I have always been a big fan of the Jack Purcell's. I have been hunting for them but never wanted to pay a whopping dollar amount. When I saw the deal they had on Great Offer Stock I was ecstatic. I ordered it, but there were only a few sizes left. My feet are usually 6.5 but I took the risk and ordered a 6 anyways because they were such a good deal and also they didn't have 6.5 available. When it arrived in the mail, I tried on the shoes to make sure they would fit and voila! They did! Perfectly actually. Since these shoes are supposed to be more form fitting anyways, going half a size down is probably the best thing. I ordered the shoes in black and that's what I got. I'm always afraid of companies messing up on orders too, but Great Offer Stock got it right! Some cons about the shoe though: I wore them with white socks and noticed that the color for the inner sole bleeds. My white socks became this bluish black color at the bottom. Also, the shoe laces are really long. I am thinking about buying shorter laces. I loved how the shoes came prelace though. Overall, GREAT shoe, just beware of the color bleeding. I might go buy new sole inserts or wait for the color to stop bleeding.