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Ordered a pair of Oakley Bottle Rocket Sunglasses in March 2020 and they were shipped from Hong Kong even though the Oakley box they came in says assembled in the US, whatever that means. The site says 11-5 business days for shipping but it took over three weeks or 16 business days. The order says free shipping but then you get an email saying you will have to pay the DHL fees which was $50.00 and to submit the receipt for reimbursement which made me nervous. I clicked on their "shipping information" link and sure enough in the details it says international customers will have to pay all duties and taxes but will be reimbursed in a timely manner upon emailing receipt. In my case this was completed as stated so I was pleasantly surprised.

I also ordered the identical pair from the Sunglass Hut and I cannot tell the difference between the two. Do I know for sure they are not fakes? No. Do I know for sure Sunglass Huts are not fakes? No.

When I first checked the Smartbuyglasses.ca site, which I used because they had a lot of sunglasses that had a virtual try-on which works quite well IMO, I got a price for the Oakley Bottle Rockets of $207.00 CAD, which was more than the Oakley site or Sunglass Hut at $191.00 CAD. Then I searched Google for Oakley Bottle Rockets and got a link to Smartbuyglasses.ca for $167.00 CAD, so a little strange. So I took the chance at saving a measly $24.00 CAD, probably not the smartest thing I have ever done, but I had not seen this site yet with all of the negative reviews. Had I seen this site I probably would not have risked it. Then the next day the Sunglass Hut website had the Bottle Rockets on sale for 30% off or 133.00 CAD plus tax or in my case $156.00 CAD total.

Hence my conclusion. Why bother. Probably not worth the risk as some people here say they got fakes or didn't get reimbursed for the duties and fees. You decide.