Congratulations on your new shoes. Frustrating that the shops were so unresponsive, but partially in their defense, I think Sidi **IS** slow. When I bought my Sidi mountain shoes they didn't have my size at LBS. They ordered them the next day (I bought the shoes the same night I bought a bike and stayed right up until closing finalizing everything), and it took nearly a month for them to come. They kindly let me keep the test pedals so I'd have something to ride with until the shoes came in . Yay for TE though!