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Those deserve to be resold and I will happily try to.
THE OFFICIAL AIR MAX 1 THREAD
- Thread in 'Nike Retro' Thread starter Started by elcerrito91,
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More disturbed with Nike allowing the nonsense with neck beard, more so than neck beard himself. Neck beard is just another carbon copy culture vulture.
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lol, some real hate in here... look, the game is the game, that's with anything, reselling is a part of our consumer lives ...even with artwork, it's only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. you can't be mad @ the next man because he figured out a way to finesse a bag from one of the biggest companies of all time, & when you watch round two, you can tell he does have a real passion for vintage gear. mans getting it in every way possible, even using his own shoes as leverage to negotiate deals on buying supreme for his shop. if it's legal i can't hate on the next man for making his dollar, even if it sucks because i gotta shell out more, that's the game. i see a lot of use of the term "culture vulture" here, & while i am pro black all the way, can someone explain why you think he's a culture vulture in this sense?
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If Patterson gets his eligibility this year Michigan is going to shock a lot of people. Go Blue!
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I think it’s this instance their saying he’s a culture of the sneaker culture, not black culture. If I’m wrong someone lemme know.
AirLoMax614
formerly baconandjordans
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Relax before folks in here come for you for reselling.
AirLoMax614
formerly baconandjordans
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They gonna shock everyone but my Buckeyes. We still running through them
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Crappy pic but my ids finally arrived, looooove this new shape of these ids. Definitely making more in the future
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That's not what I'm criticizing - what I'm criticizing mostly is the way this particular poll went. They should have at least produced as many sneakers as people who voted in the poll in favor for these sneakers.
Also while we are talking economics - artificially limiting stock is neither a long-term model for financial success (obviously - low stock, low revenue), nor for an item to become a genuine collectors item. Just ask Marvel Comics during the 90s when the comic book collector fad broke out. Now you have a lot of "limited edition" prints flying around for a fraction of the price since eventually customers caught wind of the ********.
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ah, gotcha ...so why not blame shoe manufacturers instead of the small guy... in comparison he's raking in pennies compared to nike & hasn't reselling always been a part of the culture, so why when he does it better than others, is he to blame for utilizing his resources, lol?
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and thats a fact, jack!!!
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Everybody has a part in the whole thing sucking, it's a cycle - The big company for artificially limiting sneakers, resellers for extorting customers, customers for giving in to resell prices and mostly craving shoes that are being marketed as limited by the company, leading to the company artificially limiting stock again.
EDIT: just one part of that cycle needs to stop to break it. It's usually the customers that lose interest after a while.
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I definitely blame Nike more than the neckbeard. I don't particularly like the way he carries himself or his business and his sneaker taste is certainly different than mine but I watched an interview where he talks about how the collab came about and the process behind the design and he seems to have a genuine love for sneakers. He was given an opportunity that none of us would turn down and designed (err.. bespoked) a shoe for himself. What's a bigger problem for the 'culture' in my opinion is that now everyone wants said sneaker because Nike told you this guy is an 'influencer' and the shoes will be limited. The percentage of people aiming to cop because they actually like the product is low. People will shell out hundreds of dollars to participate in what they perceive as sneaker 'culture'. People will jump through hoops in the hopes of 'eating' or to proclaim that they 'won' because they were lucky enough to pay money for something that they otherwise wouldn't have looked twice at. But this is nothing new. It's brilliant marketing from the company that is still telling us the black/red Jordan 1 was banned by the NBA.
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One thing I like about sneakers in general is talking to people from different eras and hearing how they first developed their love for sneakers. In that regard I truly feel sorry for people that are just discovering sneakers in this era.
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i mentioned before that i'm a huge fan of vintage nike stuff, the agassi era, the old acg era, orange tag era stuff ...i stumbled upon the round two page a long time ago & thought sean was pretty passionate about his love for vintage & so i've watched ever since. i remember the episode when he & his friends designed the shoe & was in love with it since then. i don't agree with limited runs of shoes in general & i really hate raffles, bots, etc ... but these companies know that hype promotes & so that's why they keep doing it.
Smithbeentrill
formerly domosavage
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Me and Frankie are going hard for these. They’re dope but being released stupidly.
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Gonna get flamed for this but there is no evidence that he sold his Nike allocation for resale. That is 100% false and made up out of hate.
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Don't like the shoes? Don't buy the shoes. Whining on the internet is childish.
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Might not be his allocation but this is in fact evidence that he's reselling his own goods.
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It doesn't seem like reselling is the actual issue, it seems like him talking a good game and then doing a 180. Businesses usually don't say we're going to make something available for as many as possible for customers and then do the opposite without some backlash.
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Perfect summary.
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has niketalk created a discord yet? if so how I get in
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I can only imagine all the shenanigans and tomfoolery that would come with it.
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this is where i'm at with it also.
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man I didn’t mean to start some ish that would derail the thread for a couple pages but I’m just bitter this dude said one thing (“they’ll be plenty of pairs for everyone that wants them”) and in reality they’re stupid limited and only released via raffles.
I actually was hoping to score two pairs so I could take the air max 1 sole off of one and swap a 97 sole on to it ....lol I guess I was dreaming
I actually was hoping to score two pairs so I could take the air max 1 sole off of one and swap a 97 sole on to it ....lol I guess I was dreaming
