JCallahan71
Oakley Beginner
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Imitation is the best form of flattery right?
I'm with you on the lame "special editions" but you gotta move inventory. I'm assuming we are all referring to the smog's that have been repackaged with etching, but those all went to Japan right? Did the smog's originally get released in Japan? I don't think they did but I could be wrong. In that case they are somewhat "special editions", though in the internet days it isn't hard to get stuff from anywhere in the world.
As for buying releases up for the sole purpose of reselling them I don't see the problem. If you are a frogskin collector you know how to tell fakes, even real good ones, from the real things (popping the lenses out never fails for me, easiest way to tell besides the obvious screws stickers hinges, etc) and you know how much they are selling and could sell for well than it's a decent, easy way to make some money on your hobby (Froggies arent cheap!!). Now buying up 80 pairs of limited editions with 80 different credit cards is a little extreme, but picking up 2 or 3 pairs of Jupiters with the intention of keeping 1 I have no problem with. If you are hitting up Oakley.com everyday waiting for them to get released, why not grab a bit of $$ for your troubles. Besides these days it's probably your best bet to make money. The banks don't pay squat and the stock market is more volatile than a molotov cocktail!!
I was just wondering, as i am new to collecting froggies, what happens if you pop out the lenses of fake froggies or what can i look for to avoid mistaking even the best fakes...thanks