Ray Ban

GrammarGirl

I too have a pair of Ray Ban prescription sunnies. I knew the lenses wouldn't have the Ray Ban logo on as it's etched into the glass itself and obviously your optician cannot replicate this when putting prescription lenses in. Also, I think you'd find stickers really impractical - bits will get stuck in them, they'll get creased and ripped when you're pulling your sunglasses from their case, etc.

I know it's not the same, but if you want to prove they're the real deal, there should be a Ray Ban logo inscribed on the underside of the bridge.

sillyvixen

porlock wrote: »

Reminds of me of when I was about 6, I picked out some rather sanzzy Pink Panther glasses. When I finally got them, I was in such a tizzy because they no longer had the litttle Pink Panther stickers on the lenses, like they did in the opticians. My mother had to calmly explain that the stickers were only for display in the shop, so you could see what range the frames were from, and, y'know, wouldn't be annoying trying to see anything when there's a fuzzy pink blob in the corner of your vision constantly.
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:rotfl::rotfl: i remember an incident when a lady in our shop got her son a pair of adidas glasses and complained when the finished product did not have adidas emblazened across the centre of the left lens as the display model did .. i explained that the branding on the dummy lens could not be replicated on the final product as it would interfere with vision but the branding also appeared on the side of the glasses .. she told me i was talking utter rubbish, and contacted our company customer services department to complain about and fake product!!

Samba_Pa_Ti

ive got 2 pairs of aviators, one with prescription lenses and one set of sunglasses, they are my "Readers". thats one way around the problem i guess.

Lemonade_Pockets

GrammarGirl wrote: »

I too have a pair of Ray Ban prescription sunnies. I knew the lenses wouldn't have the Ray Ban logo on as it's etched into the glass itself and obviously your optician cannot replicate this when putting prescription lenses in. Also, I think you'd find stickers really impractical - bits will get stuck in them, they'll get creased and ripped when you're pulling your sunglasses from their case, etc.

I know it's not the same, but if you want to prove they're the real deal, there should be a Ray Ban logo inscribed on the underside of the bridge.

Its not really about proving their authenticity as you've said there are inscriptions on the arms and the bridge. It just doesn't look the same, as to me the little scribble on each side is part of the overall style.

Anyway i've pretty much accepted that its not going to happen, and with counselling and time i'll get over it ;-). I don't know how it works but i would of thought the optician should buy rayban branded lenses to make up the prescription. Anyway i know now.

Lemonade_Pockets

sillyvixen wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl: i remember an incident when a lady in our shop got her son a pair of adidas glasses and complained when the finished product did not have adidas emblazened across the centre of the left lens as the display model did .. i explained that the branding on the dummy lens could not be replicated on the final product as it would interfere with vision but the branding also appeared on the side of the glasses .. she told me i was talking utter rubbish, and contacted our company customer services department to complain about and fake product!!

Not really the same thing is it.

ThinkingOfLinking

I have prescription lenses too and basically what I was told is you pay for normal lenses then I think it's £27.50 to tint them (eg to make them into sunnies) and then the cost of the actual frames etc. I paid about £300-£400 for my sunglasses as a result because I also have the lenses made thinner.

nexuss

A lot of companies who make sunglasses will not and cannot manufacture prescription lenses.I would ask them for information so you can understand the difference between normal sunglasses and prescription ones.

PeteMc

I have 2 x Oakley frames with Oakley made normal and sunglass lenses. They will still make the normal lenses (and you get the engraved bit ) but my eyes have now got worse so the sunglasses range no longer goes up to my prescription.