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Copped 5x.. Yep complained about NOT havin Nike Air 10 years ago.. Happy as F now$200 psssh back in 88 my mom said $100??pssshhhh..
5 pairs huh?
Official Air Jordan 3 "White Cement" '88 Retro - Retail $200
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5 pairs huh?
- Feb 29, 2000
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Here is the first video comparison/review that I have seen with the 2013 WC3's with the Nike Air Logo!
For those of you who want these, I recommend listing your DS 2011 pairs of WC3's from now!
Sell them for next to nothing, because once these new ones drop yours will be worthless! ( obviously sarcasm ) lol
Anyways, here you go! Enjoy!
ayo somebody need to tell homeboy its either the fruity *** music or you talk in the video.. you cant have both or atleast lower that song down. what the earth was this dude thinking???
cant even hear what the hell hes saying. he really think he on the runway or somethin
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- Aug 17, 2012
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So are these hitting retails par usual or what? Thats all I need to know. You dudes ranting about this, that, and the third are just wasting your time.
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- Aug 6, 2012
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I've been seeing all the recent relesed white cements go on sale every where, trying to get of this and make room for these Retro OG 
- Nov 19, 2005
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Exactly.
We have a bunch of people who think they're entitled these days. As if reselling only occurs with footwear.
Wishing death on resellers and other ridiculous stuff just because they can't obtain material ish. What kinda stuff is that?
Resellers exist because people are willing to pay more. Point, blank, period. Not going to tell the next man to do with his bread, but at the same time, people seem to have zero perspective and realization that they're the biggest part of the problem. Either pay the bread or pass if you miss out. Just stop *****ing about it like you're entitled to something over the next man.
Don't you know? NT is filled with a bunch of ballers. JB will continue to laugh to the bank. Who can blame them? If I could get away with charging more for less, I'd do it too.
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Sole Awesome sold out this is going to be an interesting release
- Feb 22, 2005
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Sole Awesome must be legit. ????
- Feb 22, 2005
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My bad on double post.
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- Jan 5, 2013
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I guess so, im going to probably do the next restock or try my luck on feb 16 if not i guess to the resellers.
- Aug 9, 2012
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I definitely get your point but I don't think there's too many pro-price hike people, it's just being realistic. I haven't considered buying 3s since the logo/quality shift back in the early 2000s (and they're in my top 3 favorite kicks). If the quality is even marginally better on this upcoming release then at least we're headed in the right direction as far as quality and design. Prices have been going up sharply for a while and they would have hit $200 sooner rather than later, even without the logo change. So yes, give me a decent product at $200 over crap at $160 any day of the week.
- Feb 22, 2005
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Exactly! Hated to see the paint on my Fire Red 3s start chipping after a few wears..SMH.
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Is there a release date on these yet?
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DEFF GETTIN 2 PAIRS! CANT MISS THISITS GOING TO BE EPIC
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This is dope. But I don't see why the has to go up. Is it going to be better quality? Probably not. But we'll see.
- Jun 8, 2012
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This doesn't sound crazy at all. It reminds me a lot of the dotcom bubble in the late 90's also. I was disgusted by the excess of releases that JB had last year. If these abhorrent iterations continue throughout this year, I see this bubble bursting somewhere in the 2 quarter of 2014.
- Apr 30, 2011
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Wow, I caught up on the last couple days of posts and can't believe that there are so many people ignorantly (and incorrectly) arguing what amounts to simple economic theories that some stupid sneakers don't trump. People saying if retail was $300 that the demand would still be as high for this shoe? Really? Demand from resellers maybe, thinking they will eventually find someone who will pay $400 or $500. And maybe somewhere at some point in time they can. Realistically though, a higher price should slide the demand curve down, or it shows that market price is actually much higher because the supply isn't meeting demand.
The same argument can be made about ticket prices for sporting and music events. Most live music tickets cost a LOT more today than they did 5 years ago, and it has nothing to do with inflation, it has to do with rising costs to produce events, and increased demand (also due to the Internet much like Jordans). If you sell a ticket for $75 face, and then bump the price up to $125 face, you're either going to see demand go down or you're dealing with an artist whose market value is probably worth way more than the $75 they were originally charging.
There's this argument floating around that Nike can produce as many pairs of Jordans as they want, and that they should. When is enough enough though? If you're Nike, you certainly want to meet demand, but at the same time you don't want to dilute your product's brand value by making it into a commodity. $200 for this shoe may not be worth it to you individually, but ANY pair of shoes Nike makes costs only a few bucks to make. Lebron's $315 shoe might cost $10 to make. Is there a good argument for why those are acceptable to buy but these aren't? Or why Nike is worse off here than with Lebron's? Are we going to give that insane price a break because of "materials"? Give me a break.
There has never been a more popular line of sneakers ever than Jordans are right now. Demand is through the roof from kids in their early teens through grown men (I use that lightly around here) in their 30's and 40's. You don't have to like that prices have risen much faster than inflation, but you all contributed to this by buying into the hype and helping all of these past reto releases, good and bad, sell out. Nike is just acting in response to their own financial best interests and what the market has deemed acceptable to pay for their products. This isn't a "family" here, it's a shoe company interested in cashing out all of your pockets. See it for what it has been and always will be. We're all just numbers.
The same argument can be made about ticket prices for sporting and music events. Most live music tickets cost a LOT more today than they did 5 years ago, and it has nothing to do with inflation, it has to do with rising costs to produce events, and increased demand (also due to the Internet much like Jordans). If you sell a ticket for $75 face, and then bump the price up to $125 face, you're either going to see demand go down or you're dealing with an artist whose market value is probably worth way more than the $75 they were originally charging.
There's this argument floating around that Nike can produce as many pairs of Jordans as they want, and that they should. When is enough enough though? If you're Nike, you certainly want to meet demand, but at the same time you don't want to dilute your product's brand value by making it into a commodity. $200 for this shoe may not be worth it to you individually, but ANY pair of shoes Nike makes costs only a few bucks to make. Lebron's $315 shoe might cost $10 to make. Is there a good argument for why those are acceptable to buy but these aren't? Or why Nike is worse off here than with Lebron's? Are we going to give that insane price a break because of "materials"? Give me a break.
There has never been a more popular line of sneakers ever than Jordans are right now. Demand is through the roof from kids in their early teens through grown men (I use that lightly around here) in their 30's and 40's. You don't have to like that prices have risen much faster than inflation, but you all contributed to this by buying into the hype and helping all of these past reto releases, good and bad, sell out. Nike is just acting in response to their own financial best interests and what the market has deemed acceptable to pay for their products. This isn't a "family" here, it's a shoe company interested in cashing out all of your pockets. See it for what it has been and always will be. We're all just numbers.
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And again, I wonder, What is so special about NIKE AIR being on the heel tab of a Jordan product!
- Jan 2, 2012
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^ Most of the craze for it boils down to just 1 thing: NOSTALGIA.
- Jun 11, 2011
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Again why don't you just INVEST all of your "easy pass" money in Nike instead of complaining about just giving them your money for a product that you personally don't feel is worth it, when we all know there are plenty of other people who will buy the shoes and keep Nike a profitable company which in turn will get you a return on your investment?
- Jul 26, 2012
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Even if you have a pair with NIKE AIR on the heel tab these shoes are no where near OG, as far as cut, profile, height, or quality. So nostalgia no, hype maybe!
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- Dec 24, 2012
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This ^^^^ repped
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Now you QUESTIONED and DEBATED everyone who has said ANYTHING opposite you in this thread but when this man speaks there is nothing but crickets!!!!! AN WE SUPPOSE TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY!!!! FSR of Colombia's......SITTING ON SHELVES.......
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- Sep 23, 2006
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Easy pass for me
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Nostalgia? Most people on here weren't even born before 88. In fact I bet very few of the people coppin had an OG pair. It's all HYPE.
Nostalgia my ***.
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