I prefer to get a brand new pair from the back, but if it’s the last pair in my size (at the store and company wide), I would purchase the display, especially if it’s hard to find. Which was the case with my last pair of boots from Chanel, it was the last pair from the previous season! A scratch on the inside wouldn’t bother me, but if the outside was damaged I probably wouldn’t. I know they’re shoes, and wear and tear is inevitable, but paying that much for it, I would want to be the one doing it.
