I did wait too long, but I was looking for a better deal. It didn't come along, and the price went up. And FYI, it's not the OG patent leather. Compared to the 01 retros, this PL is still thinner and not as thick as the first retro runs from then. This PL also gets cloudy faster than the 01 run, and it also creases faster. There's no way in hell black and red XI's and 09 PL creases faster than a pairs of XI's I've had for damn near 20 years. My 2000 SJ still haven't creased, and I've worn those a lot. They even separated and the PL is still intact vs my 2019 black and reds that I've only worn about 5 times casually. So, yeah, I did decide against copping because I compare it and it wasn't worth it to me. Still not mad I passed when I have 2 clean pairs of SJ I'm satisfied with.