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Dont take it as a loss. If you feel the shoes are fake and you used a credit card call the credit card company and dispute the charge. Tell them the merchandise is fake and the retailer will not respond to your return requests. Its complete crap that web sites listed as legit (not sure if MK is or not but see SDS and Air Randy) are selling fakes. I bought from SDS when everyone was saying they were legit but when the shoes started to arrive we all found out that we were wrong or least had an idea. Then when RD pairs arrived and compared to early release pairs we knew we had be taken. Dont settle for it man. If you feel they are fake get your money back.Originally Posted by spOOfy
So let me start off my cool story bro. Ordered 3 pairs. One from Mental Kicks on 12/19/11 because I was worried about not being able to cop these due to working extended holiday hours. And two pairs from Crooked Tongues on 12/23/11 when I got home from work around 1am and miraculously saw they still had some in stock for ordering. Paid shipping for both at CT but they shipped one of my orders with the sneaker saver (free and slow shipping with no tracking) option so it's still in transit.
Fast forward today, I received my MK pair from the mailwoman and my CT pair earlier this week. Both shipped by USPS.
Now on to the part where you guys care about. The comparison between the CT pair and MK pair.
I apologize beforehand for any huge pictures and the quality. Only have this crappy cellphone camera on hand with me. If you guys want to request better pictures of something for comparison just ask and I'll see if I can borrow my sister's camera.
There you have it. A comparison between the Mental Kicks pair and a general release pair, in this case, purchased from Crooked Tongues. Sad part about this is I paid more for the MK pair. I took a gamble and I lost. I'll take this as an L and a lesson learned. Hope this helps and educates people for future releases. I hope I can get a refund from MK. If not I'll throw it up on craigslist and be upfront about where I bought it from. Sell it for what I paid for or maybe even less.
Both packages. Maybe CT splitting up my order was a good thing and saved me on any custom fees. [+] Like on some of the videos posted before, the MK box had a different feel on the 23 and jumpman from the CT box. The MK box did have that indentation feel whereas the CT box had a deeper indentation on them. The grooves felt deeper and more bold on the CT boxCT box on top, MK on bottom. MK box had the suggested retail tab for $180 and they were charging $260 for these.I paid the extra $10 to have my shoe double boxed and bubbled wrapped [+]
Inside the MK box, there was this purple stain on the paper and a strong smell. The CT pair had no stains and did not have that strong smell. [+] The stamp inside the CT box. [+]As you can see the paper is a little different too. Same colors but the pattern is a bit different.No stamp inside the MK box. [+]
Size tag on CT shoe. [+]MK tag. Sorry it's a bit blurry, it says at the end 09/08/11 [+] On to the shoes straight out from the box. Left pair MK right pair CT. You can already tell the shape is different. The MK pair is more fat/wide while the CT pair is slimmer. [+] Side by side toe down view of the left shoe. Left shoe is MK, right is CT [+]The right shoes. Left is MK, right is CT [+] Side by side rear view of the left shoe. The left one is from MK and the right is from CT [+]Up close view of the MK shoe. [+]Up close view of the CT shoe. [+] Side by side rear view of the right shoe. PL cut is higher on the MK pair pictured on the left. [+]Close up of the MK shoe. Not as bad as the left shoe but still not perfect like the CT shoe. [+] The jumpman and 23 on the left shoe. MK on left, CT on right. [+]Same view again for the right shoe. MK on left, CT on right. [+] The tongue on my MK pairs. At least it doesn't say JOQDAN.[+]Spoiler [+] Toe box. MK pair on the left, CT pair on the right. [+]Sorry for crappy quality but you can see through the toe on the MK pair. [+]The MK pair had a more blue shade compared to the CT pair.Close up of the CT shoe. Can't see through at all. [+]
The sole view of the left shoe. MK on top, CT on bottom [+]Same view of the right shoe. MK on top, CT on bottom [+]