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I have been wearing this particular shoe for about 15 years, on my 5th pair, which I ordered from Amazon. This is the second pair I have purchased through Amazon, and it will be the last pair of "Merrell Men's Jungle Moc Nubuck Slip-Ons" that I buy. I ordered the same shoe, i.e., same style, size and color that I bought from Amazon in 2014, but I was surprised to find the shoe and the fit are very different between the old and the new. The new pair is much smaller and a much tighter fit. I though the poor fit might be due to stretching of the leather of the old shoes, but I measured the size of the molded soles (which just wear down, but don't stretch), and indeed, the new shoes are smaller than the old. Also, there are differences in the stitching, and some subtle styling differences. So beware if you are looking to replace a pair of your favorite shoes, you may not get what you expect. The old shoes were made in China, the new shoes are from Vietnam. This tells me that the old and the new are entirely different shoes, made in a different factory, with different equipment by different contract companies, with poor quality control from Merrill.It's a bit under-handed for Merrill to swap it out and call the shoe the same thing when it is not. It ought to be called Jungle Moc v2.0 or something to alert people that they are not getting the same thing. What is worse, the show pictured on Amazon is NOT the shoe you get - compare the stitching in the photo to the shoe shown on the Amazon site I wore the new shoes one or twice a week, for a month or two, well past Amazon's return date, hoping to stretch them out, but no luck. So now I am stuck with a $94 pair of shoes I can not wear. My advice is to buy your next pair in a brick-and-mortar store, so at least you know what you are paying for. Merrill may have save a few cents by moving production from China to Vietnam, but I will never buy another pair of shoes from them.