I bought these shoes attracted by the price on offer. You don't get top of the line cushioned running shoes at this price. Possibly the almost 50 per cent discount is because this is a 2015 model and we are in December 2017. Two more iterations of the model have already hit the market. So this is ancient in the running world. By the way, that is not to hint the shoes were manufactured two years ago. We have no way of knowing when these were manufactured. Looked fine to me on arrival. Next is ...