Just something I know a lot of people have been having issues with, which is the price of shoes climbing over time. I did some research and saw the climb in LeBron's signature shoe was an easy representation of how much the prices are climbing. Honestly, it's astonishing. There are many reasons...
I was gonna check jimmyjazz's customer service bu its closed :/ and as a teenager in high school I CANNOT drop $300 on a pair. Not with it being summer.
The fact that he said "This is the closest you're gonna get to real" kinda threw me off. Post some more close ups of the edges of the rubber sides, and how much did you pay?