How do you tell the difference between real Oakleys and fake ones? {Updated with Pics}

[Mannkind]

Ok, so no pics, but here goes... these are Oakley Minutes
On the inside of the nose has the oakley symbol with a nail through it.. Edit: They do have the word minute written there, it is very tiny!
Moving back the soft plastic ear pieces, there are two characters on each side of the inside... I believe they say CE
The soft plastic ear pieces say Made in U.S.A on the left side and CE on the right side.
The bottom of the glasses have a hole on each side where the arms of the glasses swing from (or so it looks like) however the tops do not.
The side O has the center of the coming out flush with the raised O. Try scratching off (not super hard, just lightly) the O paint. Fake oakleys the O will flake off, I've seen many friends have different fake Oakleys and the O's always flake... mine has never flaked in 3 years (I believe cause it isn't painted.)

Hope this helps some!

 

[Crappopotamus]

i have square wires... ive seen several 'square wire' fakes and its easy to tell. the quality and feel is just not the same. especially the springs in the arms.

 

[sygyzy]

You can tell fake Oakleys by fit and finish. When you wear fake Oakleys, they usually have unequal pressure on the lenses. When you wear real ones, you don't even really notice having them on. The edges on fake ones are sharper and sometimes the plastic is not cut cleanly. It's completely obvious after putting them on.

As for Mannkind's comment about not buying if it doesn't have the "box, warranty card, literature, and anythign else special", that is just a load. How many of you keep all that stuff for anything? I keep it for alot of stuff because I intend to sell it later on, but most people buy to use, not resell. We are talking about buying used here, from another regular person as the OP said he did.

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: Mannkind
Unless the glasses came with the box, warrenty card, literature, and anything else special (such as x-metal coin if you bought x-metal glasses) etc, its a waste to even consider getting them.

And then if you risk it, then the easy way to tell is the quality. They are minutes? I have a pair of oakley polarized black minutes, and a pair of ice polarized juliets... when I'll get home, I'll take some pics and describe the parts you described... see if they match up.

There is a chance however, that you DO have real oakleys, and perhaps because the dealer thought you had interest in actual oakleys, that he'd be able to sell you a pair by telling you they were fake (due to the fact that you ASKED... meaning you didn't buy them from authorized seller... )

It is a long shot, but a posibility.

I'll post here again in about 30 minutes with some pics and descriptions

Oakley Sunglasses are amazing, worth EVERY penny I've spent on them (Polarized Minutes=155, Polarized Juliets=330)

Mine didn't come with a box and I got authentic ones. However, I did save the receipt (which they make you initial) along with the warranty card incase I ever wanted to sell 'em.

 

[Yzzim]

thanks for the input guys.

I'm still working on posting pictures, just got side-tracked at the moment. I'll update the thread when I get pics.

Thanks again for all the help!!

 

[Koing]

Post the pics.

You can tell by the quality of the real Oakley's. The frame, ear and nose buds.

But I think the most obvious give away is the *O* at the sides or the Oakley lettering they use. It is very sharp and has a very precise edge to them. Other fake's will not have this. The machine that did it was obviously expensive and precise.

I have a pair of A-Wires with precription Ice irdium lenses and a pair of Why 3's with Oakley clear lenses in them. If they are prescript they will also have an *O* in the bottom left of the frame as you wear them. Most won't have this unless they are prescripted and you most people won't buy prescripted lenses and sell them on. Unless they use a very common lense and even then the other measurements have to meassure up.

Koing

 

[Mannkind]

A load? You sir are an idiot. If you are buying oakleys, you are not going to throw away the box, the literature, the coin, whatever things come with your 155-400 dollar sunglasses. Maybe you, and average idiot does, but not someone with common sense. Common sense would tell you that these things help determine authenticity along with a reciept. The person at least should have the warrenty card and reciept, and for gods sakes, if it comes with the collectors coin, it better well damn have that too?

I thought people had better sense. Hey, I have a S3 card that has an ATI sticker I put on it, must be ATI 9700 ... no I don't have the literature or box or anyhting, just trust me... What's that? its not preforming like you thought? Well, maybe its because you've never used an ATI card before... why don't you send it to ATI so they can verify the card ... and then I run off with your money.

When buying online, you should make sure the glasses come with the stuff that comes with them normally. This is one safe way to gaurd yourself from fraud. Its always a risk, sure they could have bought fake and real ones... slipped the fake ones into the package, and sold them. And if you've never worn oakleys, you'd probably never know. The point is, buying just plain ol oakleys is very risky as there are TONS of fakes, and some LOOK very similar, however if you've ever worn them before you could tell in a heartbeat.

As Koing points out, perscriptions will have an O in the corner (he says) and polarized will have the word polarized.

Now, the poster pionts out, he paid 18 bucks. While that is not cheap per say, if he likes them and they've been fine for a while now, who really cares? It is bad that the seller possibly lied to him, but for 18 bucks for glasses that cost around 90 (if they don't have colored lenses)... then what were you expecting?

I'm just giving good advice for people buying online that are smart enough to be wary of getting ripped off. Jeesh, go look at Ebay right now... NEW OAKLEYS <INSERT STYLE HERE> ... read the auction, no box, warrenty card, literature... if they are brand new, why they hell doesn't he have the box? And for X-Metal glasses, where the hell is the coin? And yet there are tons of idiots bidding on those items. I seriously hope all those glasses are fake, and people are buying them for 50 dollars less than real ones cost. Serves them right for being stupid.

Protect yourself. Don't listen to the guy who says this is bull.

 

[Yzzim]

Now, the poster pionts out, he paid 18 bucks. While that is not cheap per say, if he likes them and they've been fine for a while now, who really cares? It is bad that the seller possibly lied to him, but for 18 bucks for glasses that cost around 90 (if they don't have colored lenses)... then what were you expecting?

I was told they were genuine Oakleys so that's what I was expecting.

 

[Mannkind]

I understand, I'm not acussing you of being dumb I meant that if they were real, and you liked them before you found out they were not real, it's not a great loss, although I agree, you were told they were real, the best be real.

Did you compare them to my description? How did they fare?

 

[Freejack2]

Why do people spend even spend $100 - $300 on non prescription sunglasses? Why not get some $10 - $15 polarized ones from Target or someplace similar?

 

[EMPshockwave82]

i have the zero frame.... frame is golden in color with some awesome reflective lenses... payed out the butt at sunglass hut for them ($158) 3 years ago and they are still going strong with a few minor scratches on the lenses... i however did not keep the box.. or the reciept but when you put these glasses on you can tell they are 100% real... they are so lightweight that you dont even realize you have them on.. the lenses are EXTREMELY clear... and there are definately no manufacturing defects... but if i decided to sell these.. exactly how would i prove to the person they are real... i couldnt... the person would just have to trust me... i would never scam anyone knowingly...

and what good would the literature do... i could buy a pair of fakes and a pair of real oakleys... keep the real ones and sell the fakes with the literature and everything... literature and box mean SQUAT... and for that matter.. the reciept is pretty well pointless in that case too

 

[Mannkind]

EMP, you do have a point, and I agree with you completely. However it is a protective measure, not all crimals are masterminds like us hehe
Personally I'd go with box/literature/etc first before sunglasses only

People buy them because they are SUPER nice, 1000 times better than 10-15 dollar things, and quite a bit nicer than 50-75 dollar glasses (other nice name brand ones). I hate people that say that cause they've never worn them. I could no way go back to anything but Oakley quality (not just oakley) sunglasses, the clarity and quality amazes me. I look through regular sunglasses and feel like going Oedepous (spelling?) Rex on my eyes... ugh, to see like that is torture.

And because you paid out the butt (just like every other oakley owner... ) you are MUCH more careful with them, my sunglasses are 3 years old and look perfect, not one scratch on the lense, or anything. My other pair, Juliets are new, but no scratches either. However, before, I'd go through, oh about 3-4 15-30 dollar sunglasses because I would be careless with them. Just take care of oakleys and they'll last a lifetime. And what you get in return is well worht the money.

It's like buying a BMW over a Ford/Chevy/Whatever ... Both cars work,and get you where you're going... but there are things the BMW has over the plain jane cheaper Fords/Chevys/Honda/etc ...

It's like buying a ATI9700 when a 4meg video card does everything the ATI does (minus video games...) ... its 10 bucks compared to 400 ...

 

[Argo]

How do you tell the difference between real Oakleys and fake ones?

Price.

 

[Yzzim]

Pics are being uploaded here at a rate of 2kb/sec I hate dialup

I have about 4 more to go

 

[Yzzim]

bump

 

[Moonbeam]

Man I've never seen such a pack of anal re tents in my life. What a bunch of phonies. Get a real life. You'd swear to God your glasses, oh, so sorry, your Oakleys defined who you are. God I must have the real thing or I'll just die. Get real, get Ralph Lauren. Then you can be a somebody, like me.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Hey, Moonbeam. He didn't say that the glasses were ment to define who he is. He asked how to spot fake Oakleys.
And you are someone? Who? Ahh, just another Homo apiens sapiens.

 

[Kaervak]

I'm gonna say those are fakes. Main reason is because of the glob of plastic on the frame in this photo. http://www.yzzim.com/pics/oakleys/Vegas%205%20064.jpg I highly doubt Oakley would leave something like that on their glasses, unless they were inspected by an inept quality control person.

 

[Moonbeam]

Nice lenses Frustrated. Are they Oakleys?

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Nice lenses Frustrated. Are they Oakleys?

As usual your IQ is so high I can't make sense of your post.

 

[Howard]

You're paying for eye protection, although I daresay you don't have to buy Oakleys for that.

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Nice lenses Frustrated. Are they Oakleys?

As usual your IQ is so high I can't make sense of your post.

I think he was making an avatar reference.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Nice lenses Frustrated. Are they Oakleys?

As usual your IQ is so high I can't make sense of your post.

I think he was making an avatar reference.

LOL! My IQ is not to high today.
Naaah, bikers with Oakleys? RayBan Wayfarer II is where its at.

 

[BillGates]

I can defintely tell that they're fake right away. Mine don't have any of the CE or MADE IN USA labels on the ear socks. I've had Oakley glasses in one form or another for over 10 years so I'm kinda seasoned I guess. They just don't "look" right.

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Legendary

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
Nice lenses Frustrated. Are they Oakleys?

As usual your IQ is so high I can't make sense of your post.

I think he was making an avatar reference.

Not only that, which explains the high IQ, but I was also refering to his Avatar.