Not sure if this should go here or 'off-topic', can a mod please move it there if it belongs there rather than here.

A few of you know the particular piece of scum that sells on ebay as bmcaps. Some of you have had the misfortune to deal with him. Anyway, now he's knocking out Keystone corporation lenses (the h2o2 kind) and claiming they are "custom cut" "Ruby Clear" and the item is a "100% Authentic Oakley Item". Just do a search on ebay for Oakley Ruby Clear and you'll see what I mean. Also have a look at his other stuff, the "Dark Ruby" glasses are also described as "100% Authentic Oakley" items.

I've already reported the auction to ebay but that was 18 hours ago and they haven't pulled it yet. Anybody know the email address to use to Oakley direct?

I am 100% with you on this Harry. He is a complete liar, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. He now has another eBay address he is using. lovestory3000 I've PM'd him through eBay asking serious questions just to be brushed off with some lame excuse.

All he does is buy X-Metals and swap the lenses around and plop them back on eBay for stupid prices. He misleads the naive, which is as much their fault as his, but as someone who has great respect for Oakley and the X-Metal line in particular, it has been tough trying to stomach this leech.

AVOID HIM LIKE THE PLAGUE!

If the contact adress in the FAQ is still good, you'll probably send a message here.

Q: Where can I report a seller on Ebay selling fake Oakleys?

A: Oakleytrademarkreview@cox.net Place 'Ebay Auction' in the subject line and place the Auction number in the main body of the e-mail.

At least, there is a page on oakley.com website to report fakes. There template will help them better than an simple email.

http://oakley.com/report_fakes

Harry,
I'm not trying to defend the guy, but if you read the item description, you will find these words:

Note: Custom set-up Penny!! Frame recently been tuned-up, BRAND NEW custom cut non-oakley lens installed!! THIS AWESOME LENS HAS THE EXOTIC LOOK OF OAKLEY'S ULTRA RARE RUBY CLEAR LENS WITH STRONGER INTENSITY. IT TOOK YEARS TO DEVELOP AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANUFACTURE, SO THEY WILL BE AS RARE AS THE RUBY CLEAR. TRUE 8-BASE CURVE LENS (SAME AS ORIGINAL). A customXmetal product!

At least in this auction, he gives credit where credit is due. It still doesn't make him a good person by any stretch of the imagination...

I have pretty much looked at every one of his auctions since he started scalping, and I can honestly conclude that more than half of his auctions are misleading or peppered with outright lies. This is just one of many of his auctions that you have blockquoted. This one may pass the "test", but I find it funny that even his auction style is stolen from Huneymonkey. He's just a stain on this hobby of ours.

This auction has got to be another of bmcaps under a different user name.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Oakley-Juliet-Dark-Ruby-Rare_W0QQitemZ250215366697QQihZ015QQcategoryZ79729QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now we have 2 eBay user names to hate on!!!!

Rick mentioned that above. But at least we know who to look for now.

I'm not trying to defend the guy, but if you read the item description, you will find these words

Yes he does say that the lenses are a customxmetal product but he goes on to call them "custom cut" (they are actually off-the-shelf at $105 a pair) and "Ruby Clear" (they are actually h2o2 but he uses that word nowhere) and calls the item "100% Authentic Oakley" despite the lenses being 0% Oakley!


I'm amazed that a reputable company like Keystone corp want anything to do with slime like bmcaps.

BMCAPS bought those lenses from an eBay auction from Keystone, so Keystone isn't supplying him. I looked up the past auctions for the Keystone lenses and saw where he bought them.

I'd also like to point out that he in fact BOUGHT AN ITEM from himself...leaving positive feedback on January 6th of this year.

I wonder what he charged himself for Shipping & Handling?

I also like how his auctions state that he's selling glasses out of his display and how's he's moving onto a more exciting hobby. Clearly he's buying a ton of Oakleys on eBay and turning them back around. Doesn't matter, but why go to the trouble to say something that is clearly not true???

I'd also like to point out that he is in fact an arseh*le. I know we all know that but nobody has yet said it in this thread.


I like the idea somebody had of registering a new ebay account specifically to use "buy it now" for his stupidly overpriced items.

Ah this one is priceless:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140201202849

But then here's the typical buy and scalp:

Bought for 100
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260199862470

Sold for 425
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350015147847

I mean true it's a free-for-all on ebay, but good luck ever finding a good deal, since people like this have nothing else to do but troll around for low bids that they can turn around. Even if they don't win, they push up the minimum bid so the once good deal just becomes average.

Well, I have to admit that I've tought about making a custom TiO2 Frame with Romeo, this really gives a good look.
But I would have to buy two Romeo ...

Well, buying from himself is technically shill bidding, so he should be reported. He is controlling the market in doing so, and that is against the rules completely. I have blocked him from being able to bid on any of my stuff ever, and I will block the new name too!

I'm amazed that a reputable company like Keystone corp want anything to do with slime like bmcaps

Reputable company ?!? Whooa, sorry there, but they make lens like the ones sold at convenience store for 10$ a pair...

Thats the only thing they are, people can buy their lenses or not, but I dont think they are a reputable company, just looking for what the collector are looking for, then putting lens out that look like Oakley lens.

Not trying to stir anything, but I have a set of lens by them that was sent to me by a member who did not want them and they are very ugly and murky looking. Only good for display.

Well, they are highly reputable when compared to bmcaps!

Here's the other half of his "only one" TiO2 Romeo 1...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Oakley-CuSToM-ROMEO-1-TiO2-2-tone-Frame-Dark-Ruby_W0QQitemZ350024085716QQihZ022QQcategoryZ79729QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Reputable company ?!? Whooa, sorry there, but they make lens like the ones sold at convenience store for 10$ a pair...

Ditto.

Thank you.

I have a lot of keystone lens and I have no problem with them. They are also very nice, give good service and don't really charge that much for their lens. I don't know how this went from a bash BMCAPS to a bash Keystone. Not to mention the guy is a member of this very website.

From Dann:

I mean true it's a free-for-all on ebay, but good luck ever finding a good deal, since people like this have nothing else to do but troll around for low bids that they can turn around. Even if they don't win, they push up the minimum bid so the once good deal just becomes average.

So true. I haven't checked lately but back when TO was going strong, Caps was bidding every auction up. Bidded on all of them and won none of them except a couple here and there. Trolling for good deals to flip. A few others do this, not against the law, but something I find parasitic (is that a word?)

I sent him a PM asking him why he bid on his own auction using his other eBay account. He won't respond though.

I sent him a message yesterday asking why he would sell items under LOVESTORY3000 and not his original name BMCAPS. His response was that he has not idea who BMCAPS is and he assures me that they only share the same layout style and similar items in their auctions. BULL$H!T

This reminds me of the Meerkat Manor episode I saw last night. All the Meerkats surrounded an invading Cobra and started to bob and weave, eventually scaring him off. If enough of us message him, he'll get the point that this town ain't big enough for all of us - AND WE AIN'T LEAVING!

(I love Meerkat http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_01/1MeerkatSnapSWNS_468x654.jpg )