HOW WOULD YOU DEAL WITH A GREEDY STORE MANAGER FOR JORDAN RELEASES FROM THE INSIDE?

What would you do if a connect you have faihfully supported gets greedy and raises prices at will and basically starts re-selling out of the store?

  • I'm the Rico character from the movie Belly. I'm snitching, i'd have to drop a dime on that ******

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  • I'd find another connect first, pay them, then call corporate and set him/her up.

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  • It's not worth making someone lose their job, but if you get greedy then you deserve to be employed

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  • This ain't scarface or american gangster, if your bold enough to raise prices on your buyers without

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If its such a common practice in your city for managers to sell under the table like u say u shouldn't have a problem finding another manager at another store to hook u up. Snitching on her so she loses her job is messed up since she was the one hooking u up and like others have said u contributed to her greed...just stop putting money in her pocket that's tge ethical thing to do in an unethical situation
 
I got shady managers where im at too and sometimes u just gotta take an l and move on to the next release. I personally wont pay over$200 for any shoe if im buying from a reseller but thats just me personally.
 
U keep talking bout greed but you're the one buying all these shoes and not giving a legitimate chance for the next cat cop...
 
If its such a common practice in your city for managers to sell under the table like u say u shouldn't have a problem finding another manager at another store to hook u up. Snitching on her so she loses her job is messed up since she was the one hooking u up and like others have said u contributed to her greed...just stop putting money in her pocket that's tge ethical thing to do in an unethical situation
Only problem is everyone has their circles....and each spot has their people easier said than done.  You aren't just gonna leave one spot and show up at another with 15-20 people with everyone getting their kicks.... its like street life and everyone has their territory.  On the streets when suppliers go up dealers take the hit and they pass it on to buyers.  In this case no price is going up... its straight Greed... which changes the rules.
 
U keep talking bout greed but you're the one buying all these shoes and not giving a legitimate chance for the next cat cop...
Maybe you misread my post.... I buy my pairs for me and my family the other dudes buy their pairs for the same.  Their is nothing legit anymore.  These are not resellers buying shoes to resell.  During the Gamma release one store had 30 pair of XI left over.  The store manager took all the pairs to resell didn't even allow his own employees to buy any pairs.  Its real out here no one even know how crazy it really is......
 
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Truth is im doing nothing illegal.  I am not violating any policies nor am I in any sort of jeopardy if something goes down.  I have solid proof, copies of the tickets and its an open and shut case.  Don't want to make someone lose their job... and time does equal money, but I despise greed.  GREED is not only a bad thing.... it has cost many people their jobs, familes, lives, and has brought down multi billion dollar corporations.  

Did you see what happened to nike suing those guys who stole samples..... they want all the money from the sales of them not just the 20-30 dollar value of each shoe. 

Truth is the tickets she is selling belong to the company.  The shoes belong to the company.  She is profiting of the company at their expense.  We all know this...

The company can do nothing to me I paid for every pair of shoes... I have every single receipt.  The buyer always has the power... but their is no place for greed unless you want a new career.  Many managers before her and even now are being fired for the same thing... and she takes her loyal customers and tries to rape then..... sad thing is I bet it's the person who only usually buys one pair who gets mad and snitches....not the guys buying 2 or 3 pair.
I'm not saying that you're doing something LITERALLY illegal.  It may be completely legal, but its unethical, and her leverage does not come from here.

Her leverage comes from having access to the shoes.

However, she IS doing something against the company policy, and if caught, she will lose her job. THIS IS YOUR LEVERAGE.

I feel like you're reiterating most of what I said. Like I said, if you have proof, use it to your advantage.

If you dont want to make her lose her job, then just walk away and find the pairs elsewhere.

If you want to do something about it, then step up. Like you said, THE BUYER ALWAYS HAS THE POWER, but looks like someone needs a reminder.

If she makes unhappy customers, its a lose-lose situation where she potentially loses her job and your (along with many others) connection is severed.

If you are able to talk reasons with her and agree on a price, then its a win-win: she gets rich and you get your pairs without wasting time.

She keeps increasing the price because she feels that she has nothing to lose and she can get away with this. REMIND HER THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

She has more to lose than you do. With the lose-lose situation, youll have to go back to how most people cop pairs; get in line, get raffles, try online, etc, until you find another connect, which Im sure you will. On the other hand, she will lose her job, and the time it takes her to find another one will be a lot longer than it takes you to find another connect.

You both have leverage, but I think that yours is a bigger one. You just need to use it right.

Im not saying that you have to get up on her face and threaten her, but reason with her and enlighten her that there is absolutely no benefit (but possible harm) in losing a customer.

If she still cant get that through her thick head, then I would have the company tell her by firing her.

On the side note, GREED IS NOT BAD.

Sure it can lose people billions of dollars, but ITS WHAT GOT THEM THAT MONEY IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Youre being greedy by trying to cop every pair you want,

Youre being greedy by just being in the shoe game.

If you werent, then a roof over your head and food in your mouth would suffice. (Dont take it literally... you get the point)
 
Shocking story OP. I knew shady stuff went down but I didn't think Store Managers were that greedy. $40 to guarantee your size already seems extreme, especially for a GRs that are easily obtainable online. No disrespect, but have you not tried to cop your size online? Most online retailers stock a size 14. Even sites like Nike, which use to be impossible to buy from, has been better with the captcha requirement to add product to cart. I would not give that shady manager another dime of your hard earn money. She took your business for granted and will eventually be expose in the long run.
 
In between us buying for ourselves, sons and/or daughters, and sometimes wives we buy anywhere between 20-30 shoes a release depending on the release and have been doing it for a while since last year.  None of our buying is for resell purposes, only to get our sz as most of us are sz 11.5 and up which are extremely hard to get.  

20-30 shoes per release? You buying for like 5 families at once? lol
 
we had a local shop here in torrance in the del amo mall called salvatory. They were around for a long time and never was shady until the bred 11s and he tried to sell them for $400 a pair hahaha. Can you guess what happened? Well looks like all the regular customers weren't too happy about that and dimed him out to Nike and they pulled his account.

Not too long after they closed shop.

Its all about proper business etiquette. We always keep our customers happy here at Civil. 
 
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Just be thankful you have a connect.
A connect bending you over is still a connect and if you don't like the way she is
operating then grab a chair and join the line out front like all us folk that don't have a connect.

SMFH.
 
Wow! I lost my connect as well.....but I NEVER PAID. My first connect at footlocker started to do that charge for winning raffles, but I said no to that! Defintely not at $100. I used to give both connects $20-40 just to say thank you anyway. My second connect moved......
 
learn to cop online, you'll be much happier...all that money and time saved can be used for your family
 
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