so these are the real thing from what i can tell, genuine converse shoes. but they came in with this little leftover sticker chunk from who knows what, and when i gently rubbed the sticker off with some oil on a q-tip, there was a dent left under it. and i was very careful to not like, dig into the rubber or anything. then the toe was half shiny, half matte, when the toe of the other shoe was all matte. its not something im super upset about but its a bummer to pay full price for a shoe and have it arrive with a defect.