• Rodeo@lemmy.caOP
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      8 months ago

      I was surprised to learn just now that Pit Viper isn’t actually owned by Luxottica.

      However they have many models that made in China and Italy, which means they are manufactured by Luxottica. Apparently some of them are still made in the US, but I wasn’t able to find which ones.

      Normally when a company is manufacturing something domestically they proudly announce it, because it’s a good selling point. But I didn’t see pit viper doing that in my brief searches, so it’s safe to assume they’re all made by Luxottica.

      Which means these knockoffs probably came out of the same factory, if not the exact same product line.

  • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Definitely bought a bunch of these in my ‘i’ll make money on ebay’ phase of adolescence.

    so if anyone wants a pair of these sweet babies, I’ll let them go for $50 OBO.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      You weren’t able to sell them? I used to have a successful side-hustle on eBay, but I never did try to sell sunglasses. It seemed like there was too much competition for that.

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Definitely not.

        Something about buying something in bulk that nobody really wants for a price nobody would really pay 🤷‍♂️

        I also bought some vintage postcards, but it turned out the only people buying those at the time were dickheads wanting to resell them at a profit.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          8 months ago

          Ha! Sorry dude. The postcard thing was funny though. I used to hit up yard sales looking for things to sell on eBay. I also imported some Bluetooth headsets from China and then sold those on eBay. My biggest item was refurbished Xbox 360s. I learned that Microsoft issued a recall on them and would repair or replace them, no questions asked, but that wasn’t common knowledge. So I was buying red ring of death Xboxes off eBay and Craigslist for $50, sending them to Microsoft to be repaired/replaced, and then selling the working ones for $200 each. That was a pretty good hustle while it lasted, except for the fact that I had to list each Xbox multiple times before someone would actually pay for their order. Apparently a lot of drunk people buy Xboxes they can’t afford at night, and then make up all sorts of wacky excuses in the morning. This was after the 2008 crash, so I had a dozen different hustles going to keep a roof over our heads.