Picking Fake Ray Bans from the Real Ones!!!
Ok... so I have just bought my 3rd pair of Ray Ban sunglasses and generally I'll buy a new pair about every 5 years. But the exception this time... I bought off eBay. Now in itself... there's nothing wrong with that... or is there?! So here's where I should fill you in on my background. I'm a goldsmith working for a well known jeweller in high-end jewellery so it's my job to have an eye for detail.
So I knew exactly what I wanted! A pair of Ray Ban RB3269 004. There were plenty of auctions with this particular model and I decided to bid on a pair from a local Melbourne seller. (I figured if they were fakes I could get refunded through PayPal anyway.) I paid $70.99 which is quite a bit off retail. I knew exactly what they were supposed to look like as I'd seen them in person at local shops. My older pair were also a little similar too.
They arrived and the packaging all looked good... in fact it was excellent. Exactly as you would expect from Ray Ban. On opening the glasses case I noticed the little toggle thing attached which I'd seen in the auction pics. It seemed odd in the auction and no different here. To my knowledge no Ray Ban's are packaged with this. (I could be wrong though?) Actually it was only after looking at the real packaging that you could see the quality difference. I doubt you'd notice without seeing the two side by side.
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