Recent content by Faber Castell

Starting my own YT and Instagram would actually be an easier way to aquire these sneakers at retail price. I'm serious.

...and you got them for standard retail. Congratulations.

It's the same principle as antiques, comic books, cards, automobiles, etc...but instead of decorating, reading or driving said item, you wear them. It's all the same process and mindset.

It's not about one or the other. It's really about the third option, which is to opt out all together. There are people here who love the hunt, the buying and selling, the hustle. They see it as an avenue to make some money and perhaps be around something that they feel comfortable with, like...

You only take it up the *** if you choose to. It doesn't have to be that way.

So then your a collector/re-seller, similar to comics and baseball cards, back in the day.

And my opinion, people should be paying for luxury cars in cash as opposed to a 30% APR, two-year plan. But people will do that anyhow because they want the high end vehicle and the precived status that goes along with it. The more I think about the current sneaker game, I realize the only true...

Like I said before, people can spend their money how they choose. $500 is a drop in the bucket to some. But I always ask myself: "What will life be like if I don't aquire them?" This goes for any type of recreational spending. ?

The people on this board are hardcore product consumers, as I was a couple months ago. The defective Carmines and the inflated after market price of the Neutral Grey's put things in perspective. Not to mention the constant time, effort and luck it takes in trying to find these AJ1's at a...

But one can say that for everything: High fat, high carbohydrate food, strippers and prostitutes, pornography, gambling, drugs and alcohol, etc. "I'm doing it because I enjoy it." Are people really spending $500-$1000 a month on movies and concerts? People can obliviously spend their money...

I'm not going to hold you back. These are just some things to think about.

How ever you spend your money is obviously up to you. I can understand someone having this same pair in 1985 and wanting to have it again? Or perhaps a reseller looking to make $100-$200+ profit? Or maybe someone who is so rich that it won't even dent their funds? But if none of those, "what...

That's much more reasonable. If someone is single and pulling in a substantial amount of income each week, then that should be a drop in the bucket for them. But if someone is just scrapping by and has bills they haven't paid, or work that needs to be done and they drop $200-$500 on a pair of...

I knew that "I don't care what people think" would come up. That's a strong attitude to have, but the truth is ... that you do care what other people think. Everyone does whose into fashion and sneakers. The levels of self-consciousness just varies from person to person.