Air Jordan III OG Black Cement returns Feb 2018 - Nike Air on the back

[fudatskee]

first pair of J's ever. Can't wait to beat them into the ground.

 

[sneakerlover33]

Hmm, been reading a lot that SNKRS pairs have been coming with flaws. And of course I returned my 3rd pair because I thought the SNKRS pair would be better, and OF COURSE THAT ONE SOLD AT FTL 15 MINS AFTER I RETURNED THEM. I hope mine doesn't come messed up.

On another note, I see myself turning these into almost daily kicks. I wore my crimsons into the ground, and had to stop myself from wearing my powder blues too much. I'm so excited to finally have these!

 

[retroflashbacks]

I was responding to others comments about QC, I actually haven’t received either of my pairs yet so I can’t tell you.

My point was that Nike/JB are failing to instill pride in the work their factory employees are doing and/or they are not investing in training them to keep up standards. Their work is very important to the sneaker community and to MJ’s legacy, they should be proud of that.

You’ll likely never meet the people who made your SBB’s but I guarantee you, you appreciate their work if you have a pair.

That's nice and all...but I'm sure you're well aware that Nike doesn't give a crap about MJs legacy. It's a for profit company - they'll do anything to keep their margins high...which means skipping QC checks, using lower quality materials, and going to the lowest bidder who'll manufacturer the shoes. Nike knows folks will still buy at a lower quality so why would they care?

 

[sales]

Kicks crew cancelled my order.... never again.... thank god I won on SNS now I need to hunt for another pair.

Damn, when did you order from them?

 

[tarheelz07]

Kicks-File just updated the shipment from Hong Kong yesterday to New York today. I’m at VA, got a couple mores days to go.

Same man! Finally haha

 

[sonicjai]

I only have one pair. I liked this release a lot and wanted two but I legit have like 100+ kicks.. there is no point. I hope people that dont have a single pair are eating on restocks.

Lol used to be in the same boat as you but downsized so much to the point I only keep my essentials for rocking. Otherwise, would just cop a pair off resell once you beat up the current pair if I had that much inventory like you lol

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Look at companies like Walmart for instance you think those employees are happy? Their just shoes man no need “instill pride” so they can magically make them with special powers from MJ himself.

Walmart doesn’t make iconic products though. Jordan Brand retros are premium priced products with a legacy of the GOAT basketball player behind them.

Also, if these are “just shoes” why are you on an internet forum discussing them?

 

[killaking]

Damn, when did you order from them?

ordered on the 12th sz 13, they probably cancelled because they didnt want to eat the shipping.

 

[Taliban45]

man those tb3s really are stiff. tryed on those and the bc3s 1 on each foot and the bc3s got more wiggle room. to people who doubled up on these i dont blame ya.

 

[getback]

Walmart doesn’t make iconic products though. Jordan Brand retros are premium priced products with a legacy of the GOAT basketball player behind them.

Also, if these are “just shoes” why are you on an internet forum discussing them?

If you honestly think the average assembly line worker gives two damns about quality because it's a Jordan sneaker you're sadly mistaken.

 

[ady2glude707]

Walmart doesn’t make iconic products though. Jordan Brand retros are premium priced products with a legacy of the GOAT basketball player behind them.

Also, if these are “just shoes” why are you on an internet forum discussing them?

Haha bro I hope youre trolling. I wouldnt expect severly underpaid chinese factory workers to give a F about what theyre making. You want people who will give a F, have Nike change where their product is manufactured and how much the factory workers are paid. However expect to pay more for Jordans/Nikes going forward though.

 

[888sneakerst]

There are some extremely uneducated comments about manufacturing going on here, so dumb that I have to say something. Some of you guys should take a quality control class at your local junior college if you want to be a manufacturing expert. Have any of you ever tried to do something 10 times in a row exactly the same? Try it with anything. Pretty difficult. Imagine doing that hundreds of thousands of times with different people and machines that need to be calibrated. Even a Lexus LS460 that costs $110,000 can have problems. Not all of them are going to come out the same quality. You guys are complaining about manufacturing variances on $200 sneakers. The choice is to not buy them at all, return them, or live happily ever after with a tiny little variance. Quality processes are made with an estimated percentage of error. Manufacturers know they can't make them all perfect. That is why return policies exist.

Also, to assume that these factory workers would even absorb anything about Michael Jordan's legacy from 30 years ago is ridiculous. A lot of these people are separated from their families and trying to send back money so their elderly or young ones can survive. If you couldn't see your kids because you had to work far away to make money, would you care about MJ's elephant print shoes that he wore 3 decades ago? I don't think so.

 

[Deleted member 204831]

ordered on the 12th sz 13, they probably cancelled because they didnt want to eat the shipping.

They prob over sold. I ordered on the 12th with the $30 free shipping too. And they shipped mine.

 

[cobrab19]

If you honestly think the average assembly line worker gives two damns about quality because it's a Jordan sneaker you're sadly mistaken.

This

Haha bro I hope youre trolling. I wouldnt expect severly underpaid chinese factory workers to give a F about what theyre making. You want people who will give a F, have Nike change where their product is manufactured and how much the factory workers are paid. However expect to pay more for Jordans/Nikes going forward though.

He’s not trolling that’s the sad part

There are some extremely uneducated comments about manufacturing going on here, so dumb that I have to say something. Some of you guys should take a quality control class at your local junior college if you want to be a manufacturing expert. Have any of you ever tried to do something 10 times in a row exactly the same? Try it with anything. Pretty difficult. Imagine doing that hundreds of thousands of times with different people and machines that need to be calibrated. Even a Lexus LS460 that costs $110,000 can have problems. Not all of them are going to come out the same quality. You guys are complaining about manufacturing variances on $200 sneakers. The choice is to not buy them at all, return them, or live happily ever after with a tiny little variance. Quality processes are made with an estimated percentage of error. Manufacturers know they can't make them all perfect. That is why return policies exist.

Also, to assume that these factory workers would even absorb anything about Michael Jordan's legacy from 30 years ago is ridiculous. A lot of these people are separated from their families and trying to send back money so their elderly or young ones can survive. If you couldn't see your kids because you had to work far away to make money, would you care about MJ's elephant print shoes that he wore 3 decades ago? I don't think so.

Bingo

 

[killaking]

They prob over sold. I ordered on the 12th with the $30 free shipping too. And they shipped mine.

No trip gonna bid 241 on stockX with the 20off code and sit back and relax.

 

[getback]

Homie thinks the Nike factory looks like this

 

[cobrab19]

Omg if I could only rep more than once
Literally laughed out loud

 

[orangeman13]

are restocks really just returned or damaged shoes?

 

[cs02132]

damn thought it was an actual full restock but thanks for trying help people out

It says they have my size available for pickup near me. Is it true or actually OOS?

 

[jayocampo]

Homies are trippin over the smallest defects. If your **** aint ripped, scuffed, discolored, missing a jumpman, or something noticeable from first glance, just leave it alone. If y'all ain't point out the elephant print was a little higher on some pairs, I wouldn't even have noticed it. That one post from IG that had the tabs circled a couple of days ago with the caption "should I return" had defects I couldn't even see and still don't see what was wrong with it. Literally asked on here and no one was able to answer me because there was nothing wrong with it

 

[atdizzle]

It says they have my size available for pickup near me. Is it true or actually OOS?

id give it a shot.

 

[squatchnt]

They should take pride in Michael Jordan's legacy Marcus ain't over there stitching shoes

 

[Bert.]

are restocks really just returned or damaged shoes?

No

I’ve bought on restocks and my shoes were always DS and fine

Too much stupid garbage being spewed in here regarding how shoes are made, where to buy from etc etc and all this info is prob from people who just started buying shoes last year

 

[mjmoney23]

are restocks really just returned or damaged shoes?

They can be, but can also be shoes shipped out from individual stores, not the warehouse.

 

[OneNightDan]

Isn't that what they're supposed to do?

I’ve had package sat outside me gate, by the sidewalk fam. One time, I had another UPS driver smashed my packages into a mailbox. It’s a hassle!