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[shoeshine boy]

The same guy is selling destroyed AHL helmets/gloves for $300, a knockoff heat-pressed 3.0 for $300, and 2.0 goalie cuts for $400. I don't think he actually intends to sell anything. 

 

I usually just assume that people like that are using these platforms to launder cash.

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

I usually just assume that people like that are using these platforms to launder cash.

 

That's my thought as well. Either that or his wife is making him sell his collection, so he's listing everything at high prices so they'll never sell, but not too high for non-collectors to notice. Or...he's just delusional.

 

Beware of these counterfeit Oakley visors! Someone slapped Oakley stickers on some cheap Tron visors and is selling them for 4x the price. Real Oakley visors have the line break down the center of the slots, not in front of them. No shit they're not certified! Also, Oakley visors have never been packaged with that style of hardware.  https://sidelineswap...aight-cut-visor

 

Reported to SLS with no luck. Hopefully some more reports from others can have these taken down. 

 

https://www.ebay.com...1-127632-2357-0 Extremely rare, guys! 

[shoeshine boy]

if they were in new shape, sure. but beat to hell? GTFO  and those are NOT "new palms" 

 

https://sidelineswap...loves-new-palms

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

Some people just like to lie and be deceitful, especially on SLS. See the visor listing for an example. I usually don't mind a small defect or rip that was missed, but I've been sent so much "like-new" or "great condition" equipment that was completely thrashed.

 

I get that these are rare and in great shape, but $799, originally $999? They're not even Mako II's. https://sidelineswap...-ii-m8-size-7-5

[Chow_hound]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

I believe the visors you saw were these, which don't have any breaks and are legit: https://www.hockeymo...o-straight.html. However, that visor was a limited run and vastly different from the one being listed. I can assure anyone that the particular listing I posted is a ripoff. I've seen this scam pulled many times on SLS and eBay, including here on 2K. I don't want people getting an inferior visor when they think they're getting an Oakley. The seller has zero feedback, just signed up, and made up some crap about certification because the visors are knockoffs. He may have gotten duped into selling them from someone else, but they're knockoffs no matter the case. Caveat emptor. 

 

This listing is a 100% fake Chinese no-name visor with Oakley stickers slapped on. You can get these visors for cheap on eBay or wholesale straight from China, branded as "GL" visors. Tron uses something similar and we used to sell them at Pure Hockey (then Hockey Giant) under the "GEAR" brand. We got them for free to test on the ice and they were usable, but felt cheap and fogged/scratched up. Worth $20 or so and fine for beer league, but not even close to Oakley quality. The stickers on these peel right off and you can easily put another sticker on. Most guys for the MWHL (A-level) team I worked for bought these visors, peeled the stickers off, then added the custom logo visor stickers I made for the them. They looked cool, but it just shows how easy it is to pass these off as Oakleys. In addition, I bought some self-printed replica Oakley stickers from a member on here a few years ago and they looked and felt identical to the stock ones. No one except the biggest nerds like me would be able to tell the difference. I'm sure someone with a connection to a printing company could get a bunch of them printed for cheap.

 

In addition to Oakley visors having the break down the slots, I've also never seen an Oakley visor packaged with generic wrapping and the Bauer-style circular spacers and silver screws, only the one-piece clear plastic spacers (both A and B size, seen on the bottom) and brownish-gunmetal screws. The newer ones come with one-piece backing posts (similar to the CCM ones) and more form-fitting one-piece spacers, as seen in the Hockey Monkey link. You will see the cylindrical white plastic spacers and black/silver thick-headed screws paired with Oakey visors in the pros, but this is the equipment manager's doing and I've never seen them packaged together from the manufacturer. All of them came in Oakley wrapping with UPC/barcode, paperwork/certification, and Oakley-branded bag of hardware included. They don't come in generic wrapping like this listing. Although some don't, many also come with certification stickers on the inside, which is completely contradictory to the guy's listing. 

 

The UPC code stickers look like the picture below, which is a package from one of my unopened, unused visors. Every single Oakley visor we received during my time in the AHL was straight from Oakley, packaged in Oakley wrapping with Oakley barcodes and Oakley hardware. We used to remove the hardware, put it in a bin with hardware sorted by brand, then install the Oakley visors with the cylindrical spacers, black screws, and washers from another drawer. That hardware was sourced from another manufacturer entirely. 

 

[Miller55]

https://sidelineswap...s-size-5-medium

Sheesh, I know they're rare, but that's steep

[shoeshine boy]

https://sidelineswap...s-size-5-medium

Sheesh, I know they're rare, but that's steep

 

Thriftsifter on ebay has similar prices. for me, there's no elbow pad in the world with that kind of money.

[Miller55]

Thriftsifter on ebay has similar prices. for me, there's no elbow pad in the world with that kind of money.

Not for beer league at least lol. If your playing full contact pro level then whatever, get what you need to do your job, but 450 is a full setup for beer league lol

[Monty22]

https://www.ebay.com...OcAAOSwuGthN7tt

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

"Not sure what it is - game used or not" Hmmm...let's put game used in the title! I noticed that a lot of listings hat have "great price" in them are WAY off base. 

 

https://www.ebay.com...JgAAOSw8PlhGDRk

https://sidelineswap...ck-5k-shin-pads

 

Just because it has "JOFA" on it doesn't mean it's valuable. 

 

https://sidelineswap...d-medium-helmet LMFAO

[Miller55]

https://sidelineswap...es-13-pro-stock

This is hilarious. I recently bought a pair of tan h34s on sideline. All original goat, like new. Paid less than 300 total. Dude wrecked these gloves and any value they might have had by having all the amateur repairs done. Clarino palms sewn over the old ones, binding not removed, shoddy repairs. More than the rip off I just hate to see someone destroy a rare pair of gloves.

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

https://sidelineswap...es-13-pro-stock

This is hilarious. I recently bought a pair of tan h34s on sideline. All original goat, like new. Paid less than 300 total. Dude wrecked these gloves and any value they might have had by having all the amateur repairs done. Clarino palms sewn over the old ones, binding not removed, shoddy repairs. More than the rip off I just hate to see someone destroy a rare pair of gloves.

 

There are way too many hack "repalmers" out there. No one other than Pat and Hockey Menders (as well as chow_hound on here) seems to know how to repalm a pair of gloves properly. Everyone just cuts the old palms out, sews over the old binding, and slaps pre-made palms on without any regard for feel or fit. No one should have to pay for such amateur work, especially with how cheap new and lightly used gloves are these days. 

 

I just received a pair of MIC Franchises in a trade that were repalmed blindfolded. Tons of loose threads and exposed parts of the old palms, all sharpied over to blend in with the black palms. Such a lazy and amateur job. I neatly took out the palms, old exposed micronash, and loose threads and sanitized them. They're worth more now as a project than they were when I got them. 

 

On topic: look at these hacked-up Step Blacksteel runners: https://sidelineswap...ksteel-size-221. If you're going to pay $150 for each piece of steel, take them to a real sharpener, not some kid at the local sports store. The bottom set is fixable with a height-match and profile, but you can kiss that other set goodbye. 

[Monty22]

https://sidelineswap...es-13-pro-stock

This is hilarious. I recently bought a pair of tan h34s on sideline. All original goat, like new. Paid less than 300 total. Dude wrecked these gloves and any value they might have had by having all the amateur repairs done. Clarino palms sewn over the old ones, binding not removed, shoddy repairs. More than the rip off I just hate to see someone destroy a rare pair of gloves.

What's going on with the finger tips?

[Miller55]

What's going on with the finger tips?

My guess is that they had holes in the leather at the corners and they patched it with some weird looking leather (looks like cowhide to me, could be horse, definitely not goat). If I had to be money, I would think that they're not even sewn on but they just glued the patches on. Who knows though.

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

https://sidelineswap...tock-x51-gloves More hacked up Eagles with terrible repalms. At least the price is low and the hacked cuffs are fixable with some binding. 

 

https://sidelineswap...-skates-7-1-2-e Skates with a broken/repaired with speedy stitcher toebox for $375 + tax and shipping? Oof. 

[shoeshine boy]

people who put up listings with pictures like this really annoy the   out of me. 

 

 

https://sidelineswap...s-xl-pant-shell

[Golden Gate Sharpening]

people who put up listings with pictures like this really annoy the   out of me. 

 

 

https://sidelineswap...s-xl-pant-shell

 

LOL, agreed! That's also a Jr. Thrashers shell, not even pro stock. 

[Monty22]

These poor Eagles.  https://www.ebay.com...zgAAOSw5lZhv2fg  

[Miller55]

Lol very patriotic