nans....
A) any pair of vibrams costing $49 are knockoffs. Vibram is having a huge problem with these. Basically if the store you're looking at on the internet doesn't have a brick and mortar location vibram "will not" deal with them and therefore anything they're selling is chinese junk.
B) not sure how much longer your toe is but mine is the same way and they fit fine. My advice is go try them out at a store because fitting them on the internet will not work. I had to go one size over what the size chart said because of that. Everyone's foot is different, it's alot harder to fit these than shoes.
A girl at school said the same thing to me when she saw them but then she tried them on and had a pair within a week. WHen you get a pair that fit they are ridiculously comfortable.