Purchased in May 2012 and they felt great for a few months, then good for a few months more.  Then something went wrong and these shoes got rapidly worse and worse until ultimately they were too painful to wear.  In fairness, I am a big guy and hard on shoes, and I'm standing on concrete 8-12 hours/day, which is demanding. Even at that, for the price I would expect more than six months wear.  In fact, I've bought boots that lasted me longer for 30 bucks at wally world.