italist - Reviews and experiences

I hesitated, then shrugged and ordered to use the credit. That hesitation didn’t evaporate — it grew into a nagging feeling the minute I opened the box. The smell hit me (chemical, like a garage sale gone wrong), the box had weird stickers, stitching looked off, material felt different, and sizes didn’t match my other authentic pair. Also — two dust bags? My brain kept saying, “that’s not right.” I emailed them last time about a faulty dust bag and got a $70 credit and a friendly-but-vague response; that calmed me a little, but honestly now I’m back to square one and more suspicious than before. I don’t feel reassured. I half want to keep them because they’re... serviceable? But then I think about how much I paid and how wasteful that would be. It’s frustrating, borderline insulting. I’m asking for a refund and some real answers — not just another credit. If you’re particular about authenticity (like me, painfully so), maybe double- and triple-check before hitting buy.