Bah yeah have to believe that that's the way it is at "Dadidas" faithful to adiracer low for many years, I was ahead, once my "stock" exhausted I went back looking for my favorite model and then the first disappointment the black and gold makes this more then ok goes for black & white, the second disappointment prices exploded (purchased perso 75 here, not found cheaper, but previous models I had paid 45 to 55 ), 3rd disappointment height, 43 1/3 shod me before the Peuton like a glove but now it floats a little long as in every way; which brings me to the fourth and final disappointment and conclusion: the leather is not as good and the Chinese work is more what it was (if I had thought fit to say this day ...).