What the majority of everybody on Social Media and Online aren't recognizing, is that the demand for High OG 1's are tremendously low right now. Like I've said before, alot of colorways released this year were good colorways with super good quality, especially the Taxis.
From what i noticed, it's just alot of people peggy backing off of each other's emotions and comments to follow a specific narrative when it comes Jordan 1 Highs within this last year. The (Nike released bad colorways this year, and thats the reason why the pricing on them in the resell market is so low comments) isn't true at all.
Anybody who wants to actually wear these GR retros, just aren't spending and wasting their extra income frivolously on the resell market right now in 2022/2023, due to all of the factors that's going on in the economy. The people i personally know, aren't buying retros right now in the resell market like they were around 1 to 2 years ago.
The majority of y'all still think it's 2019 to 2021 because of what we see online, with the delusional hype of these reseller YouTube/ig videos that come out everyday. If you're watching the prices on the resell market, sellers are lowering prices on different types of shoes at the moment, because they're tired of just sitting on pairs for so long, due to people being smarter with their money.
Another problem is that alot of y'all on these message boards are seriously delusional. Because of how alot of us are strictly only into collaboration high priced reselling shoes. Of course a #30,000 to #80,000 stock release is going to command anywhere from $500.00 to $2000.00 on the aftermarket right after they're released.
Now compare that to how GR High 1's that are into #100,000 to #300,000 in stock numbers are low in the resell market (that have good quality too might i add) right now, should show you how more selective buyers are being with their money at the moment.
I can't say that the demand is dead on High 1's either, because as much as everyone online says that Nike released bad colorways this year, that's not exactly true.
Because those same 1,s sold out within minutes on release day, but the resell pricing is just low. All that shows me is that the people still want the highs to wear, but they're not going to pay resell anymore, so they're making it harder on the resellers of today. Because now the resellers are still stuck with the pandemic reselling mentality, that has them stuck with alot of pairs of retros just sitting, because people are clutching their wallets, because overspending on shoes right now isn't a priority anymore.
The people on this message board is a niche market. Alot of y'all are going to spend $400.00 + on the resell market for these L&F 1,s because of the fanatic fandom mentality of (i need all OG Colorways no mentality that stays inside of our heads).
If anything, if reselling prices stay around $400.00 pr more on these on release day, it'll be a shoe that resellers sell to other resellers or to the niche crowd like us. But the bulk of the inventory of this release will be stuck in these peoples closets for years to come.
Because by the time the market corrects itself within 2 to 3 from now, resell prices on these will be over the top because of the delusional mindset of them being worth so much just because they're a Chicago. So people still aren't going to spend on them. Because why would I want to spend $500.00 to $1500.00 on any shoe that looks pre worn out of the box, when I want my shoes to look fresh and new when I buy them. There's other things better that I can spend that type of money on.
The majority of people just want this shoe strictly because of the OG Colorway/resell hype, not because they actually want to wear them the day of release. It's not even a good looking shoe because that vintage bs that they did to them. Deals will be had for $250.00 to $400.00, because alot of people just want this shoe to resell from what I've been seeing. I wouldn't buy in bulk, because nobody's buying like that right now, unless if you're going to send them to consignment shop. But these aren't going to fly off of the shelves in bulk straight out of StockX and Goat for $500.00 on release day like how the majority of y'all think they will.