actually, money is quite an issue here ^^ it's just that i wondered about the structural changes they operate to the skate, I wonder if they really are significant... I also managed to get totalone in a vgc for 300 bones or some gc x60 for 200 so high end converted skates vs high end retail skates should be equal to a difference of...500$ LOL nd if you say that apx are made with better quality,then there's just no way I'll go with retail inlines... thank you for your huge help!