They probably just realized how powerful they really are in the shoe game. They see that people will jump through hoops, and risk their safety and possibly lives for a pair of shoes
SomethingDunk wrote:
sz.10 only 51k! LOL
That shipping charge makes me not wanna cop doe
I know this won't happen but my idea would be that I think for big releases they should do a pre-order before they start producing, leave the pre-order up for a week or less depending on how limited you really want it, a day at the least. With this pre-order you pay immediately and you don't get your shoes until what would be the ACTUAL release date. Once the pre-order time period is done, anyone who didn't get an order in is assed out. Then they make enough to fulfill those orders and send them out. This would help a few things, it would stop camping and release day violence, it would kill the resell market at least a little bit, with this they can also sell the maximum number of shoes without having to worry about making too many that will sit on shelves and not get sold thus taking away some of their (and other stores) profits.Originally Posted by nimhet
Originally Posted by debs 168
except make them even more limited.
I think they will make some major changes. Look at all the changes that have happened recently with the raffles, wristbands, no more online, shutting down the HOH releases and the twitter registering. All these changes were done recently...they have to find a way to get these shoes out without people getting hurt or riots starting. I'm guessing it will be something like the twitter registration...no camping, no crashing websites and no riots.
Originally Posted by BigC 2K1
I know this won't happen but my idea would be that I think for big releases they should do a pre-order before they start producing, leave the pre-order up for a week or less depending on how limited you really want it, a day at the least. With this pre-order you pay immediately and you don't get your shoes until what would be the ACTUAL release date. Once the pre-order time period is done, anyone who didn't get an order in is assed out. Then they make enough to fulfill those orders and send them out. This would help a few things, it would stop camping and release day violence, it would kill the resell market at least a little bit, with this they can also sell the maximum number of shoes without having to worry about making too many that will sit on shelves and not get sold thus taking away some of their (and other stores) profits.Originally Posted by nimhet
Originally Posted by debs 168
except make them even more limited.
I think they will make some major changes. Look at all the changes that have happened recently with the raffles, wristbands, no more online, shutting down the HOH releases and the twitter registering. All these changes were done recently...they have to find a way to get these shoes out without people getting hurt or riots starting. I'm guessing it will be something like the twitter registration...no camping, no crashing websites and no riots.
Just my thoughts/ideas. I know chances of this ever happening is slimmer than any of us getting these Foams and if by some miracle someone from Nike does see this chances would be even slimmer that something like this would be implemented, but hey, I figured I'd throw it out there, I think it would help curb a ton of these issues.
But as I stated earlier, I really do think that if Nike is going to continue down this path, they should be held accountable for some of the chaos that they cause.
Originally Posted by Jonbx5
i actually thought for a split second that the hoh orlando release was gonna be organized and ready for this madness once i heard that nike supposedly came in and tookover
then i hear the security guard telling us (500+ ppl at the time) to form a single file line
u had 15 random lines with dudes standing in the middle of the %#$+*%+ street at one point
there was people hiding on trees
Originally Posted by Jonbx5
Originally Posted by Jonbx5
i actually thought for a split second that the hoh orlando release was gonna be organized and ready for this madness once i heard that nike supposedly came in and tookover
then i hear the security guard telling us (500+ ppl at the time) to form a single file line
u had 15 random lines with dudes standing in the middle of the %#$+*%+ street at one point
there was people hiding on trees
sooo.. this means.... still a chance
