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AM 1 SC Quality Discussion AM 1 SC Quality Discussion

I heard that Nike just drops the ball when it comes to these and after returning the first pair and getting my second pair of field purples I am left wondering how Nike can let such obvious defects slide out the door. The first pair, the overlays on the right shoe were off by about an inch. The lace loop in the tongue was to the right and down too far, the bubble cutouts looked wonky, the shoes did not look symmetrical. Fast forward to getting the replacement pair, the entire silhouette looks like it was done differently. Its symmetrical but I had to double take because they just looked different. Although everything seems okay, save for the rubber at the toe of the left shoe is already separating from the leather. The stitching at the top of the inside of the tongue of both shoes are stitched improperly. One side doesn’t have enough material so it looks weird and the other has a fold in it. Thankfully you can’t see that when I’m wearing them but I just don’t understand how I got two pairs that weren’t 10/10. I would just return them again but how do I know the next pair I’ll get won’t be worse? Am I being too obsessive about this? And at what point does someone just stop spending so much on B and C Grades coming straight from the factory? Also, am I alone in this? 😅 Thoughts?