I've only received them today, but right out of the box I can see real quality. I wear a 12M, and when you see shoes in a store they usuall display a 7 or 8 that looks very pleasing. When it gets to the boat size of 12, they almost always look like different shoes, with all of the accompanying mars, discolorations, and glue marks. Not so here. This is a really nice boot. And I couldn't believe it when I put them on. Truly comfortable on both feet. I was a bit hesitiant about ordering shoes online, but Amazon really came through on this one. In fact, I learned something. These shoes were never tried on before- as far as I can tell. No little knotty balls of someone else's socks in the shoe lining, and no sloppily packed box with laces array and paper strewn. This was new. I liked that. This could become a habit. I do have another pair of shoes coming from Amazon, and if they are presented as well as these, I'm in to a whole new way of buying shoes.