Not into Jordans anymore?

[brandon333]

What's up guys? I'm a third year business student writing my Bachelor's thesis right now.

I'm doing it about sneaker collectors, and right now I'm specifically interested in sneakerheads who are not interested in / or have stopped collecting/buying Air Jordans. 

It would be a huge help if you guys had the time to answer one or more of the following questions

1. What made you stop collecting or buying Air Jordans, or not start at all?

2. What would have to change, in order for you to get interested in Air Jordans again?

Thank you!

 

[cmore501]

1) Stopped buying because the price increases are too high plus they're releasing way too many to keep up with.

2) I'd get back into them when the prices stop being so high. $190 for some IV's? Way too much.

 

[sharpshooter718]

Last pair of jordans i bought was the aqua 8s... after the midsole cracked like crazy and the nubuck stayed super ashy i called it quits...

They did make good outdoor balling shoes though... comfy and sturdy..

 

[otownkickz]

1. Price is way to high. i have a mortgage and family to maintain so i cant afford so many. I buy different brand sneakers that i like. Plus some of these models are really not attractive.
2. Price need to go down. Other companies have great selection of sneakers.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

1. Quality vs price... I stopped recently (2 months ago) and the quality of the "remastered" shoes just weren't up to par. Also, they are releasing some pretty bad cws that I'm really not interested in.
2. Quality improvements and better cws.. I'm sure this is a common complaint but they seem to be dropping the ball with interesting, new cws. I'm hoping the retro bubbble bursts soon so they will be forced to step it up.
 

 

[blco02]

I can't get them at retail anymore bc of raffles and bots and I refuse to reward the scum known as resellers.

 

[_stephen.p_]

You can't be a "sneakerhead" if you don't collect Jordans. End of story

 

[rillo561]

You can't be a "sneakerhead" if you don't collect Jordans. End of story

Hilarious.

 

[smoove]

You can't be a "sneakerhead" if you don't collect Jordans. End of story

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[jack bandit]

As others have said the money is definitely a deterrent. With releases every week for 170+ it's hard to keep up with. The whole bots+inventory managing also sucks. Even if there is a design I want, I gotta work like hell just to "give the retailers my money". People will say "Nike doesn't care as long as they get there money". While that might be true, Nike should care because they are potentially stunting there future growth/new customer base. If every week new wanna be sneakerheadss strike out on a pair because of bots, I'll buy shoes from another company. I'm not saying I want more general releases, but the unfair playing advantage is killing any causal + new sneakerheads from collecting.

2. Less releases + slow down the exploits.

 

[dipsetgeneral]

I will forever love Jordan's.

 

[airdhazzal]

My honest experience.

1. I was heavy into it from 1997-2007. Around 2007 was when things really slowed down. That's when the stress of graduating college, stress of finding a job and then working fulltime took over. After that I never really got back into it like before. I phased out you could say.

2. Nothing. I will never go back to being like it was before 2007. The interest just isn't there anymore. Happens with age for some of us.

Will continue to post on NT tho.

 

[robpzee612]

I started to lose interest over the months. I'm barely in the JB forum anymore and plus the stupid price hike.

 

[airflight69]

lol y'all  be on point with the gifs

 

[nsfrocks]

i still  like them

 

[nsfrocks]

i like older ones only though

 

[pmpdaddyrobford]

I can't get them at retail anymore bc of raffles and bots and I refuse to reward the scum known as resellers.

At least for lesser wanted shoes you can just walk in and get them like the white 5s

 

[SC kid]

1. I stopped buying em bcuz i own every single one i love.

2. Only jordan i would buy now is a proper hightop retro if the 2.

 

[sdot73]

I don't buy as often like i used to. Reason being, at this point the abundance of crappy coloways compared to releasing OG colorways just disinterest me. To me it feels like every OG colorway is limited, which means unless you have a hook up or a very lucky online, I'm stuck paying a reseller, which really frustrates me. I'm 26, been wearing/buying jordans since 2000 and I'm just tired of having to pay a middle man to get my sneakers. I had actually stopped buying jordans from august 2007-october 2009, but I just really wanted a pair of Aquas I saw for my birthday that year.

Basically making the colorways that people want more accessible. Every pair of the Jordan I Hi OG is going for at least 300+ on resell. Release more pairs at 300 dollars each and I'm more than willing to make nike richer. This is stuff people have been talking about for years and it's not going to change.

 

[scrubstoreowner]

 
lol y'all  be on point with the gifs

Gifs are for people who cannot eloquate in words and require visual aids.

 

[ozuna23]

1) I stopped buying AJ this year for the fact that everything that has released I awready have the 1st, and 2nd time they came around. Also I see better changes in Material on this Remastered retros, but shape/mold, and materials are still not close too OG leather suede (Durabuck). Also price increase is just killing it with 2 high school boys of my own who are in 2 retros also and now my 7 yr old daughter who knows and likes AJ's its just 2 expensive. 2 many releasing every weekend A retro drops.
2) I would get back into it like I have been the past decade and A half if they Remaster the mold/shape, and 're-release the OGs in OG status. The tongue on the IVs are too high. 3M on the Vs are not OG 3M,etc.... I could go on and knit pick at every model they do wrong.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

I don't buy as often like i used to. Reason being, at this point the abundance of crappy coloways compared to releasing OG colorways just disinterest me. To me it feels like every OG colorway is limited, which means unless you have a hook up or a very lucky online, I'm stuck paying a reseller, which really frustrates me. I'm 26, been wearing/buying jordans since 2000 and I'm just tired of having to pay a middle man to get my sneakers. I had actually stopped buying jordans from august 2007-october 2009, but I just really wanted a pair of Aquas I saw for my birthday that year.

Basically making the colorways that people want more accessible. Every pair of the Jordan I Hi OG is going for at least 300+ on resell. Release more pairs at 300 dollars each and I'm more than willing to make nike richer. This is stuff people have been talking about for years and it's not going to change.

This makes you wonder if JB puts out garbage cws on purpose so the good ones will keep generating hype (i.e. someone buys Teal IVs but will pay more for Bred IVs when they retro again). JB seems to have done this to the IIIs (remember the 2013 '88s?) and Xs (so many examples) for awhile now.

 

[brahmabull23]

if you are from my generation (im 33), and you got into jordans around the time I did, everything you could have ever wanted for the most part has already dropped. When I was younger I couldnt really afford J's. I got my first pair as a gift (original 13's in 199. Since then I've been able to buy every retro release that I ever had my eye on.

 

[jbug88]

Gifs are for people who cannot eloquate in words and require visual aids.

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[thatboydrew]

walked into my closet one day and realized I have too many damn pairs of sneakers. Still would prob TRY and cop a pair I like every now and then, but def not losing sleep if I miss out anymore.