Got them as a Christmas present for my daughter. She has several pairs of Chucks, so she's only worn them about 10 times since then and mostly only to school and at home, never outside to play. This can be recognized by the clean laces. BOTH shoes are falling apart completely. The rubber soles are separating from the canvas along the entire length of both shoes (picture). I don't know if it's fake or what, but we've never had any issues like this with the 10+ pairs she's worn her entire life. We'll be a lot more careful when buying her next pair of cartridges, that's for sure.