Yes, and treat it as a known risk rather than a rumour. Reports of soles cracking or separating after little wear came up on some batches. One owner was promised a “new batch with the sole issue fixed”. When the QC photos arrived, the insole print was blurry and the tongue detail was printed rather than embossed, so the batch label didn’t match the shoe. Two lessons:
- In QC, check the insole print and whether the tongue detail is embossed. Those separate batches better than the overall shape.
- A “fixed” claim is just a claim. Wear reviews from a few months in are the only real evidence. The general picture is in the how long rep sneakers last thread.