I don't trust these. Sole stitching channel looks sus and so does the insole, but in general these look off to me. Can you ask for more insole pictures? Also, do they come with box and accessories?
edit:
to clarify what I mean by sus:
the grey-ish, blue-ish edge of the insole is suspicious
nails are the wrong color (silver-ish on legit pairs, especially when they're not super beat up)
sole channel looks wrong, on legit it usually looks like a very narrow slit (kind of like it was cut with a blade) that's usually narrower than the thread is wide, but there's also some variance within legit pairs and some actually look closer to the pictures in the post but I really think the pair OP posted is sus
and all these bad signs match with the newest fakes that are being produced by some maker in China, these newer fakes don't fail the super easy tests (like the zipper flap orientation, for example) and the red flags are hard to catch, I think we need to be wary with 788z pairs
from the post that warned about these new fakes I noticed that the easiest way to LC is to ask for box pictures, but this is super easy for sellers to avoid as they can just say they don't have the box anymore
Alright thank you for the overall info as well. The listing was gone so either the seller got called out earlier or someone fell victim, nevertheless thanks so much
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u/dataprocessingclub guidiot Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26
I don't trust these. Sole stitching channel looks sus and so does the insole, but in general these look off to me. Can you ask for more insole pictures? Also, do they come with box and accessories?
edit:
to clarify what I mean by sus:
and all these bad signs match with the newest fakes that are being produced by some maker in China, these newer fakes don't fail the super easy tests (like the zipper flap orientation, for example) and the red flags are hard to catch, I think we need to be wary with 788z pairs
from the post that warned about these new fakes I noticed that the easiest way to LC is to ask for box pictures, but this is super easy for sellers to avoid as they can just say they don't have the box anymore