I honestly blame the current market value of Space Jams on the Concords. Space Jams were going for $300-350 2010-2011. Then the Concords dropped and it made people thirsty for 11s. I was looking for another pair of Space Jams in 2011 and became frustrated cuz people kept charging $400-450. I eventually found an NTer with some sense and bought for $330 shipped around late 2011.
I saw DS Cool Greys all day for $240-260 2011-2012. I remember being frustrated because I was looking for another pair of Space Jams and couldn't find them for that price but I kept seeing Cool Greys.
I saw Breds all day for $280-300.
Concords were going for 300-350 first few months of release. Same trend. Once everybody got their pair, you were able to find them for $280-300. Then a few years later once everybody beat their pairs and grey markets started hitting the market, retail pairs shot up in price.
Yeah, I'm going by NT B/S forum, which is how I got my Space Jams for $330.
I saw DS Cool Greys all day for $240-260 2011-2012. I remember being frustrated because I was looking for another pair of Space Jams and couldn't find them for that price but I kept seeing Cool Greys.
I saw Breds all day for $280-300.
Concords were going for 300-350 first few months of release. Same trend. Once everybody got their pair, you were able to find them for $280-300. Then a few years later once everybody beat their pairs and grey markets started hitting the market, retail pairs shot up in price.
this is also why JB keeps raising the prices each year because the general public are willing to buy at 300-400 range.
Also the resellers my friend, they're a factor too.
true
resellers would not exist without the consumer need. They wouldnt sell a shoe for twice the price if no one would buy but you know how it really goes. Tbh resellers don't deserve all of the blame, except when they snatch up all the pairs online and do that backdoor ish n store
resellers arent the problem, its 100% the thirsty **** consumer who cant miss a release and sit back until they can cop what they want for retail, if more people missed out and didnt pay resell then we wouldnt have resellers because the market would dry up and then we can get ours for retail or barely above from resellers sitting on product. the thirst is real
Its coming. Oversupply of sneakers will cause the culture to look else where for footwear.
i love sensible posts like this........sadly the thirsty consumer is a lost cause, all they do is find a dumb excuse to validate their thirst
Smooth.
The day my homie and I went up to the mall too pick up our 4 pairs each, we walked over to Champs so my homie could get an infant sz and everyone was tripping in the store especially the Champs employees. It was like past 11 a.m the day of the concord release and all pairs were all sold out but little did they know i had the FTA hook up and still do to where the manager would call me 1-2 weeks in advance and let us come pick our pairs out and pay with gift card. So on all release days I would just go in when all the chaos was gone walk in and out just like that.
yeah and most of us are guilty on going above and beyond on resale for a certain shoe but people who do it each and every release are killing it for everyone
Some people would spend almost $300 on a GR that is still in some stores.
