for some retro Aqua 8's?
Come on man
he was charging the kid almost $500 for them too...
I think that's what precipitated the jack move - the fact that homie was taxin' 5 bills for em. H.S. kid was probably like, "Homie crazy chargin' 490 for these Aquas. I'm gonna rob him if he wanna do people like that."
The 38-year old's greed or better yet, ignorance, led to his own demise. He should've known in his right mind that Aquas weren't going for that much. Which makes me think, therefore, that the 38-year old was nothing but a re-seller that was oblivious to the market and was simply out there just to hopefully capitalize on a buyer who didn't know any better. This is a perfect example of how re-sellers contribute to the negative perception they continually receive.
nobody put a gun to the kids head and said "YOU MUST GO AND BUY THOSE OVERPRICED SHOES". he had a choice. but the kid made the conscious decison to go and rob the seller. he did put a gun to the dude and said give me your stuff lol....thats my take on it
Yeah you're right, it was a conscious choice by the kid. But then again, he's a kid. And there's a lot of kids out there who live life with nothing to lose. Therefore, is why I believe the 38-year old should've known better not to 1) let the kid in the car to begin with, and 2) price his stupid Aquas at $500 since there's always that chance that some knucklehead out there will mess with you. In this cruel world we live in, there's always an idiot out there that will react unfavorably to what you're doing, whether you dealin' drugs or slangin' J's.
i kinda disagree. this is america. a free world. if dude wants to setthe price for his kicks at $500, its his right. he did nothing wrong. hes not forcing anybody to buy them. i can pull up like at least 10websites right now selling overpriced jordans. some of them quite renown too. they aint doing anything wrong, even if alotta peeps disagree with the pricing. its their right. but nobody has the right to go find the 10 owners of those websites and pull a gun on them or rob their stores.
i think homie was planning to rob the dude regardless of what price he set those aquas at. even at a fair price. even below retail. lil homie could have said "oh F that $500 pricetag, im gonna get them for retail or under at the stores.outlets". but he didnt. he obv didnt have money even to cop those at a fair price. and he wasnt gonna rob a store, because why do that when u can pull a gun on a single person and rob them instead?
We'll never know the reasons why the kid decided to rob the man at gunpoint. You may be right, he could've robbed anybody selling Aquas no matter the price. Which brings me back to what I originally said: That the 38-year old was a bonafide idiot for allowing the kid to get inside his car in the first place, knowing he was selling a pair of shoes that he valued at $500. Because no matter what price you set, you already know Jordans are coveted. You already know there have been multiple instances throughout the years when people have been shot over Jordans, and you already know that you can't trust nobody in this world. Therefore, you act accordingly.
As much as it's the kid's fault for pulling the gun on him, it's also the man's fault for doing his business in the manner that he did. He acted like he was sellin' a pair of J's to his cousin.
Heck, I sold some Spizikes to a CList buyer for a measly $160 maybe about 8 years ago and I still met up at the police station.
