Real Deal, or Real Steal

So this is one of those posts about, if the deal sounds too good to be true, then it probably is not.  And move on, don't look back.

We were in the Bahamas in the Marina Village window shopping after dinner.  We were in a store and Tresa was looking at sunglasses.  She tried on a bunch and there was this Tom Ford pair that she liked.  All the other ones were kinda big.  And made her head look even smaller.  Sort of like Beaker from the muppets.

Anyways they were $560.00 USD. Everything in the Bahamas is expensive.  So we didn't buy them.  Tresa was furiously surfing on her ipad and consuming WiFi bandwidth like she uses hot water in the shower.
So she found it on a Sunglasshut-outlet.com.

I should have looked at the site closer.  It would have been crystal clear that this was a fake site.  Sunglasshut doesn't even have an Outlet website.  But they ripped off the logo of SunglassHut which had me confused. Is it a real site?
What gave it away was if you read the title of the glasses it says "Avaitor"
WTF are "Avaitor" style sunglasses? I am getting flashbacks to all those Gucci sweatshirts tita Puri brought back from the Philippines with spelling errors when I was a kid.

In any case I didn't read it and the purchase process is non-standard and you don't get to review the order prior to confirming.  They confirm for you SUCKER!  Anyways they arrived.  In a brown cardboard box from China, that I recycled.  It wasn't even bubble wrapped.   And when I took them out.  They weren't even the right fake model.  They were DIOR.

Anyways they were fake. Crappy fakes.  Probably cost a few dollars to make.  More to ship.  So anyways here's the differences between the Real Deal and the Real Steal (stole my money the POS).

The box that the real ones came in was a nicely packaged box, with some Tom Ford propaganda that I didn't read.  The glasses came in a case that were in the box.
The fakes came in a cheap cardboard box that had chinese lettering on it.  Stamped from China.  Nice touch.  Although the glasses say 'made in Italy', (by way of China.)

The glasses themselves felt super cheap.  The hinges were loose when you close the arms they make this click sound that tells you that it's made of cheap material, that they probably put in their food too.

The lens on the real ones have a laser etched TOM FORD on the corner.  The fakes have Dior printed on it.  It's already wearing off.  Like my patience.

The case is a joke on the fake.  They just scream fake, just like all those Real PVC Coach and LV bags the asian ladies carry around. In any case the zipper broke so it doesn't close anymore. POS.
But it did come with a cloth, but it doesn't feel like microfiber.  It feels like crap.  The silkscreened lettering is coming off too.

The real deal case is large and roomy.  Although not a hard case, it has embossed lettering and a magnetic closure.  The cloth it came with was in a sealed bag.  So it didn't arrive dusty.

 Here are the fakes.  I think there were things on the side that fell off.  I can't remember what the holes were for.  The hinges are black and cheap.  One is looser than the other.  So if you tilt the glasses in your hand.  One arm will close.  It feels like dollar store plastic, that will melt if you left them in your car.

Dior made in Italy.  Ya right.







Looking through the lenses, it just darker.  Kinda like the 3D glasses we got at the movie theatre when we watched Dispicable Me 2.
the whole thing feels light.  So the lenses are probably cheap plastic.  Doubt if they will protect your eyes from UV.

So here are the real deal.  First of all the right glasses were shipped. There's little metal details that are evident.
Also the glasses are noticeably heavier.  Not super heavy like bricks, they are still light, but it feels solid.  Like they won't fall apart if you put them on your head.




The hinges are a solid.  The arms don't swing loosely.

The detail items don't feel like there are going to fall off any times soon.

Overall looking through the lens, it looks clear.  It's not as dark as the fakes, but you don't want your visibility impaired.  You want the glasses to enhance what you are seeing.

Double hinge.  Made in Italy.
If it looks like an online deal is too good to be true, it probably means that it's coming from China.

They even charged my CC an incorrect amount.
however I managed to get our money back.  Took about 2 weeks.  But I got it back.  This is Fraud.

When I went back to the site, it had been taken down and an Oakley webpage saying that they took down sunglasshut-outlet.com and pursuing legal action.

Good Luck.