text: They SMELL horribly. When you buy shoes in America and probably every other decent country in this world that has standards, they don't have an odor, especially a chemical one...But when you buy shoes that come direct from China, not only do they not know how to measure size correctly, but they SMELL horrifically like a very toxic chemical and there is no getting it out. I bought these 2 years ago at least and they smell just as bad and as strong as the day when they came. NOT acceptable and I will NEVER buy anything from CHINA again. Their standards are complete trash and so is their quality. They have no morals, values, or standards, nor do they understand what the word customer service even means, among EVERYTHING else. Do yourself the favor and just don't. These people make a dishonest living as their way of life and by purchasing anything from them, you are thus allowing this cycle to perpetuate. It needs to STOP! It's really not okay. There is no such thing as Quality Control coming out of any of these places.