I've definitely slowed down the past few years. Once I finally realized I can only wear Jordan's 3 days a week tops due to my job it was time. The only models I still buy religiously are the xi and iii. Another aspect is the 190+ retail price, it's just too much to be spending every few weeks. Along that line, the price has made Jordan's a bad investment. Not that I was looking to make big money off my collection, but at least i had the comfort of knowing that if I wanted to move a pair I had I was going to make a few bucks or at least break even with a ds pair. Even lightly worn pairs would be break even to losing only a few dollars. Now if I buy a pair, wear them a few times and want to move them, I'm generally out at least 40. It just shows that the msrp is too much and the market is saturated. Which leads me to a another point, there is no shoe that is a true must buy. Back in 01 - 08, you really didn't know if a shoe that was retoed would retro again. I would say the rerelease of the space name in 09 showed me that there was hope for anything to come back. Today, it's a foregone conclusion that pretty much everything will come out again in the future. If you miss a release, you can safely assume to get it next time in a few years (not including limited colabs, etc..). Another thing that soured me is the limitedness of some of the releases nowadays. Back in the LS days, I felt you at least had a chance to grab all the limited run Jordan's. Can't say the same currently. Fortunately, the vast majority of limited releases are dog crap imo, so im not missing out on much. However, it did suck to not be able to get the free throw Line 3s. Sorry for the long post, but all these reasons go into my stepping down, but not completely out of the Jordan scene.
