ant wrote:
"honclfibr" wrote in message
I have the option to either stick with the boot and
let Paul go about grinding out the toe and arch

If grinding is going to do it, I'd be surprised. I usually need
various bits
of my boots stretched out, and they do it with heat and wooden things
shaped
to push out the boot, and when they've done as much of that as the
plastic
will take, THEN they grind, but you don't lose much space with
grinding.

If you can't ski in them, they are useless. Get rid of them and try
again.

ant

This is definitely my biggest fear, when I took them to the bootfitter
he said that he could grind/stretch the parts that were problematic,
but he also said that I might need custom insoles. The thing is, as
soon as he starts grinding and stretching them, I can't get rid of the
boots, they've been hacked, they're mine. I don't want this to turn
into a $180 ebay boot with $1500 in modifications, that would kind of
defeat the purpose.

The other thing is, I called tuesday to make an appointment, having
just been in on saturday to have the boots looked at. I spoke to paul
on the phone, who is the same person that fitted me on saturday, but he
didn't remember who I was. This makes me a bit nervous, since it
implies to me that he didn't really take a good look at my boot before
telling me that it was the right size for me. OTOH Feet First comes
highly recommended to me as one of the best bootfitters in the country,
so if Paul tells me that these are the right size boot for me, who am I
to argue?

I'm really on the fence about it, still looking at those L10s. The
other thing is, the L10s *look* like my X9s, these 130lfs are a tiny
little boot with a low rise, seem like an entirely different boot to
me.