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Really hope you get some sort of refund for that.

And i'm pretty sure you can restore the suede to an acceptable level with the right techniques. 

Good luck man
 
Some guy on ebay with a lot of feedback and inventory is selling 997DBRs for $161 shipped and 997DTEs for $145 shipped. Pretty much all sizes available too. Definitely the best deal on the DBR that I've seen and for those that missed out on the Maniere site deal, the DTEs are only $10 more than that (after shipping).

Sellers name is shoejocky

Plus, if you wanna shave off another $10 or so, make sure you're signed up for the 5% PayPal cashback promo going on right now and another 2% cashback for ebay from ebates.com. Go eat!
 
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lukethewhale said:
Just got my 997gy from UpThere on Austrailia. (For the record I work in logistics so I can safely guess what happened)
First. Box is jacked up. Obviously retaped at some point. They hardly double boxed it (put a barely larger box around the shoe box)
Second. At one point this box was wet. I'm pretty sure it's still damp and it looks to me the shoe has water damage. Check the pics and let me know what yall think.
 
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You should definitely hit up Up There with some pictures, hopefully they do you right. That really sucks, man 
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Just as a heads up, NB put up water-resistant suede options up on their custom maker. So far, it's only that dark green, military stuff they had on their Black Friday pack. I like where they're headed with the customs!
 
lukethewhale said:
Just got my 997gy from UpThere on Austrailia. (For the record I work in logistics so I can safely guess what happened)
First. Box is jacked up. Obviously retaped at some point. They hardly double boxed it (put a barely larger box around the shoe box)
Second. At one point this box was wet. I'm pretty sure it's still damp and it looks to me the shoe has water damage. Check the pics and let me know what yall think.
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That's ridiculous. They're shipping a pair of shoes across the globe that you paid retail for which was not cheap in the first place. They should have shipped them properly. It's not like you ordered them on sale with a discount code to add. Hopefully they do the right thing.
 
lukethewhale said:
Just got my 997gy from UpThere on Austrailia. (For the record I work in logistics so I can safely guess what happened)
First. Box is jacked up. Obviously retaped at some point. They hardly double boxed it (put a barely larger box around the shoe box)
Second. At one point this box was wet. I'm pretty sure it's still damp and it looks to me the shoe has water damage. Check the pics and let me know what yall think.
 
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doesn't look like a big deal, homes.  These look more like factory flaws more than anything.  I just received mine from up there, them joints clean! Box was sturdy and nicely double-boxed..no mishap whatsoever.
 
fudatskee said:
doesn't look like a big deal, homes.  These look more like factory flaws more than anything.  I just received mine from up there, them joints clean! Box was sturdy and nicely double-boxed..no mishap whatsoever.
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They gave me 3 options . 1. Return for a refund 2. Full swap for their last size 11 3. Or a 25 dollar refund.
I just took the 25 bucks. I'll hooefully brush out the suede. They were really cool and receptive when I mentuined they should wrap the sneaker box in plastic when shipping to avoid damages like that. Overall, I made a dumb quick decision to bite on those sneaks and I'll just take the L And lesson learned
 
lukethewhale said:
They gave me 3 options . 1. Return for a refund 2. Full swap for their last size 11 3. Or a 25 dollar refund.
I just took the 25 bucks. I'll hooefully brush out the suede. They were really cool and receptive when I mentuined they should wrap the sneaker box in plastic when shipping to avoid damages like that. Overall, I made a dumb quick decision to bite on those sneaks and I'll just take the L And lesson learned
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if you aren't happy why would you take $25? Refund them or swap them out. What does $25 in your pocket do?
 
lukethewhale said:
They gave me 3 options . 1. Return for a refund 2. Full swap for their last size 11 3. Or a 25 dollar refund.
I just took the 25 bucks. I'll hooefully brush out the suede. They were really cool and receptive when I mentuined they should wrap the sneaker box in plastic when shipping to avoid damages like that. Overall, I made a dumb quick decision to bite on those sneaks and I'll just take the L And lesson learned
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especially if there are rumors of a re release next year
 
TheCheef said:
if you aren't happy why would you take $25? Refund them or swap them out. What does $25 in your pocket do?
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I'm cool now. I brushed them out and they look better. I didn't want to spend all that time shipping and such. I meant take the L as in I could've found way cheaper and didn't take the time to look. Overreacted at first I guess. Haha
 
The worst part about my lift style right now is I only get to wear sneakers on Saturday and Sunday. [emoji]128532[/emoji] got 8 DS pairs of nbs I haven't even laced yet.
 
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