This is likely "bloom" which occurs when lacquer is applied either in high humidity conditions or when the wood is not adequately dried. For small areas you can apply an aerosol bloom eraser, which is carried by Rockler and some woodworking shops. For larger areas, you have to totally redo the finish. I know because this is what had to be done to much of the stained cherry panelling and woodwork in our custom home. I recall someone else on the kitchen forum experienced this several months ago. She posted a question asking what it was, and later reported that her cabinet maker was fixing the problem. You might see if you can find that post, contact her, and see what they did.

True - there's so much advice out there, it's hard to know which to heed, especially if it's coming from the paid professionals. (That's why this forum is so awesome!) Our counter overhang is only 12", so I am imagining that it won't cover black sneaker marks, depending on where they are. I have a toddler and a baby on the way, so I am guessing that their feet will reach higher up, once they are out of highchairs!

With the amount of lotion moisturizing my feet receive post-showering, I'm not sure it would be terribly safe to go without socks and slippers, even if my feet didn't get terribly cold without them. @watchmelol Makes sense that you and DD would have similar habits for keeping your toenails as short as possible due to skating and the footwear requirements. My ballet instructors always told us these horrific stories, I'm guessing because they thought that it would ensure nobody took class or performed wearing pointe shoes with the ribbons safety pinned on, or without making sure they cut their toenails brutally short...unfortunately there were a few people who had to learn through experience. And I thought the blisters were bad enough, I have vivid memories of daily rehearsals for two weeks and after the final one before the weekend performance everyone was packing up to go home and get a good nights sleep...then seeing another dancer had been bleeding through her shoes; later the same year a different dancer ended up with the giant safety pin she'd used to attach the ribbons to her point shoe stuck into the Achilles tendon area. That was ample motivation to not follow that route, and why our teachers had told us those awful stories in the first place - they did have our best interests in mind. I'm certain that a major part of why I don't have much feeling in my feet (haven't had much for most of my adulthood either) is because of the pointe shoes. Even if I could go back and do things over I'd still get involved in ballet, but my feet have definitely been affected in not-so-awesome ways. :P

I refused the delivery. I sent it back to the vendor and they say they were able to remove them. I am going to look at them next week to verify that it is removed. Don't know if anyone else had this problem. They said at the dealer that it is the way they all look. Sounded strange to me.