next time i'm in a department store, i may look to see if they sell these gold toe socks and will inspect them as there's always the possibility of knock-offs being sold on amazon, which may be what i received

Unless the company totally cheapened the product, these are knock offs.

These socks are cheap knock-offs.

These are just poor, cheap knock-offs

says they are super comfortable and they don’t wear out as fast as other brands he has purchased and he highly recommends Gold Toe’s!