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I was thinking the same thing when I saw SO many DS OG 1's. Hmmmm. Interesting theory about the whole 'mentor' thing, takeflight.Originally Posted by takeflightlikemike
Has it clicked with anyone that Lu is Retired-Jordans???
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I was thinking the same thing when I saw SO many DS OG 1's. Hmmmm. Interesting theory about the whole 'mentor' thing, takeflight.Originally Posted by takeflightlikemike
Has it clicked with anyone that Lu is Retired-Jordans???
Originally Posted by takeflightlikemike
Has it clicked with anyone that Lu is Retired-Jordans??? Just look at his collection picture on Page 8... I can't think of anyone else that has or had a lineup of PRISTINE OG I'S like that...
And it's obvious that Screech has learned from Retired-Jordans, maybe as a MENTOR to him??? It's well known that Screech is young, and I do remember correcting him on one of the tags on his #23 Maroon VI's he had on Ebay awhile ago...
I'm not sure if this has been posted, I have only read the first 10 pages so far of this post... My sympathies go out to those that have been screwed by Lu...
This sucks cuz I was thinking about this too right after I posted. Once an idea has worked, someone will try to perfect it. Especially if it involves aform of bootlegging that can bring a lot of money.Originally Posted by AirUpHere23
Not that I'm happy to say this but there will always be "Lu's" out there ready to do this. In a world of billions of people, the odds are extremely high for another person to try this, although I don't like saying that. Just take a look at all the various fakes from various different factories in the world...so it's just unfortunate but people will definitely have to look out more than ever.Originally Posted by Sneakerboy13
playmaker09 agreed..
kind of scary thought... But what if this post, and all the ideas made famous by "lu", are seen by the wrong eyes and give new ideas to fake shoe distributors/"doctors" like Lu? I mean the whole idea of revamping an already authentic shoe, but changing minor details to make it a PE or sample... makes me really uneasy.
I really hope this entire post will help people look out for new levels of Fakes because theyre probably out there already or if not, they will be after this incident.
I was thinking the same thing when I saw SO many DS OG 1's. Hmmmm. Interesting theory about the whole 'mentor' thing, takeflight.
I just think this is a DEFINITE POSSIBILITY... For the legendary Retired-Jordans todissapear out of the sneaker scene the way he did... He would just have a motive to screw other collectors, somewhat of a "PAYBACK" in his mindmaybe???
The thing that gets me is the Screech said, "No one man's word is golden, I learned that from acertain RETIRED-JORDANS some time ago, so no I do not trust any one man's opinion."
Sounds like Screech looks up to Retired-Jordans, otherwise he would have never made that comment,especially in all the accusations and evidence against Screech and Lu.
And that collection picture of all the OG I's is the ICING ON THE CAKE to me... I know someone has the picture ofR-J's lineup of I's... Please post it if you have it!!!
The thing that gets me is the Screech said, "No one man's word is golden, I learned that from a certain RETIRED-JORDANS some time ago, so no I do not trust any one man's opinion."
Sounds like Screech looks up to Retired-Jordans, otherwise he would have never made that comment, especially in all the accusations and evidence against Screech and Lu.
I think he means he learned from what RJ did, not what RJ taught him personally.
Originally Posted by takeflightlikemike
The thing that gets me is the Screech said, "No one man's word is golden, I learned that from a certain RETIRED-JORDANS some time ago, so no I do not trust any one man's opinion."
Sounds like Screech looks up to Retired-Jordans, otherwise he would have never made that comment, especially in all the accusations and evidence against Screech and Lu.
Originally Posted by Phase2x
Originally Posted by takeflightlikemike
The thing that gets me is the Screech said, "No one man's word is golden, I learned that from a certain RETIRED-JORDANS some time ago, so no I do not trust any one man's opinion."
Sounds like Screech looks up to Retired-Jordans, otherwise he would have never made that comment, especially in all the accusations and evidence against Screech and Lu.
Screech does NOT look up to Retired-Jordans. I'm not sure if you remember, but Screech has always been sour about the whole black/gold Jordan OG I sample that Retired-Jordans supposedly "screwed" Screech over for (shown in the back of that picture above)...That's why Screech said "No one man's word is golden," in turn meaning that he still holds that grudge against Retired-Jordans' dishonesty.
Originally Posted by Numberr97
not sure but this pic?
Originally Posted by KicksCollective
I'm just getting into the shoe game and this post has been an eye opener for me. I work for eBay and want to offer any help that I can. The only way to make this kinda stuff stop is to make it not profitable. Although it's hard to stop that entirely eBay does have an Infringement department that deals with these types of auctions and sellers. If there are particular auctions or even better sellers like Lu that deal these shoes let me know and I can see what I can do before someone else gets screwed.
^ this is whats going down man...Originally Posted by BullsRepeat3Peat
Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32
This is crazy; can a dude get cliffnotes???
if I'm not mistaken.... it's a NT member on here who is selling "customized" PE original Jordans... He supposedly is working with this "Lu" character who works at Nike...
he pretty much takes legit OG Jordans and has "Lu" customize them at Nike to look like vintage PE's, right down to the size tags, and is making $$$ of off it on eBay fooling collectors....
he is basically re-defining the meaning of a "fake shoe".... even though they are being made at Nike with legit materials...
I might be wrong, but that's what I got out of this thread.....
Originally Posted by ghettocat
spursniperseven:
my apologies, 100% my mistake on that post a few pages back, it has been edited.
the guy posting on page one that i was reffering to......Rahjelli
he kept posting "be aware"
he already knew and apparently so did others. so why not notify the masses? The rest of us may not have been in the little "cool group" of collectors dropping thousands of dollars of pairs of shoes on the regular, but we still would have been screwed if we had decided to try and buy one of these pairs, just like anyone else.
I bought a few pairs of pe's off screech in the past through a friend and ebay. I stopped when he basically "sold" me some black/caro melo 2's and then decided it wasnt enough for them or something and refunded my money a week later. Granted, I got my money back without any problems, but my trust in this man was gone. Anytime you have your own business or work for yourself or sell ANYTHING, your word is your HONOR. Thats how I was raised and brought up. This screech character has absolutely no honor and no class at all in my book. To some people, money is the number one priority in their life, and they will screw who ever over to make an extra $1. Wheter its by selling BS items or just going back on their word and sale to sell to someone else. In the long run, it always catches up with them. I would have been a consistent buyer and made him a lot of money in the future (obviously now Im glad that didnt happen), but isnt that what business is about? Make a few bucks from a guy/girl to start and get them hooked and keep making profit over and over again off that repeat buyer? This guy didnt care!
whoa... hold on a good minute, I was done posting here since I heard the appropriate people were notified (ie Nike) but I will be damned if your gonnadrag my name into any wrong doings. I "HEARD" about these shoes and yeah I've spoken to screech and Lu, Lu contacted ME one day (dont ask how hegot my email) and asked me about selling MY stuff to him, then offered me certain shoes, but never showed me pics! All I had was his word at the time on whathe had and how am I gonna think he is a fraud with that? When I first saw pics MONTHS later I didn't think they were fake at first although they weredifferent than I was used to seeing, but again, it could be some "other made for Mike" that I didnt know about, but since I only buy what I KNOW wason Mike's feet I passed. It wasnt until I started seeing tags that I figured this couldn't be... I DAMN sure never got any emails from Lu explaininghis operation and that he had factories and all this crap, so I advise you cats to leave me out of "oh why did he keep it secret" I didn't keep adamn thing secret, I heard screech was offering a few shoes to people I knew and they showed me pics and I told them stay away and told HIM they were fake, hedidn't listen... I don't watch screech and joerdans every move, I dont live on NT, I have a wife 3 kids and whats called a life, my son is only a yearyounger than screech so I tried to explain to him the deal once I saw what was going on, I went to the apparent source, he didn't listen... Then I saw thechi auction and put 2 and 2 together... he doesn't know me and I don't know him, Dill bought these shoes apparently MONTHS ago, WAY before I knewanything so you cats who don't know anything beyond this post best to put blame where blame is due, and it's not me so kindly keep my name out yourmouth.Originally Posted by ghettocat
spursniperseven:
my apologies, 100% my mistake on that post a few pages back, it has been edited.
the guy posting on page one that i was reffering to......Rahjelli
he kept posting "be aware"
he already knew and apparently so did others. so why not notify the masses? The rest of us may not have been in the little "cool group" of collectors dropping thousands of dollars of pairs of shoes on the regular, but we still would have been screwed if we had decided to try and buy one of these pairs, just like anyone else.
I bought a few pairs of pe's off screech in the past through a friend and ebay. I stopped when he basically "sold" me some black/caro melo 2's and then decided it wasnt enough for them or something and refunded my money a week later. Granted, I got my money back without any problems, but my trust in this man was gone. Anytime you have your own business or work for yourself or sell ANYTHING, your word is your HONOR. Thats how I was raised and brought up. This screech character has absolutely no honor and no class at all in my book. To some people, money is the number one priority in their life, and they will screw who ever over to make an extra $1. Wheter its by selling BS items or just going back on their word and sale to sell to someone else. In the long run, it always catches up with them. I would have been a consistent buyer and made him a lot of money in the future (obviously now Im glad that didnt happen), but isnt that what business is about? Make a few bucks from a guy/girl to start and get them hooked and keep making profit over and over again off that repeat buyer? This guy didnt care!
this is your idea of letting people know?Originally Posted by mrmar23
ill tell ya what i like the most about this auction, its the questions about "RARE" shoes.......SMH!