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Ray Ban optical frames - counterfeit???

  • 05-10-2010 3:57pm
    #1
    sudzs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭


    Recently lost my Ray Ban reading glasses and after weeks of hunting for new frames I might like, I decided to just replace them with the same thing!

    Bought them online from a site that appears to have every possible frame you could want. The arrived with the lenses 2 days later. Great, I thought until I tried them on and they are ever so slightly different from the ones they are replacing. And the flexi-hinges are stiff. One when flexed out, stays put! One arm is slightly bent, only slightly but bent non the less!

    So now I'm in a row with the guy who owns the company. He is refusing to refund me in full what I paid. He will only refund what I paid for the frames not the lenses. Or I can send them back to him and he will put some silicone in the hinges to loosen them up. He also suggested they would loosen up with time! :eek: I don't think he's going to budge on the full refund so I will probably take out the lenses for a frame only refund and hope to god they will fit in the frames I will buy elsewhere.

    Anyway, is there any way to tell if they are genuine or counterfeit, or even factory seconds, is there such a thing??

    Would it be easy enough for an optician who sells Ray Ban frames to know if they are kosher or not? Would they mind me asking them??!!

    And should I have got a certificate of authenticity with them? I know I did with some Prada frames I got before but can't remember if I got one with my old lost Ray Bans.

    Thanks for reading! :)


Comments

  • #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Surely this is what the small claims court was designed for. It's a bit of hassle but fúck it.


  • #3
    sudzs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,753 ✭✭✭sudzs


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Surely this is what the small claims court was designed for. It's a bit of hassle but fúck it.

    I already looked ito that! I'm in the Uk btw so it might be a bit different here but because the lensess are custom made I am not entitled to a refund for those, just the frames themselves. :rolleyes:

    He's having a fit now because I said I suspected the frames are not genuine and now he's refusing to enter into any further correspondence with me until I retract that allegation!


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