[Closed] PSAish- Are the prices on Oakley.com a bit on the cheap side at the moment.....

blimey. custom split jackets are less than half what i paid a few months ago 🙁
that makes me a bit sad

Can't be right custom Jawbone with extra lens £108.

Sorry Matthew 🙁

I've just ordered Jawbones and Flak Jackets. £166. Have to see whether they arrive.

Top notch PSA there!

cheers vinny

hopefully a pair are on their way to me £93 for the jawbone

Just ordered some half jacket with spare lens.

Bloody hell!

Jawbones with VR28 polarised and VR50 photochromatic for £130 😯

Just saved myself about a hundred quid!

I wish i hadn't bought 5 pairs this month 😕 😆

do they do prescription inserts?

Thanks OP, another set of jawbones just ordered

wwaswas - you can get prescription lenses for them, but not inserts. As far as I know you can only order prescription flavours via opticians.

Glad I've overcome my fear of contact lenses - Oakley's are now almost affordable 🙂

Thanks for the heads up on this Vinnyeh, two pairs of Jawbones cheap helps ease the pain of having a Bike stolen this afternoon. Well a wee bit..

Great link cheers

ordered some too.. cross fingers genuine??

top info.. 😀

are you checking the last order summary box? it gives you the propper price in that one.
i reckon you will all get charged full whack.

no hold on i am being a nob ignore me.

Are oakleys really that good? I've been using a pair of £10 sunglasses for most of my road riding, is it really worth spending £130 for a pair of jawbones or whatever?

Yes

Do the VR50 photo-chromatic lenses go light enough for darker conditions (i.e. in the deepest depths of the forest)?

How? What do they do that mine don't? Genuine question here, considering buying.

[i]Are oakleys really that good? I've been using a pair of £10 sunglasses for most of my road riding, is it really worth spending £130 for a pair of jawbones or whatever?[/i]

From Mr 'slam that stem?'.... Lol.

Yes, they are that good. I've been using M-frames for the last 15 years, and they are that good. Plus, the customer service is excellent; snapped a frame after 12 years, sent back to Oakley, replaced for £15.

Try some.

Cheers Vinnyeh, you're a gent for that

thanks!

ltheisinger - Member
Do the VR50 photo-chromatic lenses go light enough for darker conditions (i.e. in the deepest depths of the forest)?

VR50s cope with everything except dusk and full-on darkness. They're ace. No problems at all in woodland even after being in bright sunlight two seconds beforehand.

thanks for the headsup - you just cost me £93.20 on a set of Jawbones for riding in. Would be less painful if my wife hadnt bought me polarized split jackets at full whack in april though.

will wait and see if all is right at these prices. The oakley bods are going to have a bit of a rush on when they get in tomorrow morning 🙂

Blimey! You're about to cost me about £90!

Torn between M-Frames and Radars... nnnnnnghhhhh...

hovering over buying a pair of fives squared with black iridium polarised lens for £63... i'll regret it if i don't, won't i?

Just ordered some jawbones, top link, cheers

Rumour has it that they know of the price error and are honouring orders placed today

*this is a rumour only! Don't quote me!*

Just about to order some jawbones, do they look ridiculous on smaller heads? I'd go for split jackets, but they don't do the vented lenses...

I have a smaller head and Jawbones are fine

Cheers Houns, ordered a pair - fire iridium and clear lenses, 93 quid! Bargain!

LS - Member

VR50s cope with everything except dusk and full-on darkness. They're ace. No problems at all in woodland even after being in bright sunlight two seconds beforehand.

Cheers buddy!

That was expensive!

I got my Jawbones with Photochromic lens for riding.........

.......and then ........

The MISSUS wanted some too 😯 Now £170 quid poorer!

Thanks OP.

This is insane, how can I resist.

flack jackets with slate iridium for under £70 delivered to france - thankyouverymuch!

i chickened out.
probably wise while i have no job, but still...
aaargghhhh!

Trying to resist some pimped out jawbones.

Custom split jackets ordered

Cheers 8)

Why does pay day have to be Monday? 😥

Houns - Member

Why does pay day have to be Monday?

I'll buy em for you.....but there will be a 10% uplift in the cost when you pay me though! 😉

Has anyone gone for crazy colours? Show us your wacky combo!

ha ha thanks for the kind offer

Next months Oakley budget is going on 2 LtD edition radars

Just ordered 🙂 Cheers OP!!

So are they even cheaper than eyewear outlet then?

Thank you,

Just got a pair of half-jackets I didn't know I needed until 10 minutes ago 😀

Munqe-chick - Member

So are they even cheaper than eyewear outlet then?

YES!

So are they even cheaper than eyewear outlet then?

Considerably

just ordered a pair good shout op

Vinney - your a star!!!! Just ordered some Jawbones, vented lenses & Polarizied lenses for a total of £115 - bargain 🙂

anyone read the small print?? have ordered but expect an email tomorrow 🙁

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Awesome, thanks for the heads-up!

One set of polarised Antix, and one set of pimped out snowboarding goggles for 150 notes (Free delivery too).... basically half price.

yep, the pricing error small print in the T&Cs swung it for me.
off to bed, oakley-less!

Well at the worst we can all expect a refund so hey ho lets wait and see.

Might be some Jawbones with photochromic & polarised lenses in the classifieds in a week or two - if they don't fit my fat head!

worth a punt imho

payday today for me 🙂

I think the pricing error small print makes it worth a try. Worst case they refund. Best case you get reduced price oakleys. I find it hard to believe this happened by accident though.

I think they may have clocked the error.
Just tried to order some A frame goggles, the price was 65quid but when I tried to check out the price doubled.
😕

yeah the error seems to have beenm fixed. Shame i could have done with a new pair

Gutted. I just wanted the vented transition lens for my jawbone but the error was sorted by then!

mine are £150 now... we'll see.

Not sure they're going to honour any of these orders.

I just tried to check on my order status and it comes up with an incorrect order number/email adress message. 😕

Can we please have pictures of all the Matrix Wannabe Cool Middle Age Stw members when these arrive please?

mine still shows as 'in process'. Not really that hopeful, unless they fulfil them as a show of goodwill, you never know with Oakley.

Mine seems to be 'In Process'....

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Mine says "in progress", but the price of the equivalent spec is now £205 as opposed to £93!

I suspect that with all the adverse publicity this would generate, they'll honour it. If everyone that's ordered after seeing this thread reports them to trading standards, the adverse publicity would be very damaging...

Trading standards wouldn't be able to do anything as per above they have the clause in their t+c's

GlitterGary - Member
Can we please have pictures of all the Matrix Wannabe Cool Middle Age Stw members when these arrive please?

I'd rather see pictures of their sulky pouting 'not got their sunnies cheap' faces 😆

Mine says "in progress"

Did you open an account or just do the single order thing then you ordered?

Trading standards wouldn't be able to do anything as per above they have the clause in their t+c's

An article in STW about how they disappointed so many of their readers and forum members might annoy them a bit!

An article in STW about how they disappointed so many of their readers and forum members might annoy them a bit!

How would that work then?

I wouldn't have thought it's really in the magazine's interest to do that - people aren't going to not buy the magazine, why get involved, it's petty!?

Clearly a genuine mistake, I can't see them honouring it, I think you over estimate the amount of 'adverse publicity' that 20 folk on a minority sport's forum generate for a massive multinational company...

if it's too good to be true - it usually is - ya get nowt for free these days

njee20 - Member
I think you over estimate the amount of 'adverse publicity' that 20 folk on a minority sport's forum generate for a massive multinational company...

Exactly, I mean all the adverse publicity on bike forums really put paid to S*perst*r's business didn't it, and they're small fry in comparison 😆

I have my doubts but it would be nice if they did honour the sales, but not to any psstakers who ordered loads. It's not as if they're not turning a massive profit even at about 40% of retail.

M fraems and half jackets for the missis here ordered last night.
No e-mail yet, we will see..

I have a friend who sells eye wear to opticians. The markup is outrageously high - a pair of Hugo Boss frames that I have which retail for £200 costs his company (the importer) about £6.

Retail sales for Oakley via their website will be an absolute cash-cow compared to their retail sales through authorised retailers.

If if you doubt the retailers are making significant margins on these products, look at the amount of shop/display space Oakley insist on, and the exclusivity arrangements they put in place.

Whilst I don't know what margins they work to, retailers wouldn't stock them if the profits weren't there.

I know what margins are involved and I'd still happily pay (and do) pay

I ordered something that was priced incorectly on the Rutland webiste last month (climbing gear) they were really good about it, called me, and offered me a massive discount. Would be great if Oakley did the same.

I hope they'll honour these orders.... I mean, how many of us will re-order (at full price) if they cancel? Seems like they have just sold an extra X number of sunnies, and at half price I expect they are still making a 500% mark-up.

That said, they could choose to be a$$holes