SOLVED user: geo_eyecandy selling fake lenses?

[mrs_gackt_camui]

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[unifrog]

I ordered a pair from her, but I haven't got them yet because I had them sent them to my other home. I'll be sure to check when I have them, though.

[mrs_gackt_camui]

It looks like a few people did order, so I hope others can have their input as well. I hope yours or theirs are not fakes too D:

[juniorsweet]

How reliable is that website? I mean, I'm just curious as to how they know which codes are fake and which are real. If it's just community sourced, as in, they take reports of users who think their lenses are fake and ask the code so they can add it to the fake list. Or if they bought all the lenses geo makes and added the code. Of course then there's no way to be sure they have all the codes and correctly. It would be more convincing if it were the makers themselves, but I'm just not completely sure that's a reliable source considering the info I have, which is pretty much nil. Maybe you can tell us more about this authentication site?

[unifrog]

I clicked around a bit, and you get to it from the GEO site...

[juniorsweet]

Ah, I see. Well I would think it's pretty reliable then. I had ordered a pair from her and they were so incredibly uncomfortable. But I have problems with just about every contact lens I put in my eye. The only ones I can wear are the purevision 2 contacts and only if I put visine in before putting it in my eye or else I'm blinking literally every 2 seconds.

Anyway, I have a bottle. Which code am I supposed to put in? Theres a few on here

[mrs_gackt_camui]

Its the Geo companies official page for checking the authenticity of the item. I wish they did more to make it look more official and legit = _ =;;

On the bottom of your bottles it should say "scratch here" like a lottery ticket you scratch it away then you put in the 20 digit code =)

[jjongkeyasaurus]

O only order from http://maxcolor.jp/ and another site but. =/
I really hope they aren't fake.

[mrs_gackt_camui]

Wow those are some expensive lenses O _ o

[jjongkeyasaurus]

haha I know. D: I only buy a pair every six months so it's not as bad.
._______.

[matcha_pop]

I ordered from her last year. When I received the bottles I was concerned because they said they were made by prime color vision instead of geo and there were no authentication stickers. I emailed her about it and she said the stickers come separately and she forgot to put them on my bottles. She emailed me a picture of the shipping label (if I remember correctly, the sender was listed as geo medical). She offered to mail me the stickers but I told her not to bother. I had also asked on the soompi forums and some veteran users assured me that the name/label change was something recent and not to be worried.

tl;dr There was some fishiness when I ordered from her but everything seemed to check out in the end.

[mrs_gackt_camui]

That is strange, but thank you for this info!

[mrs_gackt_camui]

I guess it is that Chinese companies are selling knock of lenses that are people are buying thinking they are the real deal and there have been a lot of cases were there was eye injury, because however the Chinese companies are making them they are not safe for eye wear.

[missspastic]

"real" lenses come from a well-known company that has probably had certified medical tests done on them. "Fake" lenses can come from anywhere with no pre-testing or anything like that, and without any official authorization it's possible that you may be putting just about anything in your eye. I'm scared of buying circle lenses for that reason, which sucks because I love the look ;.;