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Whats worse is guys who price their worn shoes for Flight Club prices. You really think your suede fading Raptor 7 from 02 is worth 400?
Do People Not Know What DEADSTOCK Means These Days? VOL Rant Thread
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You two are both %*@+$%##Originally Posted by swishasweets
Originally Posted by Oh YoU MaD
Looking back at one of my first deals, I did this dude mad dirty. I had a pair of BRAND NEW NEVER LACED OG 1996 Blk/Red Jordan 11s.
I threw them on ISS with a high price to "Test the waters" I really didnt want to sell them at the time but some dude came at me with a great offer I couldn't pass up. The dude paid me and
the next day I wore them joints to school (junior year high school) swag on a hunnid
Got home cleaned the bottoms thoroughly, unlaced them like they did back in the day, put em in
a big zip lock bag double boxed etc.. and mailed them out. Dude left a positive when he got em
I remember buying a pair of beat up 03 Cement 3's for 100 and painting the midsole really nicely and cleaning the shoe thoroughly. Ended up selling them for 235. So before any Captain-save- a shoe comes through with the stone face, I gotta be honest and admit I've done some grimy things too.
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oh hell nah. One time only FOH lolOriginally Posted by Quincy Powell
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People know what ds means.. they are liars though..
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You guys saying unlacing that crappy factory lace job makes the shoes not deadstock are out of your minds. How does that affect ANYTHING about the value/condition of a shoe, or whether it's worn or not? It releases an unnatural tension that is deforming your precious shoes. Some of y'all are way OCD on this stuff. What's next? If the paper in the box is moved around because somebody took the shoe out to inspect it, that makes it NDS? What about display models?
If a shoe hasn't been worn outside, and there are zero signs of it being worn (i.e. dirt on the soles, creasing, etc.), it's deadstock to me. If there's not any outward sign of wear, how on earth can you guys even tell something has been tried on or not?
If we're gonna get technical about the term "deadstock," the sneaker culture has taken it and given it new meaning. That word was initially used to describe items that were no longer being manufactured. Stores had lots of dead stock in their basement because they couldn't move it. Somewhere along the line, we took it and changed its meaning to represent something that was "brand new."
Peace,
J
If a shoe hasn't been worn outside, and there are zero signs of it being worn (i.e. dirt on the soles, creasing, etc.), it's deadstock to me. If there's not any outward sign of wear, how on earth can you guys even tell something has been tried on or not?
If we're gonna get technical about the term "deadstock," the sneaker culture has taken it and given it new meaning. That word was initially used to describe items that were no longer being manufactured. Stores had lots of dead stock in their basement because they couldn't move it. Somewhere along the line, we took it and changed its meaning to represent something that was "brand new."
Peace,
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Wow....
Have you guys ever had that seller that says something like "I've only worn these a couple times" then you pm him and find out that he bought them from someone else and he doesn't even know how many times the previous owner wore it.
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Originally Posted by Quincy Powell
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People have a BAD habit of this. Just Be honest instead. I remember seeing a thread in the buy/sell forum....
I usually wouldn't call the person out, but when I pointed it out... Dude got EXTREMELY HOT, and started talking reckless. (Kien)
Homie had the all black foamposites, and in the picture u could clearly see the soles were wet, and he didn't even get all the dirt out of the grooves.
Dude had em advertised as "Deadstock"... when u could see they had been worn. The worst part is that dude had the nerve to RE- factory lace them, like they had never been untied. When I called him out he blew up. After a few replies from other members.. He said "it was a mistake I meant to put VNDS" which was obviously a lie. Who wears shoes factory laced?? Not one person on the planet.
I usually wouldn't call the person out, but when I pointed it out... Dude got EXTREMELY HOT, and started talking reckless. (Kien)
Homie had the all black foamposites, and in the picture u could clearly see the soles were wet, and he didn't even get all the dirt out of the grooves.
Dude had em advertised as "Deadstock"... when u could see they had been worn. The worst part is that dude had the nerve to RE- factory lace them, like they had never been untied. When I called him out he blew up. After a few replies from other members.. He said "it was a mistake I meant to put VNDS" which was obviously a lie. Who wears shoes factory laced?? Not one person on the planet.
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Lol at those XIs -worn one time ....to run a marathon!
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I take my pics, u buy them, i gurantee you will like them better than they were pictured. Recently had a guy be so happy cause my shoes were better than they were pictured.
BTW, the number of times they are wore don't mean squat. IF I wear a shoe once but walk for 2 miles on the streets of NY, does that make them still NDS?
BTW, the number of times they are wore don't mean squat. IF I wear a shoe once but walk for 2 miles on the streets of NY, does that make them still NDS?
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Ask for Hi-Res pictures? Photos > VNDS/DS/Worn once/etc.
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Man Idc if I tried on the shoes...on carpet of course and if they are unlaced
so what
Am I really gonna put vnds or worn? ......no...makes no sense
Now actually wearing them around the house or to chill like once and claiming DS.....that's fraud
so what
Am I really gonna put vnds or worn? ......no...makes no sense
Now actually wearing them around the house or to chill like once and claiming DS.....that's fraud
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I hate theses terms you shoes are either new or they arent. This VNDS crap is annoying or the VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVNDS. I wont deal with people that post that stuff
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Over @ I$$ "NDS" used to mean "mowing the lawn shoes"
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Originally Posted by Wesley813
Quincy Powell wrote:
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I've known people who use deadstock to refer to shoes that are no longer in stock. I've heard it used both ways.
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USC sucks.
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I agree to an extent, but this is just silly. You're telling me that if you walk into a sneaker store and pick up a shoe and it's not the day of release (example- if I went to get a pair of Dunkman Lebron 9's right now) and I buy a pair that a few other people have tried on, they would or wouldn't be deadstock? Furthermore, how would you even know what's been tried on and what hasn't? I'm willing to be a ton of the "DS" kicks in your collection have had a number of other people's feet in them.
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Deadstock is one of the biggest misnomers with regard to sneakers. The actual definition really was linked back to early Eastbay when older shoes would be listed as a "Discontinued Style".
What people claim to be deadstock should really be either NWT - never worn or tried, or BNIB - brand new in box. NDS is the most subjective term you can use when describing a shoe's condition also.
What people claim to be deadstock should really be either NWT - never worn or tried, or BNIB - brand new in box. NDS is the most subjective term you can use when describing a shoe's condition also.
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the irony of your post to include the word "deadstock", and it seems like you don't know the meaning of it yourself.
what you really mean to rant on is the fact that the shoes are supposed to be "unworn, straight out the factory, no one's non-virgin feet has penetrated the insoles, etc."
seriously, the word deadstock doesn't even apply to your post unless the shoes were tucked away for years and isn't available to the mass public anymore.
what you really mean to rant on is the fact that the shoes are supposed to be "unworn, straight out the factory, no one's non-virgin feet has penetrated the insoles, etc."
seriously, the word deadstock doesn't even apply to your post unless the shoes were tucked away for years and isn't available to the mass public anymore.
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Originally Posted by bonafide125
Originally Posted by Wesley813
Quincy Powell wrote:
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Originally Posted by Oh YoU MaD
Over @ I$$ "NDS" used to mean "mowing the lawn shoes"
Still does...
Oh YoU MaD - Yeah, I would be mad if I got my hands on those 11s. haha
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Damn at the 11s posted looks like the shoes were extra 2small and he wore them as slippers