X Metal In Store. Uk

[WavecloudCustoms]

I have got a BNIB pair of Carbon XS for around 200 and my Polished XS Vr28 for 190... You just have to be patient

 

[Jben04]

That's retail over here! Most things that are available here are $-£ rather than actually being the same value. The juliets that Oakley.co.uk had at the start of the year were over £300 too.

Yea i actually did know that's about retail. I moved from the UK, lived in Portsmouth,to the US about 9 years ago. ( 10 min away from the Vault there lol).
Still when i see UK prices it always seems more expensive than over here.Even though i know with currency and rate of living etc its more or less the same .I've been lucky,all the X-metals i've bought have all been under $150,granted none have been from a store, but i'm not complaining.

 

[Carrera1963]

My x-metal acquisitions have been a mix of patience and "OMG must have that now". A couple of them (all Juliets btw) might have been near that $150 mark but most were dearer, some considerably so.

I paid more than $500 when the carbon/BI Juliets were (briefly) up on the Oakley website for instance - don't recall how much the US RRP was but definitely less than that.

 

[Jben04]

Back before moving to the US,there would've been no chance in hell i would've been spending that much on a pair of sunglasses.If i remember correctly ,the most i ever paid was £ 145.00 lol ( had more important things i could spend my hard earned cash on).
Yea the Juliet's,they just suck you in, i only have 3 pairs so far ( 2 x Juliet's and a pair of Penny's)..I was planning on only getting one pair of Juliet's,,but you can see how that went lol.

 

[dave m]

I live near the Poole area Jben,so not far from where you were at all really. I was thinking about a drive to Portsmouth tomorrow to check out what the vault at the quays has! Have you bought more over there or when you were here?

 

[Jben04]

Much more since i've been here in the states,been here for nearly 9 years.
Over here it just seems you can get more for your hard earned cash lol.
now there are 2 vaults within 90 min drive from where i live,so i'm not complaining, just sucks cause they wouldn't carry any of the older stock lol.
When i was in the UK ,to get to the Vault ,all i had to do was walk up to the ferry and go across.Used to buy more clothes back then than glasses.

 

[Carrera1963]

They've not long reorganised the Gunwharf vault, so it's much easier to see what is in stock. Some interesting stuff there though on my last visit I did only buy a golfing umbrella.

 

[Jben04]

Its still on that corner right? near the Bose store?, i remember i bought a pair of Oakley trainers there too ( still got em lol)

 

[Carrera1963]

Yep, on the corner, though the Bose shop is a little way away - next block over and maybe halfway down.

Dave M, check out the Eyewearoutlet website, that's normally a pretty good guide to the sort of thing they have at Gunwharf. They run that Vault.

 

[dave m]

I found the online site before I found the store last summer, didn't know there was a vault there until about a year earlier, ended up buying 3 x squared, wasn't too popular with the wife!