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From typos on the shipping label, to the package itself having an extreme odor, this experience was off to an interesting start and didn’t improve as time went on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69c35a496f96711a4c76f1a4/0b811eb0-aac9-4b22-8eb4-e7e98d1c57d9/image_2026-04-12_222947077.png Gear Reviews - Rippl Impact Gear Pure Grit 2.0 Riding Jeans The actual bag containing the jeans was torn open, as if someone decided to open it before arrival, and then decide the contents were not valuable enough to steal. Granted, this very well could have been the fault of UPS, but everything seems to have a certain pattern already. I took the jeans out and they felt damp and crumpled. Odd. I layed them out on the counter and they almost looked like they were pre worn, they were very wrinkled. No matter, that can be fixed with a wash or dry clean. 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