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14 first job called finishline back in 04 they had a size 12 white and green 4s they was only 105 so im like mom can u take me lol still got um nice and fresh
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Same shoes I started with. Well....actually, I had finally saved up enough money with my first job for the white/fire red Vs, but only had them for a week or 2 before the VIs came out, so I returned them for the black/infrareds (and therefore, don't really count the Vs). I had begged my dad to buy me a pair of AJs for years prior to getting them with my own money, but he wouldn't hear of it. It was not exactly widely accepted to pay $125+ for gym shoes back then. I had been watching a lot of MJ/bball during those prior years, too, but had never played the game myself. Wearing those shoes encouraged me to try one day, and I became obsessed with the sport ever since. I was already 16 at the time, but I made up for a lot of lost time over the next couple of years, playing hours on end in the summer, and wherever I could squeeze time in during the school year. Other than the first few weeks that I owned the VIs, I wore my Jordans strictly for basketball from that point on. New pairs were used only for indoor courts until they were too worn out to perform well. Then they'd be retired to outdoor blacktop use. I still follow this formula to this day. But the VIs will always be extra special to me because they marked the first year I could afford to buy a pair for myself, as well as the start of my relationship with hoops, which became a safe haven for me from some things I was dealing with in my life at that time.Originally Posted by FIREPOWER23
1991 Black/infrared VIs -I'd saved up to buy myself a pair of Reebok Pumps, but when I saw those Air Jordans I was blown away.
I remember this well. That's why it's so annoying when I see noobs comment about how such and such shoe "sat on shelves" back in the day, as if they weren't popular. EVERY AJ was available in abundance back then. They were so grossly mass produced that despite the huge demand, the supply always exceeded the demand. Every year, you could find the last AJs on clearance as stores tried to clear the way for the new models. This included everything considered holy grails today. The only time I had some trouble obtaining a pair was when the black/red playoff XIs came out. Just about every store around me got one shipment of them in except for a few of the Footlockers, which got a 2nd shipment in a few days after RD. Other than that, you could still waltz into a store and snag a pair of any AJs a year after their release without a problem.Originally Posted by FIREPOWER23
The best thing about those days was that they would still have the latest Jordans for months on end until the next CW/model came out.
Yes!!! And they'd run sales often was the best part! JCPenney was the reason I got a pair of the Xs for something stupid like $55. They had them marked down to something crazy like $80 fairly soon after they were released, and back then, SportMart had something like a 150% price guarantee. So after they called to verify the price at Penney's, they were forced to sell it to me for around $55. Honestly, I'm glad that's all I paid for them because they were the biggest piles of crap I ever stepped in. Took like 3 or 4 months for them to be useless on the court vs. the 8 - 12 months every pair of AJs prior to that lasted me.Originally Posted by PanaRicanRetro
First pair was the OG playoff VII's (raptors, I guess). Got them at JC Penny on sale cause the VIII's were already out or just about to come out, and they were like $79 or something like that. (JC Penny used to carry HEAT back in the day. Any Jordans, Pippens, Air Maxes, Barkley's could be copped there.)
Same shoes I started with. Well....actually, I had finally saved up enough money with my first job for the white/fire red Vs, but only had them for a week or 2 before the VIs came out, so I returned them for the black/infrareds (and therefore, don't really count the Vs). I had begged my dad to buy me a pair of AJs for years prior to getting them with my own money, but he wouldn't hear of it. It was not exactly widely accepted to pay $125+ for gym shoes back then. I had been watching a lot of MJ/bball during those prior years, too, but had never played the game myself. Wearing those shoes encouraged me to try one day, and I became obsessed with the sport ever since. I was already 16 at the time, but I made up for a lot of lost time over the next couple of years, playing hours on end in the summer, and wherever I could squeeze time in during the school year. Other than the first few weeks that I owned the VIs, I wore my Jordans strictly for basketball from that point on. New pairs were used only for indoor courts until they were too worn out to perform well. Then they'd be retired to outdoor blacktop use. I still follow this formula to this day. But the VIs will always be extra special to me because they marked the first year I could afford to buy a pair for myself, as well as the start of my relationship with hoops, which became a safe haven for me from some things I was dealing with in my life at that time.Originally Posted by FIREPOWER23
1991 Black/infrared VIs -I'd saved up to buy myself a pair of Reebok Pumps, but when I saw those Air Jordans I was blown away.
I remember this well. That's why it's so annoying when I see noobs comment about how such and such shoe "sat on shelves" back in the day, as if they weren't popular. EVERY AJ was available in abundance back then. They were so grossly mass produced that despite the huge demand, the supply always exceeded the demand. Every year, you could find the last AJs on clearance as stores tried to clear the way for the new models. This included everything considered holy grails today. The only time I had some trouble obtaining a pair was when the black/red playoff XIs came out. Just about every store around me got one shipment of them in except for a few of the Footlockers, which got a 2nd shipment in a few days after RD. Other than that, you could still waltz into a store and snag a pair of any AJs a year after their release without a problem.Originally Posted by FIREPOWER23
The best thing about those days was that they would still have the latest Jordans for months on end until the next CW/model came out.
Yes!!! And they'd run sales often was the best part! JCPenney was the reason I got a pair of the Xs for something stupid like $55. They had them marked down to something crazy like $80 fairly soon after they were released, and back then, SportMart had something like a 150% price guarantee. So after they called to verify the price at Penney's, they were forced to sell it to me for around $55. Honestly, I'm glad that's all I paid for them because they were the biggest piles of crap I ever stepped in. Took like 3 or 4 months for them to be useless on the court vs. the 8 - 12 months every pair of AJs prior to that lasted me.Originally Posted by PanaRicanRetro
First pair was the OG playoff VII's (raptors, I guess). Got them at JC Penny on sale cause the VIII's were already out or just about to come out, and they were like $79 or something like that. (JC Penny used to carry HEAT back in the day. Any Jordans, Pippens, Air Maxes, Barkley's could be copped there.)