For years I have always bought the same model of Brian Josef Seibel. The quality was getting worse. Formerly shoes were manufactured times in Europe, now in India with ever lower-grade raw materials. The penultimate model began sometime extreme to creak. A legitimate and justified complaints the manufacturer was only smiled and returned the shoes as "no obvious deficiencies" and "no cause for complaint" to me. Another e-mail to the Customer Service of the manufacturer has been ignored. The last model, the laces were too long, the appearance looked even inferior and the feet sweat totally fast. After more than 10 years, Josef Seibel Brian I will definitely not buy those shoes again.
Update 07-2015: I did it again. Despite all the negative experiences I have reappointed these shoes. Hope dies last. I thought. Now I have again received an Indian model. Lousy workmanship. I'm going to return it! And I thought that someone once read the reviews by the manufacturer and finally improving the quality. Sadly for these good old brand!