After numerous failed attempts at the 527's on amazon I finally got a clue and got these jeans. They are PERFECT.....great fit....weight....etc....just like the jeans I wore in high school 20 years ago...... I'm already thinking about a second pair. The light rancher is the perfect color....  As for the 527's MADE IN BANGLADESH.....amazing they could ever bear the levis name...perhaps they were counterfeit. Thanks amazon for my true and needed exchange. The original pair of jeans I ordered....yes the 527.....was complete trash.  These 517's are real jeans for real cowboys....and I'm not one....but I do wear a ton of boots....