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AJVI Infrared Pack *OFFICIAL THREAD* NO BUYING/SELLING/TRADING/SPLITTING!
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isn' it why we buy retros in da first place? to have exactly what mike was rocking 19 years ago?
i got my pack, i love em...wish da blacks were durabuck, and thats basically it...people who got varsity reds are salty that these are getting so
much more attention "over a shade of red", meanwhile ya should just be happy wit da retro + pairs ya copped and leave people who copped da
pack alone.
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calm down fong
in my opinion, v reds are better than these. in terms of PRICE
quality wise, theyre the same crap
forget the damn shade of red.
if i really wanted these, i coulda bought the blk/v red pair for 50% off at footlocker, making them $75. and the white/ v red pair for around 110 with the 30% off at footlocker, but i heard theres a 50% off sale coming next week at Footlocker, so, i woulda paid around 170 with tax included for both v red pairs.
just my opinion, how i woulda done it
and if i was still concerned about the shade of red, i woulda bought that $5 marker from Michael's that they made a thread for in this forum and the shades of red woulda been damn near the same
again, these are just my thoughts.
i dont buy into that crap by JB these days
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My question is how many unsold packs are people sitting on
here is a great resell rule i used to follow
only buy your own size or half size up or down
so if you get stuck at least you can wear the shoes if you cant sell them
here is a great resell rule i used to follow
only buy your own size or half size up or down
so if you get stuck at least you can wear the shoes if you cant sell them
jordan freak xi
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None for me bought 4 total 2 to sell and sold them on Ebay
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Originally Posted by ninjahood
isn' it why we buy retros in da first place? to have exactly what mike was rocking 19 years ago?
i got my pack, i love em...wish da blacks were durabuck, and thats basically it...people who got varsity reds are salty that these are getting so
much more attention "over a shade of red", meanwhile ya should just be happy wit da retro + pairs ya copped and leave people who copped da
pack alone.
agree. 10-15 years from now, the new generation will wish they got the chance to get this pack while i stll have ms DS pair in my closet. lol
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evryone stated v-reds both black AND white are similar..but not the same...evryone also knos that this release in terms of quality was on point...wat crap v reds u talkin bout?Originally Posted by malibusfinest310
calm down fong
in my opinion, v reds are better than these. in terms of PRICE
quality wise, theyre the same crap
forget the damn shade of red.
if i really wanted these, i coulda bought the blk/v red pair for 50% off at footlocker, making them $75. and the white/ v red pair for around 110 with the 30% off at footlocker, but i heard theres a 50% off sale coming next week at Footlocker, so, i woulda paid around 170 with tax included for both v red pairs.
just my opinion, how i woulda done it
and if i was still concerned about the shade of red, i woulda bought that $5 marker from Michael's that they made a thread for in this forum and the shades of red woulda been damn near the same
again, these are just my thoughts.
i dont buy into that crap by JB these days
even if u did get the v-reds n color em u still aint got the infrareds. i c it as a altered v-red look-alike infrared...but not infrared...
anyway imo severely altered shoes to try to make a shoe look like sumthng u missed out on is border line fake. u basically got the next best thng n altered it to look like wat u missed
now i can see if u experimenting with sumthn JB didnt put on the shoe like 3M or a completely new CW like the night vision 6's...but its like gettin cements and colorin em true blue...tho difficult its possible... its dumb. the shade of red makes these wat they are hence the name "infrared pack"
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no lie, i had a hard time understanding this
i understood the coloring the red part, but i wouldnt do it. id be happy with v reds.
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lol than u prolly got my point...my bad for the rushed english
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honestly copping Vreds would have been settling for me. i don't like settling when it comes to my sneaker game.
The Infrareds was what i wanted and that's what i got.
I agree with ninjahood for the most part.
Infrared > True Red > Varsity Red > Fire Red
The Infrareds was what i wanted and that's what i got.
I agree with ninjahood for the most part.
Infrared > True Red > Varsity Red > Fire Red
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to sum this thread up real quick, Varsity reds SUCK, Infrareds OWN!
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Originally Posted by mikecabrera
It'd be scary to think what the demand would've been if the black/infrared was made with Durabuck.
I'm sure JB will save these for a big release at some point in the future. The 20th or 25th ann. of the 1st champ, maybe?
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Actually I didn't buy the VR nor the pack.Originally Posted by ninjahood
isn' it why we buy retros in da first place? to have exactly what mike was rocking 19 years ago?
i got my pack, i love em...wish da blacks were durabuck, and thats basically it...people who got varsity reds are salty that these are getting so
much more attention "over a shade of red", meanwhile ya should just be happy wit da retro + pairs ya copped and leave people who copped da
pack alone.
And if I'm salty, it's not towards anyone who bought the pack.
It's at JB for making this good business move of releasing essentially the same shoes in a 6-month span to increase profits with the same bad materials.
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lol this pack aint that bad
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For those who purchased at retail, approx what was your total w/ taxes?
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Latest day-by-day update on late order placed on FNL after noticing sizes 8.5 and 11 still in my cart on 6/25/10:
- Friday 6/25/10 - Successful Check Out, Order Placed; Confirmation Number Emailed
- Saturday 6/26/10 - Status: Processing
- Sunday 6/27/10 - Status: Processing
- Monday 6/28/10 - Status: Processing
- Tuesday 6/29/10 - Status: Processing
- Wednesday 6/30/10 - Shipment Confirmation email received with actual UPS tracking number. (Website status still says 'Processing')
- Thursday 7/1/10 - Status: Partially Shipped (UPS tracking number received for size 8.5 pair. Shipping from Austin, TX; Size 11 pair's status: Processing)
- Friday 7/2/10 - Status: Partially Shipped (Size 8.5 shipped; Size 11 still processing)
- (HOLIDAY WEEKEND)
- Monday 7/5/10 - Status: Partially Shipped (Size 8.5 shipped; Size 11 still processing)
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I purchased mine online, but California sales tax is 9.75% so anyone purchasing them at retail where I live would've paid $340.21 total ($309.99 retail + $30.22 tax)
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i cop my packs with discount x4 they came out each 236.00 something i think so
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Congrats to all that copp and good luck to all that's still hunting for them.
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I decided to break it down to see what resellers were making on the pack. This is factored with Buy-It-Now fees and considering the ending price of $400. (We all know they do not end at $400 anymore. They are ending at an average from $345 to approximately $375 as of 7/5/10) This does not also factor in the costs of shipping (possibly buying a box to ship these) and costs of gas to post office/UPS etc.
I included two ending scenerios if a buyer were to receive $400 or $375 ending auction prices. The results are as follows.
CONCLUSION: Basically, anyone who resold these at $400 didn't even make a $10 profit after putting all the work into this. Anyone who sold it at $375 incurred a loss of almost $13. All resellers who are sellling for less than $375 are taking more worse losses. Congrats to those individuals! They got OWNED by their own greed.
I included two ending scenerios if a buyer were to receive $400 or $375 ending auction prices. The results are as follows.
CONCLUSION: Basically, anyone who resold these at $400 didn't even make a $10 profit after putting all the work into this. Anyone who sold it at $375 incurred a loss of almost $13. All resellers who are sellling for less than $375 are taking more worse losses. Congrats to those individuals! They got OWNED by their own greed.
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im in GA ...309.99
+18.60 sales tax
total 328.59
+18.60 sales tax
total 328.59
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epic!!! ^^^^ Im all for the guy that gets his size and maybe one more to flip for a rainy day... but the thing
that really irks me (and everyone else im sure) are the people that go and buy out whole stock... To all you
who are sitting on 5 or more packs I hope it ends up working out for you guys but as of right now all I can say is OUCH :/
that really irks me (and everyone else im sure) are the people that go and buy out whole stock... To all you
who are sitting on 5 or more packs I hope it ends up working out for you guys but as of right now all I can say is OUCH :/
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that's what i don't get. how are these bad materials?
we got 2 threads now, "how are your v-red black vi's holding up?", withdozens and dozens of posts claiming that since they dropped in january,there's been no problems with the nubuck used on the blacks. they cleanoff easy, no fading, still look black, don't turn grey like durabuck, don't have wrinkles like durabuck, haven't been creasing, manyclaim they still look DS after 30+ wears...
the whites in the infrared pack clearly have a thicker, better leatherthan the v-red version, and many have said they seem like they won'tcrease as easily. but time will tell.
i'm just sayin', this whole "bad materials" argument just isn't holding up right now...
sure, you might prefer durabuck, but doesn't mean that this nubuck is "bad material"... as many have said now, nubuck is actually a better material than durabuck.
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These came out in nubuck? Where?