Exactly how is a $5 price increase going to increase product materials while manufacturing costs keep increasing. Maybe 10 year old's should be able to work again.
A sneaker head is just someone who buys shoes and doesn't realize they are meant to be worn. So their heads are filled with *&^%. Usually drives a BMW.
Or more supply for resellers. Resellers win by taking any extra stock away from retail and create demand at higher prices. If a reseller can create a large profit with each sale, they wouldn't mind more supply.
JB/Nike watches everybody buying at reseller prices. They know people will spend more so they raise prices. If gas prices are up, Nike won't take the loss, we do. Economics 101, if profit is less, they create less quantities as there is less of a reason to produce. They create more than the...
^^^ I would try and hold off until you can use 20% off on them. What I like to do is add a large number to my cart and act like im checking out and I can eventually find how many pairs they have left in that size. This thread the close ill get to these shoes. Add a large number first but...
$223 is the price so you can get the entire package. Rest of the releases are $180 and have only one insole/midsole to choose from each.Unless you buy every $180 release you will never have the whole package. Super marketing.
Whether you like the looks are not, its never a bad thing for a company you really like to be ahead of the game and produce the best performance shoe in quite a while and possible better than all other current basketball shoes on the market. So many people want shoes like this to hit the outlet...