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It's my first post here on the forum and I'm glad I finally found a resource site for the best glasses in the world.
Now i want to tell a little story before i ask my question;
Back in 1998 I was on the lookout for a pair of sunglasses. Friend of mine had just bought the Juliet's and i figured i can't buy the same as him.
As i went into the sunglasses shop immediately a pair caught my eye, and it was the Romeo's. Having to spend a rather large chunk of change on them i went back home i thought about it for 3 days. I went back in and pulled the trigger on them. I was one happy fellow and I've taken good care of them for many many years. I had them, and didn't find myself in need of any other sunglasses.
Now about 10 years later, the frames started to come somewhat loose fit. I was looking at the lenses and they had small crows foot cracks just above the nose bridge and i figured i'd go into a store to try to get tehm to repair my Romeos (please observe in 2008 i still did not know the rareness of these glasses)
The clerk in the store looked into it and contacted the Oakley importer in Norway. When she called me back she said that i was free to come pick some new glasses in a different series and it was priced relatively much lower than that of the Romeo's from 10 yrs earlier.
I thought I'd might as well get some new glasses out of it never even pondering the fact that my Romeo's could be so sought after.
So in I walked with the best pair of glasses i'd ever owned, struck the deal and out again i went with a brand new pair of split jackets, thinking wow this was great service....
Boy was i wrong.....
two years ago i started going to the US with my work and as i had the rare opportunity to visit an Oakely Vault (at the Houston Premium outlet) i asked about the Romeos. The guy at the store was so sad to hear what went down and told me that the Romeos was THE glasses that i should have kept no matter the condition of them.
So.... here i am, faced with loosing the first pair of really really good sunglasses in a deal i had no chance of knowing was so bad.
I'm literally loosing sleep at night thinking about this and i really want to see if there is any way i get get a pair to replace them.. To make matters even worse, i was cleaning the closet the other day and by chance the Romeo Coin was sitting right there....mocking me. i am at a complete loss here.. I want a new pair but i don't dare for the life of me to go on ebay and forking over 500-900 USD not having any clue if im being ripped off.
Even though i now own Split Jacket, Tincan, Crosshair, Flak 2.0, and the Badman's i just can't get over these Romeo's.... Like i said- i actually loose sleep over it now.
So are there anyone here that can help me verifying the authenticity of the below link, or even better are there anyone here that (when reading about my unfortunate story) would like to part with their Romeo 1.0 w/ Black Iridium lenses? They don't have to be mint but they do have to be real, authentic,with fairly good lenses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-OAKLEY...ACK-IRIDIUM-POLARIZED-with-box-/331683762145?
It's my first post here on the forum and I'm glad I finally found a resource site for the best glasses in the world.
Now i want to tell a little story before i ask my question;
Back in 1998 I was on the lookout for a pair of sunglasses. Friend of mine had just bought the Juliet's and i figured i can't buy the same as him.
As i went into the sunglasses shop immediately a pair caught my eye, and it was the Romeo's. Having to spend a rather large chunk of change on them i went back home i thought about it for 3 days. I went back in and pulled the trigger on them. I was one happy fellow and I've taken good care of them for many many years. I had them, and didn't find myself in need of any other sunglasses.
Now about 10 years later, the frames started to come somewhat loose fit. I was looking at the lenses and they had small crows foot cracks just above the nose bridge and i figured i'd go into a store to try to get tehm to repair my Romeos (please observe in 2008 i still did not know the rareness of these glasses)
The clerk in the store looked into it and contacted the Oakley importer in Norway. When she called me back she said that i was free to come pick some new glasses in a different series and it was priced relatively much lower than that of the Romeo's from 10 yrs earlier.
I thought I'd might as well get some new glasses out of it never even pondering the fact that my Romeo's could be so sought after.
So in I walked with the best pair of glasses i'd ever owned, struck the deal and out again i went with a brand new pair of split jackets, thinking wow this was great service....
Boy was i wrong.....
two years ago i started going to the US with my work and as i had the rare opportunity to visit an Oakely Vault (at the Houston Premium outlet) i asked about the Romeos. The guy at the store was so sad to hear what went down and told me that the Romeos was THE glasses that i should have kept no matter the condition of them.
So.... here i am, faced with loosing the first pair of really really good sunglasses in a deal i had no chance of knowing was so bad.
I'm literally loosing sleep at night thinking about this and i really want to see if there is any way i get get a pair to replace them.. To make matters even worse, i was cleaning the closet the other day and by chance the Romeo Coin was sitting right there....mocking me. i am at a complete loss here.. I want a new pair but i don't dare for the life of me to go on ebay and forking over 500-900 USD not having any clue if im being ripped off.
Even though i now own Split Jacket, Tincan, Crosshair, Flak 2.0, and the Badman's i just can't get over these Romeo's.... Like i said- i actually loose sleep over it now.
So are there anyone here that can help me verifying the authenticity of the below link, or even better are there anyone here that (when reading about my unfortunate story) would like to part with their Romeo 1.0 w/ Black Iridium lenses? They don't have to be mint but they do have to be real, authentic,with fairly good lenses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-OAKLEY...ACK-IRIDIUM-POLARIZED-with-box-/331683762145?