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Interesting.

I'm still very new at this, but just thinking about how business works it is the only thing that makes sense to me: there are always going to be manufacturing defects and irregularities. Hence the need for factory "seconds". There are going to be some shoes that are very close to the "seconds" area, and some that are near perfect.

There are also different people manufacturing these shoes, along with different supplies ordered from different suppliers to get the lowest cost supplies possible. I don't think there are enough things here to deem these shoes fake for this reason.

I went through the same paranoia with my Star Wars Yodas. When you think you get stuck, you want to be absolutely sure that they aren't fake, and you examine every little possible irregularity, even when the shoes are real. I dont know anything about the rarity of RHCP, but there is a chance you got really lucky with finding a great deal, hence the reason why eBay is so popular.

So, in other words, what I am saying is I am praying these are not fake because like the others said, if they aren't we are doomed =(