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Four Suggestions To Identify Fake Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sunglasses

The Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses have been about since the 50's. To call them popular is an understatement. Flip the pages of an entertainment magazine and possibilities are there'll be one photograph of a star with a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers on.

But being an iconic eye-wear model which is possibly the top selling sun-glass model ever, has one serious downside - the presence of countless fakes.

Fake Ray Ban Wanderer models are everywhere, on the web as well as at your friendly neighborhood mall. Fakes are getting harder to detect as many come quite close aesthetically to the originals. But using fakes may lead to damages to your dear eyes in the longer term because fake Ray-Ban Wayfarers lack the original's technology.

Fortuitously there are still a few ways in which you can spot a fake.

The Price
This will seem a bit too obvious but you are not going to discover a brand spanking new pair of legitimate Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses for $30 anywhere. Even the Junior Wanderer models costs more than this. Nonetheless just because a pair of Ray Bans cost more than $100, does not always mean it is authentic. It could be just some underhand seller making an attempt to improve his margins by hiking up the price to deceive naive patrons.

New Owners
Not a great deal of realize this but Bausch & Lomb sold the Ray Ban brand to Milan based Luxottica in 1999. So models manufactured after that date should have the text "100% UV Protection - Ray Ban - Shades By Luxottica" printed on the seal on the case. Any model post 1999 that has "Made in USA", "BL" or "Bausch & Lomb" imprinted on it is a sure fake.

Some fakes get all of the visible prints correct but still have the initials BL engraved on the lens. Most likely because they did not need to waste the lenses. Originals will have the initials "RB" etched on the corner of the left lens.

Inconsistent Model Number
Wanderers come in different models and each model has a model code. As an example, RB2140 and RB2132, which represent the original Wanderer model and the new Wayfarer model respectively. Occasionally, the fake sun shades do not show the correct model number on the inside of the temples. So be sure to check this out when you purchase a pair of Wayfarers.

Logo On The Outside Temple
Fake Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses also have the Ray Ban logo on the outside of the temples just like the originals. But on better investigation, you'll notice the fakes have the emblems fastened on while the brand on original Wayfarer Ray-Ban sunglasses are actually part of the temple.

In summation,

• Buy your Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses from a reputable source
• Just because the price of a pair of Wayfarers is high does not necessarily mean it is authentic
• A dead giveaway that a pair Wayfarer sunglasses is fake is the ridiculously low price

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