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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:02:48 PM EDT
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I like my Kaenons.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:03:13 PM EDT
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I love my '70s vintage Wayfarers. B&L lenses and USA made. New shit is no comparison. Screw Hoakley and screw China.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:04:03 PM EDT
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Oakley has been on a steady downhill slide for a few years now. My brother is an eye doctor and has an optical at his office. He used to keep a great selection of Oakley glasses in stock and sold bunches of them. Oakley was known for very good customer service and excellent lens clarity and quality. They had representatives that checked in with the offices regularly and took very good care of customers. All that is gone. He keeps very few in stock now, and that is only because there are some people who won't have anything else. I have a couple of pairs myself that have lasted very well through the years (since 2007 or so). The lenses (prescription) just started to de-laminate recently and they wouldn't fix them, even for a fee. Maui Jim are where you want to be now, excellent lenses.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:06:19 PM EDT
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I really like my Costa Del Mars far more than any Foakleys I've owned. Me too. Fantastic sunglasses for yachting. <a href="http://s111.photobucket.com/user/kaik78/media/20160528_130013_zpstkla0b9a.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n125/kaik78/20160528_130013_zpstkla0b9a.jpg</a> Damn it, you're a sexy bitch when on a boat. I'm always sexy. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:08:16 PM EDT
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I spent 10 years in a union shop. I can count on one hand the number of fiscally conservative union members I met out of around 2000 people. Oakley *is* an American company, who uses Chinese manufacturing. If you want American companies to use American manufacturing, get the leftist unions to stop choking production on their home soil. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. I spent 10 years in a union shop. I can count on one hand the number of fiscally conservative union members I met out of around 2000 people. Oakley *is* an American company, who uses Chinese manufacturing. If you want American companies to use American manufacturing, get the leftist unions to stop choking production on their home soil. It's not an American company anymore (I worked at Oakley in foothill ranch) Jim sold it to an Italian holding called lexotica. I repeat... It's now a European company! That's why the components are made in China now |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:08:34 PM EDT
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store.
Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:10:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:10:11 PM EDT
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Costa 580g lenses are nice but their frames are garbage. They wear out way to fast. Great lenses in subpar frames. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I really like my Costa Del Mars far more than any Foakleys I've owned. Costa 580g lenses are nice but their frames are garbage. They wear out way to fast. Great lenses in subpar frames. I've had this pair of 580 Triple Tails for about 5 years. Broke a lens but that's it. This is my 3rd pair. Lost my other 2 surfing. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:10:18 PM EDT
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store. Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. Lens clarity is night and day different between the two. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:12:42 PM EDT
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Oakley has been on a steady downhill slide for a few years now. My brother is an eye doctor and has an optical at his office. He used to keep a great selection of Oakley glasses in stock and sold bunches of them. Oakley was known for very good customer service and excellent lens clarity and quality. They had representatives that checked in with the offices regularly and took very good care of customers. All that is gone. He keeps very few in stock now, and that is only because there are some people who won't have anything else. I have a couple of pairs myself that have lasted very well through the years (since 2007 or so). The lenses (prescription) just started to de-laminate recently and they wouldn't fix them, even for a fee. Maui Jim are where you want to be now, excellent lenses. Have to agree on that last part. I've had a pair of MJ Lighthouses for almost three years and they're awesome. Also have Oakley M frames and the Sliver F. Good frames with lenses that are half as good as MJ. But the MJs aren't ballistic like the Oakleys are though, lol |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:16:38 PM EDT
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Why do people pay $40 plus dollars for sneakers when they cost a couple of bucks to make. Why do people pay $14 for a pair of POLO underwear when they cost pennies to make. You can apply this to some many products, and it is all about the pure stupidity on the part of the consumer which leads to pure profit for the sellers. By that logic we should all be carrying Ravens & Hi-Points.... Paying for a brand name and paying for quality are two different things altogether. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:19:07 PM EDT
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went to the sporting good store to get some stuff for my son, wondered around the eyewear counter, thought about replace my old plastic Oakley's with something metal framed. Found a pair fits me pretty good and the price tag is $199, looked closely it says "China". they have few others with even higher price tags up $400 also made in China. WTF? Why would anyone pay that kinda price for a Walmart product? Oh, BTW, the pair I picked out is called "Tinfoil". http://www.oakley.com/mam/celum/celum_assets/main_OO4083-02_tinfoil_lead-black-iridium_001_60628_png_hero.jpg Bro, do even English? 
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:19:42 PM EDT
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The Chinese have been into tinted lenses for quite awhile. In 1300 Chinese judges routinely wore smoke-colored quartz lenses to conceal their eye expressions in court. It wasn't until 1929 that Sam Foster sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:21:22 PM EDT
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It's not an American company anymore (I worked at Oakley in foothill ranch) Jim sold it to an Italian holding called lexotica. I repeat... It's now a European company! That's why the components are made in China now Quote HistoryQuoted:
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never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. I spent 10 years in a union shop. I can count on one hand the number of fiscally conservative union members I met out of around 2000 people. Oakley *is* an American company, who uses Chinese manufacturing. If you want American companies to use American manufacturing, get the leftist unions to stop choking production on their home soil. It's not an American company anymore (I worked at Oakley in foothill ranch) Jim sold it to an Italian holding called lexotica. I repeat... It's now a European company! That's why the components are made in China now Huh, well, there you go. Good for the Italians. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:22:48 PM EDT
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never understood why anyone would pay the Oakley price for Oakleys anyway. Watched a set blow off a dumbass's face while fishing. My dad and I laughed at the stupid yuppie. Ya know...$200 sunglasses sink to the bottom of Lake Michigan just as well as $10 ones. Sorry you are a poor and can't afford them. Jealous much? Smart people use Croakies to avoid that. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:25:21 PM EDT
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Lens clarity is night and day different between the two. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store. Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. Lens clarity is night and day different between the two. Exactly. I can wear a pair of Oakleys all day while standing in the middle of a white limestone parking lot with all the glair and not get a head ache. I spend 30min in my cheap safety glasses in the same parking lot and I'm popping advil from a bad head ache. I have extremely sensitive blue eyes FWIW. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:26:04 PM EDT
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I switched Randolph.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:27:00 PM EDT
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Hmm my USSI Oakleys doesn't cost nearly that much. Sorry for ya bro. This. Sorry you don't have the hook up and you can't afford nice stuff. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:27:33 PM EDT
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Gargoyles. ....made in Japan.....by people who generally have a sense of with about what they make. I had a pair of those in the late 90's and they were great. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:28:15 PM EDT
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Just bought a US made pair of Holbrooks.
All 4 pairs of Oakleys I own are US made
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:31:21 PM EDT
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I love my '70s vintage Wayfarers. B&L lenses and USA made. New shit is no comparison. Screw Hoakley and screw China. I bet you have tons of Chicom shit in your home. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:33:02 PM EDT
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I've had this pair of 580 Triple Tails for about 5 years. Broke a lens but that's it. This is my 3rd pair. Lost my other 2 surfing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I really like my Costa Del Mars far more than any Foakleys I've owned. Costa 580g lenses are nice but their frames are garbage. They wear out way to fast. Great lenses in subpar frames. I've had this pair of 580 Triple Tails for about 5 years. Broke a lens but that's it. This is my 3rd pair. Lost my other 2 surfing. I've beat the fuck out the four pair of Costas I have. Zero issues. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:33:35 PM EDT
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store. Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. Bullshit. Sorry you can't afford nice things. Oh yeah, link to this bullshit? |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:34:02 PM EDT
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I just checked and my Oakley Bottle Rockets are made in the USA.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:34:44 PM EDT
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Exactly. I can wear a pair of Oakleys all day while standing in the middle of a white limestone parking lot with all the glair and not get a head ache. I spend 30min in my cheap safety glasses in the same parking lot and I'm popping advil from a bad head ache. I have extremely sensitive blue eyes FWIW. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store. Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. Lens clarity is night and day different between the two. Exactly. I can wear a pair of Oakleys all day while standing in the middle of a white limestone parking lot with all the glair and not get a head ache. I spend 30min in my cheap safety glasses in the same parking lot and I'm popping advil from a bad head ache. I have extremely sensitive blue eyes FWIW. Same. Blue eyes and can get bright light induced headaches. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:36:12 PM EDT
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I switched Randolph. Those are nice glasses. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:40:10 PM EDT
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China has the capability to build quality stuff. Its the companies that want it cheap so they make it to fit their budget. The companies then take that profit and put it in their pocket.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:41:06 PM EDT
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Gargoyles. ....made in Japan.....by people who generally have a sense of with about what they make. I loved my gargoyles, unfortunately my dag didn't and chewed a pair up. .22 proof don't necessarily mean mastiff proof. 
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:41:36 PM EDT
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Bullshit. Sorry you can't afford nice things. Oh yeah, link to this bullshit? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Some investigative journalist did a piece a few weeks ago about UV protection from $300 sunglasses versus the $10 sunglasses for sale at the drug store. Both varieties blocked 100% of UV rays. I guess you could feel better about paying for the name etc but why? Oh, SEALS, that's right. Bullshit. Sorry you can't afford nice things. Oh yeah, link to this bullshit? Even if they both block UV rays, the lens quality on the wal mart ones will still be shitty, which can give many people headaches. My dad was one of those people. He always thought the pressure on the sides of his head from the arms was what caused it until I let him borrow a pair of my Maui Jims for a day. Now he has two pair of his own lol |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:42:34 PM EDT
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Does everything you buy have to be made in America? I demand that all of my electronics are! |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:43:36 PM EDT
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Oakley never could make aluminum frames with a hinge that was worth a shit!
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:45:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:49:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Not all are of course, but most are. When's the last time any union endorsed a Republican candidate? Can't remember a single time |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:00:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThis, right here. The originals. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:07:39 PM EDT
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Oakley never could make aluminum frames with a hinge that was worth a shit! The magnesium M Frames though...still love mine |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:11:05 PM EDT
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This, right here. The originals. Quote HistoryQuoted:
The originals. Well, the originals produced under license from B&L at least. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:17:50 PM EDT
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Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Bwahahahahahaha!!!! |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:30:21 PM EDT
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Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. Oh, gee, let's see................historically voted for Dems for one thing and unions are a perfect example of socialism where everyone gets the same (pay in the case of unions) regardless of performance or worth. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:31:41 PM EDT
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The fuel cells I picked up about a month and a half ago say Made in USA on the inside of the earpiece. My Fuel Cells say "Made in USA" but the Straight Jackets I bought two months ago say "Assembled In USA" |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:35:38 PM EDT
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My last two pairs of polarized Sqaure Wires lasted me 6 and 7 years. My current Daily Prizm Sqaure Wires are even better. Been wearing Oakleys for 20 years. Will worry about the Made in China shit when the quality goes down.
Although I do miss them making the Why 8.2 style. Those were my favorite frame style by far. If they came out with those with the Prizm lenses I would buy five pairs right now. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:39:16 PM EDT
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I gave up on 'em years ago because the lenses scratch if you stare through them too hard.
Wiley X for "tactical" shades and Polaroid for casual. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:53:09 PM EDT
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Oakley is owned by Luxottica. They also own a ton of other brands. I will try my best to never buy Luxotica eyewear again which might be difficult since they own or control such a huge segment of the eyewear industry. My understanding of how they bought Oakley: They offered to buy Oakley out at a low price. Oakley said no. Luxotica owns a bunch of retailers such as Sunglass Hut International, LensCrafter,s Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Target Optical, and more. Luxotica halts all sales of Oakleys. Oakley's sales drop drastically and Luxotica buys them cheap. Fuck Luxotica. My next sunglasses will be Maui Jim. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:56:27 PM EDT
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I got a backup pair of old style Oakley Flak Jackets with my vision insurance last trip to the eye dr. Didn't need to spend it on corrective lenses so I got a pair for like $35 bucks out of pocket. Should last me a while since I still have the pair I got five or so years back. After they are done then I guess I'll have to pick another brand.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:02:52 PM EDT
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It's not an American company anymore (I worked at Oakley in foothill ranch) Jim sold it to an Italian holding called lexotica. I repeat... It's now a European company! That's why the components are made in China now Quote HistoryQuoted:
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never got into them anyway, but if the quality is the same I don't care if Chinese made them or not. Rather have them make them than a left wing union member Wow! Really? What makes you think all Union members are left wing? Any life experience here? I doubt it. ( and no I have never been a member of a Union) Yes, by all means let's give our money to a Chinese company rather than an American company. I spent 10 years in a union shop. I can count on one hand the number of fiscally conservative union members I met out of around 2000 people. Oakley *is* an American company, who uses Chinese manufacturing. If you want American companies to use American manufacturing, get the leftist unions to stop choking production on their home soil. It's not an American company anymore (I worked at Oakley in foothill ranch) Jim sold it to an Italian holding called lexotica. I repeat... It's now a European company! That's why the components are made in China now Luxottica; they own an estimated 60 to 80% of the US market. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:05:27 PM EDT
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As soon as I break the pair I have I'm going back to WileyX. Never should have tried.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:05:54 PM EDT
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Never been a fan of Oakley but it seems most glasses are made in China now. this, i just jump on aliexpress and order something i like sometimes its got a logo and sometimes not. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:20:44 PM EDT
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Does everything you buy have to be made in America? does every American you know have to have a job ? |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:23:35 PM EDT
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Bro, do even English? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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went to the sporting good store to get some stuff for my son, wondered around the eyewear counter, thought about replace my old plastic Oakley's with something metal framed. Found a pair fits me pretty good and the price tag is $199, looked closely it says "China". they have few others with even higher price tags up $400 also made in China. WTF? Why would anyone pay that kinda price for a Walmart product? Oh, BTW, the pair I picked out is called "Tinfoil". http://www.oakley.com/mam/celum/celum_assets/main_OO4083-02_tinfoil_lead-black-iridium_001_60628_png_hero.jpg Bro, do even English? Come on he had a legit beef. So your going to troll him now? |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:25:23 PM EDT
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Gargoyles. ....made in Japan.....by people who generally have a sense of with about what they make. Not anymore. Made in China, now. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:37:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry you are a poor and can't afford them. Jealous much? Smart people use Croakies to avoid that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: never understood why anyone would pay the Oakley price for Oakleys anyway. Watched a set blow off a dumbass's face while fishing. My dad and I laughed at the stupid yuppie. Ya know...$200 sunglasses sink to the bottom of Lake Michigan just as well as $10 ones. Sorry you are a poor and can't afford them. Jealous much? Smart people use Croakies to avoid that. Didn't that fad come and go 25 years ago? I seriously thought people would have quit paying $200+ a couple years after they came out. We have different criteria for smart. |
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