Former Sneakerheads, What Were The Most Ridiculous Points Of Your Sneakerhead Days

[coldcity]

ILL LEGAL OPERATION wrote:

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I had nice little sneaker flippin' operation in undergrad...

...I'd buy some Air Max from the outlet valued at $150 for like $60 bucks, pop the bubble, send an email to Nike complainin', and get a voucher for $150 - I did this under different names over and over.

After a while people were payin' me to write their emails to Nike cuz I was sick with the pen, but Nike shut my whole dorm down, my homeboy's dorm acoss campus got the axe, my homegirl who let me get !#+ sent to her apartment (as long as I ordered her a Jordan jumpsuit

) got 8-6'd, and Nike even sent a nasty letter to my home address - I had a good run for two years, but it was time to stop...

...that's another reason why I gave damn near all of my kicks to my cousins - ain't like I paid for 'em. *Yeezy shrug*

And before all the ''how could you?'' or

come in, let me address that now by saying this: back then, I couldn't have possibly given less of a +@+% - I wouldn't do it again today though...

 

[yagbolz]

not much.. just bought 5 pairs of j's in a week now selling anything but the kitchen sink.. smh

 

[yagbolz]

not much.. just bought 5 pairs of j's in a week now selling anything but the kitchen sink.. smh

 

[repsupsince87]

Originally Posted by sloanboy

buying jays because people expected me to have them or to compete with others................young and dumb smh

2 THUMBS TO THAT I THINK WE ALL HAVE DONE THIS! SMH 

 

[repsupsince87]

Originally Posted by sloanboy

buying jays because people expected me to have them or to compete with others................young and dumb smh

2 THUMBS TO THAT I THINK WE ALL HAVE DONE THIS! SMH 

 

[witnesskb24]

Spending almost $4k in a span of 7 months (never paid over retail though) SMH....One day I looked at my shelf and thought "why the F*** do I have all these shoes?"

But, on the flipside, I made most of it back selling it to and still cop the new releases to make a profit from the hypebeasts willing to pay that much for new releases

 

[witnesskb24]

Spending almost $4k in a span of 7 months (never paid over retail though) SMH....One day I looked at my shelf and thought "why the F*** do I have all these shoes?"

But, on the flipside, I made most of it back selling it to and still cop the new releases to make a profit from the hypebeasts willing to pay that much for new releases

 

[crumps brother]

Originally Posted by beh235

Originally Posted by blackngold1z

Originally Posted by beh235


^ That's crazy. The most I've spent on one pair of kicks was $190 back in '02 for a pair of concords. Bought them from sneakerpimp.com. Went to dude's house one day after class to pick them no answer. I was tight. Thought dude scammed me and stole my money. I hit him up on AIM and turned out dude was a high school kid selling kicks

. Went the next day, got the kicks. I thought they were fakes at first, inspected them thoroughly right in front of dudes face lol. When I got on the train, I didn't have a bag so I was clinging on to the box like I had the case from Pulp Fiction. I still have that pair, I've only worn them about 3 times since I have them. Still in great condition. I did so knowing they would be released again to avoid headache. *Looks at Concord XI thread* I was right......

You also know you've been too into shoes when every pair you own has some sort of story behind them.

Milk carton on ewayz
Wonder if he lurks

^ I'm not even sure if dude is still into kicks anymore. I think I read something on here some years ago that he stopped with sneakerpimp and went on to something else. Either way, that was one of my greatest pickups.

he sold all but 4 or 5 pairs of his shoes before he went to college

kept his favorite pairs for a nice solid little rotation...i remember one pair being the black/volt foam pro and another the white/cement 1999 AJ IV

there was a small piece on him and sneakerpimps.com in the wall street journal once

 

[crumps brother]

Originally Posted by beh235

Originally Posted by blackngold1z

Originally Posted by beh235


^ That's crazy. The most I've spent on one pair of kicks was $190 back in '02 for a pair of concords. Bought them from sneakerpimp.com. Went to dude's house one day after class to pick them no answer. I was tight. Thought dude scammed me and stole my money. I hit him up on AIM and turned out dude was a high school kid selling kicks

. Went the next day, got the kicks. I thought they were fakes at first, inspected them thoroughly right in front of dudes face lol. When I got on the train, I didn't have a bag so I was clinging on to the box like I had the case from Pulp Fiction. I still have that pair, I've only worn them about 3 times since I have them. Still in great condition. I did so knowing they would be released again to avoid headache. *Looks at Concord XI thread* I was right......

You also know you've been too into shoes when every pair you own has some sort of story behind them.

Milk carton on ewayz
Wonder if he lurks

^ I'm not even sure if dude is still into kicks anymore. I think I read something on here some years ago that he stopped with sneakerpimp and went on to something else. Either way, that was one of my greatest pickups.

he sold all but 4 or 5 pairs of his shoes before he went to college

kept his favorite pairs for a nice solid little rotation...i remember one pair being the black/volt foam pro and another the white/cement 1999 AJ IV

there was a small piece on him and sneakerpimps.com in the wall street journal once

 

[xbiker47]

Originally Posted by AirForce1King

-Week 1: Spent $1050 on LeBron III Dunkman
  Week 2: Spent $1100 on LeBron IV Fruity Pebbles
  Week 2.5: Realized I was still staying with my mom and spending $2000+ on 2 pairs of shoes that I was NOT going to wear was ridiculous.
  Week 3: Sold III's for $1300, IV's for $1400 (I think those were the prices). $500 come up

.
  Week 3.5: Dude who sold me the kicks in the first place found out I sold them and then for more and stopped messing with me like that. Basically, he gave me a deal then I turned around and resold them. He coulda sold them for that price originally if he wanted to but he wanted to help me out. I honestly didn't mean for it to happen that way but it did and he stopped talking to me

.

-Bought 13 pairs of Jordan IV Tours on release date.

Two great sneakers

thats messed up though, you should have just sold them back to the original seller for what you paid

  

 

[xbiker47]

Originally Posted by AirForce1King

-Week 1: Spent $1050 on LeBron III Dunkman
  Week 2: Spent $1100 on LeBron IV Fruity Pebbles
  Week 2.5: Realized I was still staying with my mom and spending $2000+ on 2 pairs of shoes that I was NOT going to wear was ridiculous.
  Week 3: Sold III's for $1300, IV's for $1400 (I think those were the prices). $500 come up

.
  Week 3.5: Dude who sold me the kicks in the first place found out I sold them and then for more and stopped messing with me like that. Basically, he gave me a deal then I turned around and resold them. He coulda sold them for that price originally if he wanted to but he wanted to help me out. I honestly didn't mean for it to happen that way but it did and he stopped talking to me

.

-Bought 13 pairs of Jordan IV Tours on release date.

Two great sneakers

thats messed up though, you should have just sold them back to the original seller for what you paid

  

 

[ohdannyboy]

Originally Posted by hella handsome

Waiting a month to register for a message board.

 

[ohdannyboy]

Originally Posted by hella handsome

Waiting a month to register for a message board.

 

[Pathos]

Originally Posted by iYen

Originally Posted by ninjahood

Originally Posted by iYen

No disrespect but,
Ninjahood please chime in.

as huge as my collection is, i i fortunately have little to no "crazy" stories or ridiculous points....

you can chalk it up to me working at multiple sneaker stores that gave me da luxury of avoiding "camping out" and paying hand over foot premium prices over retail for kicks.

i never cared about SBs, so i pretty much dodge all that nonsense...

ALL da great retros from da earlier 2000's i always had set aside for me on hold so me w/ a discount= no lines.

DMPs for example i diddy bopped passed 100 people in da morning and chilled with my old boss and copped da pair incredibly easy.

da most i ever spent on sneakers was almost 500 on DS OG 96 concord XI's...which at da time was a bargin since da going rate of em was 800+

i was a pioneer around my circles for copping sneaker on ebay or da internet in general at da time, so alot of things that people consider heat now i was getting DIRT cheap.

i can pretty much say being a likable guy and networking + doing homework on things allowed me to avoid MAJOR headaches.

Perfect. 

 

[Pathos]

Originally Posted by iYen

Originally Posted by ninjahood

Originally Posted by iYen

No disrespect but,
Ninjahood please chime in.

as huge as my collection is, i i fortunately have little to no "crazy" stories or ridiculous points....

you can chalk it up to me working at multiple sneaker stores that gave me da luxury of avoiding "camping out" and paying hand over foot premium prices over retail for kicks.

i never cared about SBs, so i pretty much dodge all that nonsense...

ALL da great retros from da earlier 2000's i always had set aside for me on hold so me w/ a discount= no lines.

DMPs for example i diddy bopped passed 100 people in da morning and chilled with my old boss and copped da pair incredibly easy.

da most i ever spent on sneakers was almost 500 on DS OG 96 concord XI's...which at da time was a bargin since da going rate of em was 800+

i was a pioneer around my circles for copping sneaker on ebay or da internet in general at da time, so alot of things that people consider heat now i was getting DIRT cheap.

i can pretty much say being a likable guy and networking + doing homework on things allowed me to avoid MAJOR headaches.

Perfect. 

 

[donpoppa]

Originally Posted by SoleFanatic23

Originally Posted by donpoppa

had to be when me , pcrizzzy, and hiphawpdrunkie basically bought all the sbs when huf opened the hayes st store. we all were maxing out multiple credit cards. the people behind was were mad because it wasnt a limit to what all we could buy.

 at ballin' at huf. +%!% outta here

if you were here years ago you woulda remembered pcrizzzys pickup post thread. most of the stuff i picked up i flipped.

 

[donpoppa]

Originally Posted by SoleFanatic23

Originally Posted by donpoppa

had to be when me , pcrizzzy, and hiphawpdrunkie basically bought all the sbs when huf opened the hayes st store. we all were maxing out multiple credit cards. the people behind was were mad because it wasnt a limit to what all we could buy.

 at ballin' at huf. +%!% outta here

if you were here years ago you woulda remembered pcrizzzys pickup post thread. most of the stuff i picked up i flipped.

 

[speakup23]

I just regret buy Caro Vs and #$@*%** up my DMP's

Other than that, Im dont regret anything. What I have, I wanted.

I guess the most ridiculous thing Ive done was camp over night. I waited 12 hours in the freezing cold for DMPs and came out with to pairs. But I dont regret camping. I had fun, always got a ride home after and if it wasnt for camping, I wouldve never found out about Niketalk

 

[speakup23]

I just regret buy Caro Vs and #$@*%** up my DMP's

Other than that, Im dont regret anything. What I have, I wanted.

I guess the most ridiculous thing Ive done was camp over night. I waited 12 hours in the freezing cold for DMPs and came out with to pairs. But I dont regret camping. I had fun, always got a ride home after and if it wasnt for camping, I wouldve never found out about Niketalk

 

[geezythagreat]

spending way tooo much money

 

[geezythagreat]

spending way tooo much money

 

[blackredxiiigoat]

I'm sure there's something more ridiculous that I'm forgetting but the first thought that popped into my mind....

Making sure I bought a pair Air Raid's in each colorway just so that I could have a week my senior yr in HS where I wore a different color to school every day for a week straight.....

 

[blackredxiiigoat]

I'm sure there's something more ridiculous that I'm forgetting but the first thought that popped into my mind....

Making sure I bought a pair Air Raid's in each colorway just so that I could have a week my senior yr in HS where I wore a different color to school every day for a week straight.....

 

[theraygunz]

I regret dropping so much bread in high school but more so I regret getting rid of the following:
Sold my T19's, St. John's, Jordan Packs and '05 Infrareds for a grand total of around $400 in 2006.  
Feelsbadman to this day

Sold two pairs of Oly VII's.  One for $50 the other for $70.  

Traded my home Rayguns for:

-Maroon V's

-Black V's

-Oly VII's

-Black and red XIV's

-Lobster SB's 

-Unluckys

-Stealth XX's

I have not one pair of those anymore and it hurts.  I still have mad kicks but man o man what I would do to have all of those back.

 

[theraygunz]

I regret dropping so much bread in high school but more so I regret getting rid of the following:
Sold my T19's, St. John's, Jordan Packs and '05 Infrareds for a grand total of around $400 in 2006.  
Feelsbadman to this day

Sold two pairs of Oly VII's.  One for $50 the other for $70.  

Traded my home Rayguns for:

-Maroon V's

-Black V's

-Oly VII's

-Black and red XIV's

-Lobster SB's 

-Unluckys

-Stealth XX's

I have not one pair of those anymore and it hurts.  I still have mad kicks but man o man what I would do to have all of those back.