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Zoom Kobe “Prelude” Pack" NO EL/BOT talk. **POLL ADDED ON PAGE 1**
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You sound like you're taking this personally...
Again, I'm only speculating... To say shadiness doesn't go on there (or hasn't) would be idiotic on my part... I think we all know its happened...
But to just assume everyone is in on it, and FSR's are sliding out the back door and Nike doesn't care or monitor them is NAIVE AF on yaws part....
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I address the "everyone" part in my first response to you. You chose to ignore it. You asked me for proof and I provided pics including receipts and you are just saying you are playing devils advocate which is really you making excuses for them. I have no reason NOT to feel the way I feel about that store. Its common knowledge that that store runs dirty dealing when it comes to RSVP releases.
They also do things like turn off mobile notifications during tweets for RSVPs. ive seen it happen 2 confirmed times and probably more. The black foams (restock) they did it for as well as the BHM brons.
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its been confirmed that the WTBrons were presold by the manager to his boys in NY, cause the head manager was on vacation at the time
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Im making excuses for them because theres realm of possibility which could actually explain some of those pics? OK.
My bad for thinking outside the proverbial box.
I'm not choosing to ignore anything, as that pic you provide of the prelude 7's seems to be pretty good proof. A size run it is NOT however. A claim YOU made and still havent provided proof for.
But its ok. Theres shady people there WITHOUT a doubt. I can agree on that.
I also know that their twitter RSVP process (The actual tweeting, responding to DM's and sending out confirms to twitter winners) is NOT handled in house anymore. NIke Corporate handles this now. This happened in the last 5-6 months or so as evidenced by the start of all the tweets for all Nike stores going out concurrently and using the same pic/hashtag.
SIdenote: I actually won the stealth foam restock off a mobile notification Fyi... I got there 5 mins after the shortened timeframe closed and they refused to sell to me. I haven't messed with nike dc for a regular release since. At the same time, my folks that work there are good people and as much as they know im a "sneakerhead" have never offered me any RSVP or backdoor treatment. As stated before, the shadiness there is low key and managed by a select few. PEACE.
My bad for thinking outside the proverbial box.
I'm not choosing to ignore anything, as that pic you provide of the prelude 7's seems to be pretty good proof. A size run it is NOT however. A claim YOU made and still havent provided proof for.
But its ok. Theres shady people there WITHOUT a doubt. I can agree on that.
I also know that their twitter RSVP process (The actual tweeting, responding to DM's and sending out confirms to twitter winners) is NOT handled in house anymore. NIke Corporate handles this now. This happened in the last 5-6 months or so as evidenced by the start of all the tweets for all Nike stores going out concurrently and using the same pic/hashtag.
SIdenote: I actually won the stealth foam restock off a mobile notification Fyi... I got there 5 mins after the shortened timeframe closed and they refused to sell to me. I haven't messed with nike dc for a regular release since. At the same time, my folks that work there are good people and as much as they know im a "sneakerhead" have never offered me any RSVP or backdoor treatment. As stated before, the shadiness there is low key and managed by a select few. PEACE.
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ask for proof then don't accept the proof.... its like me talking to a wall and expecting a response. neither situation makes sense.
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Proof of FSR's goin out the back door at Nike DC.... I'll wait ::katt williams voice::
3 or 4 pairs aint an FSR fam... I've already acknowledged that shadiness goes on there, what more you want? lol.
Feel free to be bitter, I've accepted the cold reality at the games they play and I've found other places to cop kicks i really need.
3 or 4 pairs aint an FSR fam... I've already acknowledged that shadiness goes on there, what more you want? lol.
Feel free to be bitter, I've accepted the cold reality at the games they play and I've found other places to cop kicks i really need.
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nothing to wait for. the evidence is there for you. even
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said the WTLebrons went out the back door.dude with the FSR of kids and mens preludes on 3 consecutive releases definitely got more than enough from there.
I posted a receipt of 3 pairs on one checkout. Also proof something is wrong.
The 6 champ packs were a LARGE % of what was available and im sure more than that slide through because I know of another NT member that has his hands on their inventory.
the "ill wait" only works when you have something to wait for.
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Ive created a monster
sorry. dude completely overlooked your comment tho. im not sure what his angle is or whatever but my initial statement about nikeDC was to say that they are shady. dude called me out and asked for proof then got all petty or nickpicky when the proof wasn't verbatim.
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haha its all good, just that KS pic blew me. NTDC is past shady, might not be FSRs or every release, but id say atleast half of the pairs they get go out the back door. i also knew 3 girls who used to work there, and all i ever wanted from them was a swoosh account, but i heard they cracked down on sharing them, heard stories of people getting fired for giving them to friends, one employee stole kicks out the back then wore them to work the next day, people are always getting fired from there, new employees every month. Managers selling kicks to their friends from back home. store receipts from shoes sold at 7am when doors dont open until 10, ect.sorry. dude completely overlooked your comment tho. im not sure what his angle is or whatever but my initial statement about nikeDC was to say that they are shady. dude called me out and asked for proof then got all petty or nickpicky when the proof wasn't verbatim.Ive created a monster
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lol deadass one of my best friends who worked there told me that story. Welcome to the DMV folks
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A+++++ execution
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I've acknowledged their shadiness, i aint denying any proof.
I'm just goin verbatim off your words because that was a claim you made.
If you wanna ammend it and say many pairs go out the back door, or dudes buy 3-4 pairs at a time of limited kicks, or the RSVP process is shady, then cool I can agree with that.
Again just going off what YOU said.
And i don't have any angle as i dont work for or even shop at nike dc.
I was just clarifying that not every employee there is crooked or corrupt.
You took that as "calling you out"? Not that serious.
Carry on.
I'm just goin verbatim off your words because that was a claim you made.
If you wanna ammend it and say many pairs go out the back door, or dudes buy 3-4 pairs at a time of limited kicks, or the RSVP process is shady, then cool I can agree with that.
Again just going off what YOU said.
And i don't have any angle as i dont work for or even shop at nike dc.
I was just clarifying that not every employee there is crooked or corrupt.
You took that as "calling you out"? Not that serious.
Carry on.
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There has been shady stuff here in LA. There is always some dudes here consistently getting 10+ pairs of preludes here on CL. Another was a post on CL here in the SFvalley with a dude selling Prelude 3's the WEDNESDAY BEFORE they actually came out and there was another shady listing saying "I can get you any prelude in any size, just let me know the day before RD"
lol thanks man.
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nothing to wait for. the evidence is there for you. even
dude with the FSR of kids and mens preludes on 3 consecutive releases definitely got more than enough from there.
I posted a receipt of 3 pairs on one checkout. Also proof something is wrong.
The 6 champ packs were a LARGE % of what was available and im sure more than that slide through because I know of another NT member that has his hands on their inventory.
the "ill wait" only works when you have something to wait for.
sneakermane?
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no im not talking about sneakermane. hes not that type of dude to grab a bunch of pairs. im not disclosing either so its no use to asking.
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I know one guy I follow on twitter seems to get multiple pairs of releases from DC, had multiples of quite a few of the preludes. Never seen him get a FSR though. Also a known reseller on twitter...maybe bigj is talking about the same guy.
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I know he's not that type of guy, I asked because he gets every release and says it's easy for him.
He's a good dude word to those Kickin' it in the city vids and the whole it's Black & Red not bred vid.
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Sorry for the stupid questions , but since I live in Europe all these seem like far far away , but I have to ask cause it wont be long till we see all this taking place here
1.Cant you email Nike so they know and do sth about it ...?Or they just don't give a rat's a$% ?
2.Do the guys that get that access pay a percentage of the profit to the employees( more of a rhetorical question actually) and if so , why won't the employee sell to a relative or someone very close and just get all the profit?
3.Is there no actual way that someone can stop all that shady stuff ? Is there any meaning in complaining to Nike , since they STILL sell out ,STILL raise prices , STILL do pretty much whatever they want , even with all this crap going on?
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there is no doubt about it that in just about EVERY House of Hoops or NikeTown, there are shady employees or manager. It might be easier for those people to get away with selling backdoor or hooking friends up or holding pairs for F&F in cities where the sneaker scene is not huge. But in major cities such as NY, Cali, Chicago, DMV, Miami, etc. where the sneaker scene is pretty big, you get a lot of that shady stuff and every one knows it. If you don't got hooks up in these sneaker major cities, you're pretty much just playinng the mega millions at this point. Mercer is one of the shadiest places in NYC with the one of the best connect from Nike because they get all the limited releases and then some. I know people who are friends with some workers in Mercer told me that its gotten so bad, they have security guards and cameras now to monitor their employees.
and with the shadiness going on, there is definitely multiple pairs being sold to friends. So don't be surprised if you see a reseller with a FSR. Because they get a few guys together and each pick up 2-3 pairs per person from their connect. Theres pictures of receipts of multiple pairs from one store. We've seen pictures of 1 seller with multiple pairs and damn near FSR or FSR sometimes, they arent getting it from multiple stores. they're getting it all from one store, so don't think they're lucky by winning these raffles or anything. One of the prelude sellers i bought my 6's from, is related through marriage to a HoH employee in GSP and he was hooked up to 2-3 pairs of prelude EVERY release. But as most of us know, HoH GSP was raffle.
Another seller i bought my 7's from, had 6 pairs of prelude 7's from NTNY and Mercer, they told me their secret was their RSVP bots and they just had a bunch of people go pick them up.
and with the shadiness going on, there is definitely multiple pairs being sold to friends. So don't be surprised if you see a reseller with a FSR. Because they get a few guys together and each pick up 2-3 pairs per person from their connect. Theres pictures of receipts of multiple pairs from one store. We've seen pictures of 1 seller with multiple pairs and damn near FSR or FSR sometimes, they arent getting it from multiple stores. they're getting it all from one store, so don't think they're lucky by winning these raffles or anything. One of the prelude sellers i bought my 6's from, is related through marriage to a HoH employee in GSP and he was hooked up to 2-3 pairs of prelude EVERY release. But as most of us know, HoH GSP was raffle.
Another seller i bought my 7's from, had 6 pairs of prelude 7's from NTNY and Mercer, they told me their secret was their RSVP bots and they just had a bunch of people go pick them up.
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Got my only prelude's in today. (8's) Definitely happy with them. I wish the wtk's came with full pairs of the extra laces, the volt laces on these are
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The Prelude pack in my opinion is the BEST executed pack to ever release. I had to double up. Hands down the 5 is my favorite.
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