Lol It really feels like that , feels like part of a down payment on a small car , half a mortgage payment , rent for a month , car insurance for 3 months etc.
But here is my justification :
Let's say you didn't cook on any of the 6 yeezy releases in 2015 and you had the money to afford all 6.
2015 had (4) 350s and (2) 750. If you were to buy all at retail you would have spent roughly 2300 give or take with taxes.
Now you have this extra income. Adidas is now the big sheriff in town. And your other favorite brands Nike / Jordan are not having the best year. So you dont buy all the GR drops.
So you have more money to blow on a hyped release. In a year you can easily spend 2k+ on sneakers. So why not drop 1k on a pair you like when the sneaker game has been in a drought.
That's how my homie explained it. He used to buy alot and now he buys maybe 8 a year or less. So with the extra money he can afford to pay resale comfortably.
It dudes who are broke paying 1k that I worry about. Most of us adults can swing it though with the right attitude.