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Jordan Brands earnings skyrocketed after mass producing sneakers. I bought a lot of their shoes after that and loved a lot of the newer models due to better materials and availability. The Space Jam release 2016 was Nikes biggest release ever and people still bought it til it sold out. Strong products with good design sell, no matter the production numbers. The companies are to blame too for relying on gimmicks and not on products.Honestly I've given up blaming people and just accepted it as what it is. I don't blame the shoe companies. They do it bc it creates hype which helps brand image. Look at Jordan in 2016/2017. They mass produced everything to the point where everything sat. They became not cool real quick.
You could also get a job to earn money and not intervene with peoples interests and extort them to make a quick buck. That's a very toxic attitude. You could actually choose a job that does provide people an actual, legitimate service.As much as I want to, I can't blame resellers either. If I could buy a block of cheese and sell it for double or triple, I'd do it. Cheese lovers may hate me but would I care? No. I'd take their money.
You are right in one regard - the people who care overly much about exclusivity ARE in fact to blame for a lot of that. But they are a part in a toxic triangle of which brands and resellers are a necessary part of. Everybody ****s up here.At the end of the day, we're the ones to blame. We like exclusivity. If you just wanted gr's, you wouldn't be upset about the practice of reselling bc it wouldn't affect you. Just accept that we are the actual problem. It's not the shoe companies. It's not the resellers. It's us.
It should be pretty simple - I've been collecting sneakers since about the turn of the millenium. Around 2000 you had older shoes from the early 90s and late 80s reselling for big bucks because they were GENIUNELY rare and hard to come by in good condition due to aging. Then the whole shtick with limited releases came during the mid 2000s with Nike SB and the Air Force Fad. Nike has become a very gimmicky company since then.
Nike became a huge brand because it was ahead of the curve in terms of design and products. And that's the reason people began collecting it in the first place, not because somebody on the internet thinks you're cool or because you wanna impress your classmates.
Unfortunately I have to agree with you on one part, even though you didn't phrase it that way - people are scumbags. And those tend to to be stubborn and not go away quickly.