First off I will like to say the pants I received were definately washed and returned in the past. The item was described as new 501 Levis and as we all know, 501s are shrink to fit. Having said that I have to say the pants was received in good condition (not new) and was acceptable for the simple fact that I am a tall man and tall sizes are hard to find in retail stores. So for that reason alone I decided to keep the pants, otherwise I would have returned them...Overall I can only assume this was not done intentionally but still a lil bit misleading.