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Question: In your opinion are a pair of shoes deadstock if they have been put on laced up and worn around the house?
Deadstock or Non-Deadstock??? You tell me............
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No there could be creases from them just doing that so i would say no
- Dec 21, 2012
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Nope.
airthompson
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Deadstock is brand new & never worn, and trying on is wearing.
It's like buying a car with 0 miles, only to drive off and it already has a mile or two on it.
It's like buying a car with 0 miles, only to drive off and it already has a mile or two on it.
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If your foot has been in the shoe, it is no longer DS.
Even if you were just trying them on.
Even if you were just trying them on.
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depends on who you ask really 
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Deadstock - Never tried on, unlaced, or worn. The way they were when YOU got 'em.
NDS - Some of the above or all happened, but they still look pretty new.
NDS - Some of the above or all happened, but they still look pretty new.
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If you're selling me a shoe and you say its DS..the most I expect you to have done is glance at em...if they're suede or white I prefer you not even touched them that much...just me 
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This....
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If you're selling me a shoe and you say its DS..the most I expect you to have done is glance at em...if they're suede or white I prefer you not even touched them that much...just me
they are being touched by the people in sweat shop...
- Oct 8, 2012
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True! but I've seen guys grab a shoe not even conscious of the condition of they're hands and whoops blue smudge on a sensitive shoe like hare 7's...jus saying ish happens
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Some shoes have been tried on by someone else at a retail store and passed on for a different size before the next person gets to purchase them, so there's no telling of whats truly dead stock on some shoes if that's what we're basing it on. And unlaciing a shoe doesn't make it NDS, it makes it unlaced...
bigj505
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this. you guys are hillarious.
shoes get tried on so they not new anymore?
the car analagy is also a joke. cars are still considered new until they are registered to an owner. they can be test driven for 100 miles and still sold as new.
i'd love to see some of you guys at the shoe store say "Im not buying these for full price since the shoes were tried on."
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They don't let u try on retro releases at the store
bigj505
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1. the discussion was about deadstock vs non deadstock. not about retro releases
2. trying on a shoe is a manager thing. ive seen people try on retro releases like foamposites and jordan viis. managers just dont like to let people do it because of the rush of people in the store.
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So if you're buying a pair of sneakers from the store, they're not DS?
That's essentially what a lot of you are saying, because there's a good chance that someone tried on the sneaker and maybe even walked to the mirror.
That's essentially what a lot of you are saying, because there's a good chance that someone tried on the sneaker and maybe even walked to the mirror.
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They do at the stores I go to.
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only in some stores
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I agree that DS means never unlaced or tried on however, people have abused the word. Because you tried the shoe on doesn't mean it's no longer brand new or never worn, it just means it's no longer DS. VNDS is a bs term imo. Once you've worn a shoe it's pre-owned and it may still look brand new, but it's pre-owned.
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Terrible compairson, you will never be able to buy a car with zero miles. Unless you buy a new motor and change our the odometer...
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With gloves....
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not true. my car came with zero miles when i got it.
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as soon as you unlace the shoe and put them on they are no longer DS
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It's impossible to buy a car with 0 miles. It's test drove my customers, driven to the dealership, etc. before purchase. So does that mean you're not buying a brand new car? It's not considered a used car when you buy it. So, same deal with shoes. If it's not worn outside, it's still brand new. If you say you bought a car with "0" miles on it, YOU ARE LYING.
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I agree with ya'll. Car dealership didn't have the specific color and features I wanted, so I was able to order my car and get it built to my likings and shipped from germany to the US. Brand new and of course will be the 1st owner. And would be getting a call to pick up my car whenever it got delivered first thing. EVEN SO....it had like 9 miles on it or something like that because it had to be driven from the port to the dealership.
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