Was doing my daily search for boots. Reviewed Magnoli (again). At $300 it's at my max and that's before shipping. I assume shipping would be what Imperial Boots charges. $365 total for Imperial Boots. Created an account just to see cost to ship. Around $15 to $30. Better than Imperial Boots but still over budget. Played the Google coupon code game - nada. Saw they have an Ebay store. If I haven't shopped at a store before I prefer to use Ebay or Amazon as a middleman. Wanted to play around with eBay coupon codes. They tweaked the buy it now system. I remember them showing a grand total before committing. It looked like accidently bought them! Double checked they are just in my cart, and I can still back out. None of coupon codes worked. Visited my second PayPal account had a balance of $40+ dollars. Visited IOC forums. It seems many have reached got level 2 and 3 with Magnoli. The pair in my eBay cart was size 12.5 US. Made a trip to my shoe closet. 3 pairs of dress shoes sizes 11, 11 and 12. The 11's fit just right and 12 is more than a little loose. A size 12.5 riding boot, even if their sizing runs small it should still work.
That other pair of boots I've trying to get a full quote on eBay for nearly a month was $220 shipped without insurance. These were the real deal. Not a re-creation. but this Seller is in no rush to close the sale. Maybe they'll message me Monday with a total. Then I'll say deal! Click buy it now and then message them update to the listing to included update shipping. Wait a few days and remind them again. Now these Magnoli boots seem like a solid choice. Over budget but if I minus my PayPal balance these Magnoli boots cost under $300. I also saved money on those designer gloves I bought because they were on clearance. See where my logic is heading? I've never paid $300 for shoes before but if I look at the cost for the total costume, I can apply the rule of I've paid less for one item I can justify paying more on another.
ETA for Magnoli by November 1st.
Now I think it is time to see what stuff I got to sale on eBay.