free to refute it.

"Actually, only fanatics buy Oakley and Oakley lenses. Other brands are actually just as good, if not better. Brands like Rudy Project, Tifosi, Maui Jim, even adidas are more value for money than Oakley. If you have money, tag heuer is way better.

I work in the optical industry and can honestly tell you that Oakley lenses as much as they would have you believe, do not have better optics than other brands. They are just very good at marketing and giving fancy names to thier process and material parts. Plutonite is basically just polycarbonate lenses which are treated with layers of hardcoat. Many companies exist which supply military equipment also can provide these polycarbonate lenses. Plano lenses are not calculated for wrap distortion in the industry, only RX lenses. Their XYZ optics is more a psychological thing. Vision is very sensitive to autosuggestions on the mind, if I tell you something is good what you see actually becomes clearer because your mind reinforces that. People who like Oakley thinks that only Oakley is good, so their mind shuts out other options.

Just to quote a few cases of Oakley's problems, their iridium lenses which is mirror coated with metal oxide is one of the worst by industry standards. The scratch easily compared to other brands. The reason is that the control for their mirror coating is not impressive. Other European companies can do thicker mirror coats much better with more vibrant colors. Note that Oakley always stress their impact protection, but these lenses are not produced exclusively for them or by them, many companies can do it, not just for the 102 mph test Oakley did but in actual bullet shots test. So called independent test on lenses cited are still affliated to Oakley in some way and in everyway American biased. These test can be easily manipulated. That is one reason why they cannot afford to give consumers warranty on lenses. If they are so good, why worry about giving a replacement guarantee like Rudy Project.

Another thing is that the frames also exhibit defect even when it's new. Take for example the X metal range, you will find that the gasket can be loose on one side and the other side is very tight. Also, I had to on many occasions help customers to add nylon strings between the lenses to stop them from moving in the frame. O matter frame once slightly scratched will start to peel off. The lenses will also peel off once the iridium coating is exposed to long period of sweat, salt water and sun.

I did a little experiment (blind test) on a so called die-hard customer once, he's got a collection of over 20 pairs of Oakley. Brought him outdoors and gave him a tray of 15 pairs of lenses to look through. Apparently, those he identified as protecting his eyes best and most comfortable are not Oakley!! To make it worse, he compared a pair I got from a pasar malam to being about the same quality as an actual Oakley lens.

My point is that you may want to be more open and consider what will give you the best comfort and protection and not be swayed by brand names and fanciful marketing. A lot of Oakley fans tend to look down on others and other brands so when you see one, you know a red flag coming. These people don't work in the industry and are usually brainwashed from the truth. "

Oakley is only glad at unloading their stuff. They pretty much don't matter who buys them. As long as they see their profits increase, they will sell. Don't u think so?

So even if it was someone on the inside supplying, Oakley still makes the profit and that is all it is about. PROFIT!!

Justin, it may be simple to you because you are in US. Take note that not every country has a Oakley warranty service department. And even if they do, Ruby lenses in other countries can be way more expensive. I ran a check previously: In Australia, it's AUD$200. In Canada, it's CDN$200. So to some people, buying on eBay is the only alternative.

Nik Mattheus: Take some plaster and repair it. Then use some black paint to cover over it. =)

Do you have to send in the lenses to get it lazered? Can we use our old lenses?

No offense taken. I know I'm a new member but there always has to be a start somethere. Anyway, I will back out my offer since there's no faith in me yet.

Try ordering from Tom. I'm sure he can get it from his supplier too. Cheers to all. =)

Hi all,

I just found a supplier who is able to get the newly launched Juliet X-metal/Ruby and Penny X-metal/Ruby at US$350 shipped each. Note that this is a pre-order. Stock will be shipped to my supplier mid to end June, depending on Oakley. Not too sure if they can keep up with the demand. I can only take a maximum order of 10 pieces per model. Once you confirm the order, I can't accept any backing out. I need to confirm orders with my supplier by May 30th. PM me if you are interested.