Originally Posted by GottaBdaShoes
bro, Nike, then JB have been selling shoes with minor defects since day one. I've been wearing J's since '92, I would know this, I've BEEN seeing it. I have yet to see a shoe company that sells shoes or ANY product for that matter without defects here and there. Even your most lucrative brands do it. I would think not purposely though. Nothing is perfect. They come from a factory where they get inspected but no one person spends hours looking at one shoe so you can feel good about it. They just look them over very quickly and either throw them in pile A or pile B. You've been buying J's since 2000 but keep in mind that the internet wasn't that popular yet so kids weren't on here in the large numbers complaining and you probably didn't have anything to compare the shoes to because you didn't have an opportunity to get them when they first released. And as a matter of fact, when Jordan was playing and the shoes were being released for the first time, no one bought them. The XI's sat on shelves in '96 and were even discounted for about 70 bucks at some places.
People have to understand, it's a BUSINESS. It doesn't matter if you're a reseller or a regular consumer. Companies and all things in life are meant to change and evolve. You don't have the same factories making the same shoes from 20 years ago. From a business stand point, Im sure JB says something like, "you don't like the way we made this shoe? Ok, well we have many more styles for you, feel free to pick one that you DO like. Here is our catalog." Business, homie. Plus they don't have to sell us retro J's. They do fine with all their other merchandise to the general public that doesn't care about numbered air jordans, just the jumpman. I used to love buying a kit-kat wrapped with the foil paper so I could use it as a silver front on my teeth as a kid. It's one of the things I enjoyed as a 5 year old. I would for my kids to have the same fun one day but, they're going to have to find their own little things to enjoy because kit kat bars now come in plastic wrappers. Things change. Buy it or move over and let the next person in line get it.
Yup, they kept the most important part unchanged. They spoiled 50% of the fun though.Originally Posted by FrenchBlue23
Originally Posted by GottaBdaShoes
bro, Nike, then JB have been selling shoes with minor defects since day one. I've been wearing J's since '92, I would know this, I've BEEN seeing it. I have yet to see a shoe company that sells shoes or ANY product for that matter without defects here and there. Even your most lucrative brands do it. I would think not purposely though. Nothing is perfect. They come from a factory where they get inspected but no one person spends hours looking at one shoe so you can feel good about it. They just look them over very quickly and either throw them in pile A or pile B. You've been buying J's since 2000 but keep in mind that the internet wasn't that popular yet so kids weren't on here in the large numbers complaining and you probably didn't have anything to compare the shoes to because you didn't have an opportunity to get them when they first released. And as a matter of fact, when Jordan was playing and the shoes were being released for the first time, no one bought them. The XI's sat on shelves in '96 and were even discounted for about 70 bucks at some places.
People have to understand, it's a BUSINESS. It doesn't matter if you're a reseller or a regular consumer. Companies and all things in life are meant to change and evolve. You don't have the same factories making the same shoes from 20 years ago. From a business stand point, Im sure JB says something like, "you don't like the way we made this shoe? Ok, well we have many more styles for you, feel free to pick one that you DO like. Here is our catalog." Business, homie. Plus they don't have to sell us retro J's. They do fine with all their other merchandise to the general public that doesn't care about numbered air jordans, just the jumpman. I used to love buying a kit-kat wrapped with the foil paper so I could use it as a silver front on my teeth as a kid. It's one of the things I enjoyed as a 5 year old. I would for my kids to have the same fun one day but, they're going to have to find their own little things to enjoy because kit kat bars now come in plastic wrappers. Things change. Buy it or move over and let the next person in line get it.
At least they didn't change the recipe right
Yeah, if I don't like it, I'm not buying it plain and simple. That just drives the older drives down in price. (I hope)
Originally Posted by Jumpman2314
Fab in 04's?
You can see the 3m....
ugh, let me guess...skinny jeans, lil wayne loving, jerking???Originally Posted by Dark Skinned Jermaine
@ the fat guy not doing the space jams justice .. i mean its the f**king SPACE JAMS and they look wack as hell with this dude with his swag on -100
Originally Posted by Dark Skinned Jermaine
Originally Posted by Jumpman2314
Fab in 04's?
You can see the 3m....@ the fat guy not doing the space jams justice .. i mean its the f**king SPACE JAMS and they look wack as hell with this dude with his swag on -100
if i didnt know anything about hip-hop then i wouldnt have this particular sn lol
