I bought some name brand running shoes from a reputable online store (according to the manufacturer). The only thing is the shoes don't seem to have the same cushioning system as the shoes that I had previously purchased from my local running store. I emailed the manufacturer and they said they do not produce seconds and the store is legit. But the shoes feel very different! Are fakes and seconds as common as some other goods like purses, etc.?
brand new shoes feel stiffer than the same shoe that has been worn out/broken in.
Shoe companies change their foam formula all the time, and unannounced.
If they make the foam too soft people complain that it doesn't last long enough, and if they make it too firm people complain that it isn't soft like it used to be.
For instance, when the Hoka Bondi 5 came out a lot of people complained that the foam was too firm and they didn't announce a foam change. But it turns out Hoka was just quietly responding to complaints that the foam only lasted 300 miles or something. So they went back to a softer foam in the Bondi 6.
When New Balance Fresh Foam came out, it was marketed as being a very soft, cushioning foam, but it wasn't really soft at all. So New Balance kept making shoes just labeled Fresh Foam, but the foam was significantly softer.
I have 2 pairs of Pegasus that were made 6 months apart in Taiwan and Vietnam. I bought them at the same time but they feel different and are sized differently also.
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