Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Got these boots a little over a month ago. Tried one on for fit, but never wore them. Checked them out tonight to wear tommorrow and noticed two top lace hooks on one boot are missing. I buy a lot of stuff on amazon and if I called they would extend the window I'm sure. Point is though I've bought at least 8 or 9 pairs of these boots over the last ten years and I have observed a steady decline in their quality. The only reason I'm not returning them is on each of the last few pairs of these boots the top lace hooks fails due to the low quality of the hooks.After a relatively short time they will start to bend out to a straight position due to pressure from tightened laces. You can bend them back but typically after they do this a couple of times the bend will fracture and break. Super cheap downgrade. Really, how much can the company be saving. Also I have found on all of the last few pairs the rivets will fail on at least one of the eyelets or lace hooks. Anyways I've ordered some quality lace hooks and rivets to install on a previous couple of boots with the same problem and I'll fix this new pair at the same time knowing I would have had an issue eventually anyway.If your thinking of buying these boots, or for that matter any from similar lines by Timberland, you are going to deal with this issue. I've bought so many pairs of these because they're a comfortable fit right out of the box, which is hard for me to find because of issues with my feet, and they're very reasonably priced.Can't tolerate this any more and this will be my last pair of Timberland boots. I never see any feedback from the company in the reviews so I doubt they care,