I had a pair of cabela meindl boots with the sub sole fall apart, they eventually refunded me but not without a fight, I initially contacted Meindl directly but they quickly advised me that since these were exclusive to Cabelas it was their problem.
I have had 2 pairs of Meindl's do that,, one from a Canadian Meindl dealer after 4 years or so and it was SOL time,,
another pair from Cabelas that were 8-10 years old and they fully refunded me