I ordered the violet (blue) pleated Balenciagas from Mr Porter early this morning. They send me an email stating the box is damaged but rest assured the shoes are not and they have already shipped them!! I asked was every box damaged because you are not sold out in my size in the US or the UK so why would you send one of the first people to buy the damaged box? They even state when your purchase shoes that the designer box is part of the package and its its damaged it will effect your refund, well they didn't lower the price so why the hell would I want it? I store my shoe boxes seperately from my 25-30 pairs shoes to keep them from being damaged, some boxes are a decade old.
On a side note my size 43 extra blanc arenas came in and they fit perfectly with normal or dress socks and just a little snug with elites. I never though I would fit my monster foot in a size 10 but that's what I am!