These ended up being the cheapest shoes I’ve ever bought in my life. This actually happened back in July, about a month after purchasing them for over $100. Been a lifelong fan and still am, but it sucked knowing they really were just trying to cash in on Pride month. Only reason I made this post is because their support finally responded after months of waiting to hear back, just to tell me they won’t let me exchange them. Frustrating but oh well. Corporations gonna corporate.
It really sucks that this has happened to your pair, but I’ve been working in Vans stores for 2 years now and I haven’t noticed a decrease in production quality or an increase in returns for product faults for the Pride collection of either year.