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So which version of shoetrends did you get scammed from the old school OG one or the one that came back under new management for a little then changed to deadstock shoes?
I originally found NT from shoetrends they used to have a link at the bottom of the page saying to check our friends out I believe in the early 2000's.
It was after they resurfaced, but before they changed their name.
Funny about how you mention discovering NT/shoetrends together and stuff.
I didn't even realize that I "collected" until I found NT. A couple of friends of mine who were into kicks briefly in the early late 90s/early 2000s showed me the site. And, I lurked for years before even making an account.
Back then, I played the background because even though I had lived through all of this, I had more to learn than to teach. ...I didn't realize how deep some of these people were into this. I was just a dude who liked sneakers and as I started getting money, I bought a lot of them. Even when I went into mom and pops and asked to look through their dead stock, I didn't think of myself as collecting, but rather just pursuing something I liked and going the extra mile to sport something that most dudes couldn't pull out of their closets. ...It was just about staying dipped in Lo, Faces, Nikes, Timbos, Vasques, etc.
Seeing others even further geeked out on this stuff than I was got me open and took my interest in this to the next level. NT really had a culture all to itself back then. I joined when I sensed it really starting to go downhill, in the hopes that more sensible, experienced voices could help turn the tide. No dice. It's a shame - the inmates run the asylum here now and the buffoonery that is the hobby in general reflects that.