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    Oakley or imitation Sunglasses

    I get up early on a Sunday Morning and head to a local flea market before heading to church. Today I took a real close look at some "Oakley Sunglasses" for sale. If they aren't the real thing they are dead ringers. There were at least 100 pair with tags etc.

    Where do you report things like this?

    Bev

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    Let your local Oakley rep know asap...........


    if there is not one available call their headquarters.......

    Mikol:cheers:

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    Is there a difference between a $ 20.00 sunglass that sells for
    $ 200.00 and a $ 20.00 sunglass that sells for $ 20.00?

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    Counterfeit

    Although Oakley are not my favorite company, you should report as much information as you can to the VCA. They have a task force purely focusing on counterfeit sunglasses.

    Also, contact Oakley directly. Oakley reps are not the most reliable messengers.

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    What are you people talking about!!!!

    For the last 4 years you can see counterfit Oakleys in Manhattan all over from 86 Street to Downtown!
    They are everywere!
    And BTW some of them are greate copies for $15-20!
    I think i rxd couple of them too

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    Ohh......

    I am glad that someone brought up this issue....

    Three years ago, I was invited to "improve" the quality of the trade mark printing on his "OEM by Oakley" frames in truck loads. Not a bad immitation, actually !!

    Accordingly, his "distribution channels" are all over North and South America and have sold over twenty million pairs for past years. I was offered 50 cents commission a pair if I could help him...........

    At that time, I decided to stick the donut in my mouth and walked out of the door with both my hands up slowly.

    In less than a year, the guy was arrested by FBI in the city of South EL Monte, California with two truck loads of counterfit Oakley frames.

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    VCA Anti-Counterfeit Hotline is 877.642.3253

    Oakley Anti-Counterfeit Hotline is 800.733.6255

    International Anti-Counterfeit Coalition is 202.223.6667

    These numbers were published in a previous issue of either Eyecare Business or 20/20 in an artical "Crushing the Counterfeiters."

    Good Luck!

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    I bought a hard to find Disney VHS tape at a swap meet, a few years ago. I took the tape out of it's sealed box and saw that the tape was a copy not an original Disney. I took the tape back the next week and they quickly refunded my money. I then reported them to the police that patrol these swap meets. They are no longer at this particular swap meet. Unfortuantely they are probably near your home.

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    Stick out tongue imitation oakleys.

    it seems everyone copies oakley. this place thinks they
    make even better ones.

    We sell the highest quality Oakley replicas at the lowest prices. They even have advantages over real Oakleys:

    Savings of over 100$ in most cases
    Our replicas have lenses that do not scratch as easily
    Our replicas have UV400 protection
    Our replicas have the same markings and features making them virtually indetectable from real oakleys
    click here
    easy to see how someone could sell them as the real thing.
    http://www.optispares.btinternet.co.uk

    jack


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    Reported

    I reported this to Oakley and the legal team is on it. Another group was arrested for selling them at the Pocono 500 the other week. It was in the newspapers.

    Thanks all!

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