Big mistake ordering from Mentalkicks.com (unless you don't mind wearing B-grades). I will tell you my story just to share the knowledge. I ordered a pair of Concords from them and I showed them to my friend and he thought they looked off. So he brought his pair over to my house and we compared them thoroughly. There were quite a few differences. Even starting with the box, it feels as though it looks the same, they are made of different materials. The grey cover when you open the 11 box should be clear where you can see a reflection (on the Nike release) and the MK was dull and also seemed made of a different material. All in all, I e-mailed them complaining that they were not authentic and they gave me this excuse: "Oh we are sorry these are ASIA release not U.S. release so there are some differences. We apologize and will refund you fully." Well that was "nice" of them to refund me but the bad thing is I already had ordered a pair of White Cement 4's and Black Cement 3's on the way. My order got stuck in Custom's and I had to pay Custom's fee of $55 to even get my shoes from the USPS mailman. When I opened them, they were horrible. Yellowed already on the 4's and a tongue way too big on the 3's also yellowing already. I got my refund for all 3 shoes when I threatened to let them know I would turn them in. But I had to pay over $100+ to ship back the shoes to Hong Kong with insurance and delivery confirmation. They refunded me ASAP so I respect them a LITTLE for that but I had to pay $120 shipping back + $50 customs fees = Loss of $170. Ever since then I either get my *** in line if I have time or pay a little bit extra for an AUTHENTIC pair if I'm too busy to camp. But either way, just didn't want anyone else to get screwed over like me and wanted to kick some truthful knowledge. Hope it helps anyone who WAS looking to buy from them...
