Bought my Brooks Beast Walking shoes at REI in November 2012.

I use the shoes for casual walking as a 74 year old senior.

In January I noticed that the uppers of the left shoe was starting to develop a seperation of material.
In February it got worse.
I contacted Brooks Customer Service and sent them photos of the defects.

After several days Brooks responded that I had worn the Brooks shoes for 4 months therefore the damage was normal and they offered a $25.00 gift certificate for me to go purchase a new pair of $100 + tennis shoes.

Brooks sure has little confidence in there CHINA BUILT shoes.