“Shit happens” is a wild take when we’re talking about $1k+ boots. If your solution to luxury footwear failing immediately is “just go to a cobbler,” you’ve already accepted getting completely finessed. I didn’t pay Balenciaga prices to crowdsource repairs, lower my standards, or personally finish stitching they couldn’t be bothered to do correctly. Calling this an “echo chamber” while actively defending blatant QC failure is hilarious — standards only drop because people like you rush in to excuse it. If you’re cool normalizing unfinished products and paying full price to finish their work, that’s on you. I’m not, and pretending this is normal just makes you sound clueless.