I was very happy with these shoes out of the box, they were comfortable, stylish, well made and as advertised! It was only after I started wearing them that I noticed that they were leaving lots of black marks on my light-colored vinyl floors!! The marks can be removed with detergent & some scrubbing, but these shoes generate so many black marks that you're kept busy cleaning! I have several other pairs of Aravons & haven't had any issues like this with any of them! I'm surprised that an upscale brand like Aravon would manufacture a product with such an obvious defect!Update - After writing the above review, I found the black marks were caused by the cement holding the soles onto the shoes & the soles were literally crumbling apart in chunks, thus exposing the cement. The inner box I received these shoes in was pretty beat up when I originally received them, so I'm pretty sure Amazon sent me a previous return from someone else!! Needless to say, after being in my possession all of two days, I also returned them to Amazon for full credit! Now, what to do about those annoying black marks on my floor???