Replying to Cannot trust boot fitters.

Between a boot fitter telling me boots do not matter and another selling me 3 year old boots for higher than retail price I'm done. I met this one guy In a ski shop near me. He was trying to convince me that boots simply do not matter in a ski setup. He was telling me it's all about the skis and bindings. This is obviously not true. Then I went into another ski shop. They fit me to a good fitting boot. I thought I was getting a good deal when they told me it was half off in this seasons model. I guess it's too good to be true. These boots were three years old! He was selling them to me above retail price. Seems like you can't trust anybody these days. Their only in it for the money I guess. Does anybody have this problem with their local ski shops?