HELP!!! Badman hinges

[Winston Tongco]

I received my Oakley Badman as a birthday present last June 2015. I don't do any sports activities while wearing it. After around 4 months, I found out that it just went apart inside my bag. (I posted 3 photos).

Now if it got crushed or something, I would be very surprised since I don't hoard rocks in my bag.

The Oakley head office where I live said that the hinges on the badman/madman has quite of a reputation for being flimsy and that I cant do anything about it but replace the frame.... equals to ......get over it....throw it away........ buy another one!

There must be another way how I can fix this.

I would very much appreciate if there's any Oakley expert here that could help me think of any ideas how to fix this!!

 

[mjt42]

very poor response from oakley....

as this is a known fault they should be more proactive in putting things right.

unfortunately, this was a predicted weak spot on these pseudo x metals after the half x spring hinge suffered the same weakness.

 

[Winston Tongco]

Someone said that ever since Luxottica bought Oakley from J.Jannard, the focus went on to pure profitability... It was said that Jim lost money or didn't gain much profit from producing the original X-Metals since production was way too costly... but his heart went with the dream of creating it.. Luxottica then abandoned
the manufacturing plant for higher profit gains ........sad but true!

 

[mjt42]

have you pursued a warranty claim or just contacted head office? i would get in touch again following the warranty route...

Oakley Warranty | Official Oakley Store

 

[Winston Tongco]

I just sent a message to the person we got it from (since this was a gift for me) and told him everything...hope he could get a warranty since Oakley does have an international warranty - hope everything works for the best.

 

[reggavegga]

Should be a year warranty against defects which this looks like one to me.. I would get a receipt from whomever got it for you if you could since you have until June 2016 ..

 

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

Welcome BACK to the forum.

I agree with the above statements. You HAVE a warranty claim for a replacement. Whoever told you that you need to purchase a replacement is out of their minds.

 

[Winston Tongco]

I found this inside my Badman case/box though it was bought for me from a reseller/wholesaler.. (I guess) - will this do? I mean would Oakley USA accept this knowing I didn't buy it from an authorized store?

...

 

[Crazy Alien]

Look my MadMan
I sent to Oakley and receive a new one week.

 

[OakleyFrankFMJ]

Look my MadMan
I sent to Oakley and receive a new one week.

EXACTLY!!!!

@Winston Tongco DO NOT TRY TO FIX THEM. Send them to Oakley for a new replacement