You're right about those things being 2 of the easiest things that could be messed up, but I've seen $50 replicas with the size sticker in it, so I wouldn't use that to gauge a shoe, either. It baffles the mind when people see things like a receipt or a size sticker (or a box or "carbon fiber" paper for that matter) and think that makes it real. Not saying that's you, because you based your judgement on other things too. But people, how hard would it be for someone who has a legit pair of Cool Greys (and all the trimmings - the box, the wrapping paper, the receipt) to switch the actual shoes out with a Grey-Market /Replica pair they might've bought, either on accident or on purpose? And how hard would it be for these bootleggers to make/get access to those size stickers/boxes/wrapping paper? It's not like the stickers are holograms or anything (even then, I don't imagine it'd be too difficult) or the boxes can't be remade cheaply. The BEST way is to base your judgement on EVERYTHING. I'd ask for pics of the carbon fiber, cuz to me, that's the easiest way to tell. But you need to base it on all the other stuff too, together. And quite frankly, I find it odd that out of all those pictures, not one was of the carbon fiber. They look good though, besides the "23" obviously, but I'd definitely want to see the soles/carbon fiber as well.
