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You gotta be a real shoe lover to cop them ugly *** maroons.
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*FIXED* and well said.And this would be heaven for me. I enjoy walking into a store on a random Tuesday afternoon and buying whatever off the shelf with no problems.
The more shoes sit on shelves the better it is for me. I don't care about the "mystique." With that said, go ahead JB, flood the market and produce half a million White Cement 4s. I wanna see them sitting on shelves and I walk into Foot Locker afternoon of release to find out they still have a full size run. I know the NT RESELLERS would hate it but I don't care.
Aqua's were def selling for $350-400, I know because I traced their value from 2009-2012 before giving up and deciding to wait till the next time they came out.
My thing is GR's are GR's. I don't understand why people are surprised that a GR is readily available. Black/Red 11's from 2012 sat and were available at every corner for about 6 months so it's not an OG colorway sitting that has you guys talking crazy.
It's all a circle jerk. Maroon 6's are gonna be an instant sell out then we're all back to talking about how unfair the sneaker game is. Why can't we enjoy the fact that one of the greatest sneakers of all time was not hard to come by? If you truly loved the aqua 8's before the hype than yesterday was a blessing. I know I was beyond elated I didn't have to go through hoops to get my pair. Very refreshing...
My thing is GR's are GR's. I don't understand why people are surprised that a GR is readily available. Black/Red 11's from 2012 sat and were available at every corner for about 6 months so it's not an OG colorway sitting that has you guys talking crazy.
It's all a circle jerk. Maroon 6's are gonna be an instant sell out then we're all back to talking about how unfair the sneaker game is. Why can't we enjoy the fact that one of the greatest sneakers of all time was not hard to come by? If you truly loved the aqua 8's before the hype than yesterday was a blessing. I know I was beyond elated I didn't have to go through hoops to get my pair. Very refreshing...
This isn't true. At. All.Black/Red 11's from 2012 sat and were available at every corner for about 6 months
Black/Red 11's from 2012 sat and were available at every corner for about 6 months........ you talking crazy fam Bred 11s flew like crazy everyone and they moms was rocking them. Those weren't still in stores June 2013. More like restocked six times.
You sound like one of those future bulk collection sellers to RIF or SS . You want a cookie for collecting dust?Well in my case I'm 35 and prefer to buy things I will acually use. I have Js just sitting in my basement collecting dust brand new. So I haven't bought jays since the concord lows came out. And today's retro price is crazy. 160 is my limit if I where to buy any more. Just my 2 cents.
You talking about the Nike cinco de mayo restock with the Concord Highs and Bred 11s2012 black red XIs had an actual 2nd release which was in March. Guys have to get your facts straight.
You talking about the Nike cinco de mayo restock with the Concord Highs and Bred 11s2012 black red XIs had an actual 2nd release which was in March. Guys have to get your facts straight.
It's because of a few things.
JB is flooding the market. We get at least 1 "hot" shoe every weekend it seems. Consumers can't keep up.
A lot of the "new" sneaker heads started to chill out because of the above. They aren't about that life.
Because of the flooding and the new price points, it's hard to keep up. A lot of people just say they want to focus on the most limited stuff. Think quality over quantity.
Quantity - JB is super producing many of these releases. It takes away from the mystique that casual buyers want. They get turned off when they buy a shoe that everyone else can just walk into the store and get all willy nilly. For $190, they want to be exclusive.
Also, the Bordeaux and the aqua 8s didn't kill it in sales when the dropped last time either. It's come full circle.
No he's talking about a second release on every site
Oh I remember now and another odd Sunday morning release with bred 11s and tuxedo lowsNaw it wasn't a restock. It was literally a rerelease. Stores got them both online and local. That really killed the resale of those XIs tho it has gone back up. Not a restock. A full release.
It's because of a few things.
JB is flooding the market. We get at least 1 "hot" shoe every weekend it seems. Consumers can't keep up.
A lot of the "new" sneaker heads started to chill out because of the above. They aren't about that life.
Because of the flooding and the new price points, it's hard to keep up. A lot of people just say they want to focus on the most limited stuff. Think quality over quantity.
Quantity - JB is super producing many of these releases. It takes away from the mystique that casual buyers want. They get turned off when they buy a shoe that everyone else can just walk into the store and get all willy nilly. For $190, they want to be exclusive.
Also, the Bordeaux and the aqua 8s didn't kill it in sales when the dropped last time either. It's come full circle.
Would add that there is some new competition in the high end market that retro Jordan's occupy which is primarily the Yeezy at the moment along with Nike's other premier players like Lebron, KD, Kyrie, and Kobe (although pains me to list Kobe there since he's a shell of what he once was).
JB's frequent price increases have driven many JB supporters away. A lot of people just can't afford to spend 190 w/o tax, $208 for me total. I paid $97 for the Aquas's in 07, this past Friday I spent $208. That's insane
Definitely not a knee jerk reaction. Pay attention to the bigger picture and you'll understand.
Chicago 1's sold out, UNC 1's sold out, laney 14's sold out, even wack chrome 6 lows sold out. Conclusion have been jumped to hard and it's because many people who purchased aquas are having buyers remorse because the shoe they just craved over for months wasn't an instant sell out. Everyone wants to be exclusive none of the Black Friday sneakers since '09 ever instantly sold out. I bought BC3's the second week of Dec back in 2011 from footaction....look at the resell price for them now.
2015 aquas will be the same way. 400+ resell this time next year
Hype overall is down, but Nike has too many aces up their sleeves to fall off completely. If they get desperate they can just do another collab with a Supreme logo slapped on it and they are back. Seems that resellers are going for limited releases only now instead of buying up every single release that comes out.