I have purchased these shoes 4 times in the post 3 years. II bought the same size and color as well all 4 times. work in retail. I put a lot of wear on my shoes.<br /><br />Now in my previous 3 purchases, the shoes were comfortable. They were durable. The fit as expected. They were not too tight, the width was as expected. The only negative was after a few months of wearing them 5 times a week for 8 hours a day, i'd have to get a new insoles.<br /><br />My most recent purchase made rate this shoe 2 stars instead of 5. As soon as I put on the shoes, they felt tight. They felt like a different shoe than my previous purchases. This was a negative for me based on my previous experiece with the shoes. I figured I'd break the shoes in. So after wearing them to work, a pain started to develop on my left ankle, right where the top of the shoe meets my ankle. Over wearing the several more times, the pain got worse and worse. This past week, the pain got even worse. The shoe actually caused my ankle to swell up. So i decided to return the shoes. I figured they were defective.