Adidas NMD thread

[bgv4]

I'm confused by this whole story.  if i read it correctly, the person who wrote it is at least the 11 or 12th person to arrive.  There are already 2 lines formed and they picked one without talking to the folks standing in either line?  How early did the people across the street at the old store get there?  They mention the 70 year old people were there at about 2 or 3am, and then someone in front of them took a pic of 2 people lined up across the street, but don't say what time the people across the street were there?  Then before the shop opens, "the first guy (employee) says "The line is over there" pointing across the street, and we immediately start arguing with him. None of us move".  

This is the quote from the article that i don't understand: "The manager shows up, and immediately says the line is across the street, it's "my shop, my rules"...being super rude to everyone in line. He looks at us and says "I'm looking at all of your faces, and none of you are getting shoes". He tried to tell us that lines go over there, but we knew firsthand from lining up previously that wasn't the case."  SO the people in the original line are trying to tell the dude running the store that they know where the line is and he doesn't?  

I am not from the city, and very rarely line up for stuff (the closest store that actually gets anything decent is like an hour and a half away and they got their own folks they need to take care of so i figure its all a waste for me anyway), but i find it hard to believe that this couldn't have been resolved BEFORE the "resell cartel" even showed up when there was like 12 people spread across 2 lines.

I think the manager could have tried a little harder to make it right for everyone, but i suspect there was more drama with the line closest to the store and the employees than was alluded to in the writeup.  The article is obviously biased, but this is what i take away from reading it and trying to break it down.  Either way, it sucks that not everyone was able to get what they wanted from the release.

 

[vir2l]

 
I just paid 575 for Nice Kicks NMD, yes I'm happy I got them but I hate myself for supporting resellers!

You shouldn't be happy at all, that's a big fat L. You already took the L for for not getting the shoe, now shot yourself in the foot by not paying entry price. You gotta be savvy with this sh--, if you tried hard enough via your typical social media outlets and marketplace sites, I saw some 10 and 11.5 pairs sell for 355 and 395, respectively.

Don't be so impatient, you could've at least saved 75-100. Been seeing some NKs for 400-500 for the smaller sizes, 400-450 for the bigger ones. Prices will dip when people start getting them in next week from the sites. When those pairs are sold, it'll go back up to the inflated market price.

Oh well, your money.

 

[mwalker]

 
You shouldn't be happy at all, that's a big fat L. You already took the L for for not getting the shoe, now shot yourself in the foot by not paying entry price. You gotta be savvy with this sh--, if you tried hard enough via your typical social media outlets and marketplace sites, I saw some 10 and 11.5 pairs sell for 355 and 395, respectively.

Don't be so impatient, you could've at least saved 75-100. Been seeing some NKs for 400-500 for the smaller sizes, 400-450 for the bigger ones. Prices will dip when people start getting them in next week from the sites. When those pairs are sold, it'll go back up to the inflated market price.

Oh well, your money.

Where are they sellin for 400-450, I'm trying to cash someone out for a pair 

Really though I've seen pairs from 500-700

 

[3ambutter]

 

[vinotwofour]

 
Where are they sellin for 400-450, I'm trying to cash someone out for a pair 

Really though I've seen pairs from 500-700

yeah I've been looking for a pair in my size for my brother and all I see are $500. I'm good. 

 

[alp]

Your reading comprehension is AWFUL. They lined up in FRONT of the actual store

there are two store fronts though

 

[alp]

I'm confused by this whole story.  if i read it correctly, the person who wrote it is at least the 11 or 12th person to arrive.  There are already 2 lines formed and they picked one without talking to the folks standing in either line?  How early did the people across the street at the old store get there?  They mention the 70 year old people were there at about 2 or 3am, and then someone in front of them took a pic of 2 people lined up across the street, but don't say what time the people across the street were there?  Then before the shop opens, "the first guy (employee) says "The line is over there" pointing across the street, and we immediately start arguing with him. None of us move".  

This is the quote from the article that i don't understand: "The manager shows up, and immediately says the line is across the street, it's "my shop, my rules"...being super rude to everyone in line. He looks at us and says "I'm looking at all of your faces, and none of you are getting shoes". He tried to tell us that lines go over there, but we knew firsthand from lining up previously that wasn't the case."  SO the people in the original line are trying to tell the dude running the store that they know where the line is and he doesn't?  

I am not from the city, and very rarely line up for stuff (the closest store that actually gets anything decent is like an hour and a half away and they got their own folks they need to take care of so i figure its all a waste for me anyway), but i find it hard to believe that this couldn't have been resolved BEFORE the "resell cartel" even showed up when there was like 12 people spread across 2 lines.

I think the manager could have tried a little harder to make it right for everyone, but i suspect there was more drama with the line closest to the store and the employees than was alluded to in the writeup.  The article is obviously biased, but this is what i take away from reading it and trying to break it down.  Either way, it sucks that not everyone was able to get what they wanted from the release.

that's what I'm saying. I can't believe I'm the only one who thought it was a little weird

 

[jam3s121]

The person who made the post said that he and the others at HIS line were at the storefront were all the most recent limited releases were at.. it makes sense to line up there.

 

[dareal08]

Where are they sellin for 400-450, I'm trying to cash someone out for a pair 

Really though I've seen pairs from 500-700

I'm not finding any under $500

 

[alp]

The person who made the post said that he and the others at HIS line were at the storefront were all the most recent limited releases were at.. it makes sense to line up there.

I'm not disputing that. What I'm disputing the idea of their being another line of sneakerheads (you can tell, especially in the middle of the night with no one else outside) directly across the street, not on person from either line stopped to think of crossing the street and see what was going on. I already know what happened. One side didn't want the line being merged and cats moving back a few spots and the other side had the same damn thing on their mind

 

[solefreedom1013]

The store is at fault. Nobody's reading minds on where they ought to be lined up, especially with there supposedly being two store fronts. They should've made it clear and concise on where people should line up to purchase the release product.

If they didn't want to announce over social media, they should've had signs posted outside both storefronts. "Line up here." "Don't line up here." In not making it clear from the get go, it doesn't surprise me that one would think something fishy was going on.

Good e-discussion material, though.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how these have generated all of this hype. But, the blogs pushed the mess out of the first colorway. It's all marketing and the consumers through social media only aid in the marketing.

 

[tankdayglo]

 

[011781]

Ya'll base your sneaker collection on which type of other people are interested in purchasing them?

Wut

 

[vinotwofour]

Adidas gotta make the PK version more available. It's ridiculous that yeezy's are easier to get than NMD's 

 

[drisk34]

yeah if people were right in saying 100 pairs were online thats just ridiculous.

 

[3ambutter]

 

The first colorway didn't even sell out that quickly. If you wanted it, you had a chance on ADC. It was only after the initial wave of resales got done that people started paying up the *** for NMDs which garnered attention from the "resale cartel". You could have copped OG NMDs for 300-350 easily after release on ebay

 

[vinotwofour]

yeah I've struck out on every NMD on ADC. I'm not too worried tho, theres sooo many colors and models coming out. I'll catch one eventually

 

[tankdayglo]

 Adidas gotta make the PK version more available. It's ridiculous that yeezy's are easier to get than NMD's 

I'm hoping they do that but I have a feeling they're gonna keep using the limited PK releases to drive sales of the mesh pairs.

 

[vinotwofour]

 
I'm hoping they do that but I have a feeling they're gonna keep using the limited PK releases to drive sales of the mesh pairs.

Mesh to PK is like ST to UB's 

 

[tankdayglo]

Whoa

 

[jaycruz.]

^^ it's lit

 

[Leonard Washington]

please give us more than 100 pairs

, yesterdays release was stupid af

 

[thegatorviking]

That OG restock is gonna be small and painful, let's not even kid ourselves.

 

[vinotwofour]

Honestly I don't have a problem with Adidas keeping production numbers low for the collabs. But why are they making general release colorways so limited. 

 

[alp]

The store is at fault. Nobody's reading minds on where they ought to be lined up, especially with there supposedly being two store fronts. They should've made it clear and concise on where people should line up to purchase the release product.

If they didn't want to announce over social media, they should've had signs posted outside both storefronts. "Line up here." "Don't line up here." In not making it clear from the get go, it doesn't surprise me that one would think something fishy was going on.

Good e-discussion material, though.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how these have generated all of this hype. But, the blogs pushed the mess out of the first colorway. It's all marketing and the consumers through social media only aid in the marketing.

yea I never said the store or the manager were right, but the article is clearly on the herb side and I wasn't there so I don't know what really happened. It is good discussion material