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And for what its worth, its not rude at all. A lot of folks here use specialty stores or local stores to find a model they like ... and then purchase more online at a discount (of course, they're usually nice enough to at least buy the first pair from the store).
I know they won't honour the online price in-store, they state that very clearly on their website, but I guess that's something I can point out to them if they have an issue with it.
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It depends what you are comfortable with. For myself, I would buy them instore that first time; their instore staff are spending a chunk of time to help ensure the proper fit and the proper shoe. Then next time, I would go online.
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Generally speaking, my advice is to keep the money local, but since you are doing that either way I think that it is perfectly reasonable to order the shoes online from their store. Just make sure that you take into account shipping expenses to make sure that you are actually saving enough money to be worth not having the shoes right away, though.
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