Fake Juliets

[Patrick]

I jumped the gun before doing my full due diligence and bought what turned out to be a fake pair of Juliets on the bay. Pics in the listing weren't 100% clear. Fortunately I've received a refund from the seller. Here are some pics. I haven't seen fakes before, but these seem like pretty good replicas notwithstanding the handful of nonconforming features. Counterfeiters wouldn't need to fix a lot to make these much more passable.

 

[MAGNUS]

The lenses look after market, but the frames look real. Those are convincing fakes.

 

[digi7alph0enix]

Frame is fake as hell- Bent earstems, no rivets in the nose bridge, screws in the orbitals at the wrong angles, etc, etc. Looks like a run of the mill pair of fakes to me.

 

[Patrick]

Yeah, it's easy to see in the pics I took/posted. Maybe these will help someone else that hasn't seen a fake up close.

 

[Lexkempo]

Compared to my Juliet's, they look HELLA fake...

Outwards bent ear stems ...
The nose rivets have a 'notch' in them ( as for a flat head screw driver ) ...
I don't see any writing on the temple shocks ...
Doesn't the bag tag generally have all white writing?

Have you checked if the lenses are actually polarized? ( I do an iPhone screen check )

 

[Patrick]

Lenses are polarized. Glad you were able to tell after looking at my closeup pics.

 

[Krank]

Thanks for posting these up Patrick. Not everyone knows exactly what to look for, and ebay pics can be manipulated easily enough to fool any buyer. Glad you got your funds back man. I noticed quite a few metals in the exchange area in the last week, grab a pair from a member, or get a carbon juliet bnib at oakley.com, GL bud.

 

[Patrick]

Thanks Krank. I've bought several items from members here, but it's easy to get caught up in auctions.

 

[qtrain23]

. Counterfeiters wouldn't need to fix a lot to make these much more passable.

They make them different on purpose.

 

[MAGNUS]

This is a more trust worthy crowd because every one has passion for the product. There are more scamers on ebay because they just want to make money.