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stevie wonder could see this coming !!
Official Air Jordan XI Concord Release thread 12/23/11 NO BUYING/SELLING/TRADING!
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http://news.yahoo.com/flo...d-fingers-172856828.html
over a damn necklace
... becareful with these craigslist meetups ladies & gents
over a damn necklace
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All I need is one pair to wear for my birthday next week! Where my Chicago brothers at to help a brother out!
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my package still says it departed memphis, tn and hasnt updated since the 27th
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Is it just me or are some soles more blueish than others?
My boys pair from champs is way bluer than my Footaction pair.
Anyone else??
My boys pair from champs is way bluer than my Footaction pair.
Anyone else??
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My pairs from Oqium were delivered just a bit ago, and under the ups label was a receipt showing the total of my order at $90 for two pairs and 39 for shipping with a total of 129. That was nice of them to do that so customs wouldnt charge me on what I really paid, Im assuming. I apologize for calling them jerkoffs earlier, I just hadnt heard anything from them in 3 weeks, but they came through and everything was packaged nicely and shoes are flawless.
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I don't remember there ever being a line when new Jordans came out, especially the first colorway of each model since they just seemed to show up in shops in the early fall. The All Star colors would sometimes get a line since they dropped at the same time every year, but even then because it was a General Release and restocks were just a phone call away it never seemed like shops would be sold out. I know it was really easy to pick up the previous release after the new ones came out, but you'd get laughed at in school for wearing the old model thinking you were it. They didn't figure out how to really work older shoes into big sellers until the late 90s and even then some models didn't sell out that quickly.
Granted this is my memories and I live in New Orleans where we're REALLY late on getting on board with anything, Reebok Classics and Fila high tops were what everyone wore when I was in high school and these originally came out.
This. I was only 8 years old when these came out in 95, but i have older cousins who bought these on clearance. I remember when these came out again when i was in 8th grade. They came out in october of 00 and around christmas they were still sitting on shelves. I got them that christmas with no hassle really. Everyone at the time wanted the white/blue Vi's and space jams that christmas.
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smh my order from HS has been in customs since monday. I live in md. should've been here along time ago.
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Any word on when natterjacks is shipping out orders?
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You do know that promotion(aka advertisement) means billboards, flyers, poster stands, promo pics, and not just a 60 second commercial, stop thinking 1990's lol also you do not know what promotion and advertisement happened overseas. You can blame the resellers up and down until we are blue but they are doing their hustle just like any capitalist that has an opportunity to make money. Plain and simple if you do not like resellers then do not buy from them it's that simple. Now, back in '95 there was a difference in social living. There was no social network dominating back in the day and it was by word of mouth and there was more of a respect factor where like you said one or two pair is sufficient for me. 5 yrs later it starting getting strong with resellers and the demand grew and now with today's market and social networks dominating around you cannot breathe. Now can we blame twitter and facebook and even NT for causing this to happen probably yes. We caused the hysteria we caused the controversy but so what? We knew the resellers were going to go crazy over this shoe a year ago and it seems we are now surprised to see all this happen and believe me I do not think everyone here is lazy when they say I will trade you. What if they walk into a store and they have one size 13 left and you wear a size 10? Well it has come down to the point where people are risking 180 bucks to see if someone here or elsewhere would trade. Believe me I do not think they are lazy in trying to find a pair in their size its just the timing and of course the simple course of supply and demand that it has driven people here to buy overseas in countries where English is not the norm and people here have had a crash course in German, Dutch or whatever other European countries these shoes were available at.Desperate times calls for desperate measures. Do I agree with what's happening of course not but understand that some will succeed and some will not and I guess the people that do not become bitter salty and blame others for not getting what they want and that is when a person's true character is shown.
Peace
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DUnk sports in bay shore just go a re-stock!
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I had the same issue. Then I randomly decided to hit 'refresh' and found out they had shipped and were two stops closer. I hate my browser.
That was yesterday. They were delivered today. Very relieved.
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For your information, these big releases like the "Concords" DO need the hype. I know this because Jordan brand does not "instill" any hype upon the shoe when you think about it. Did you see a commercial about the Concord release? How about a billboard? Radio ad? Newspaper ad? Didn't think so. The sneaker forums and sneaker blogs (NiceKicks is just one example) create the hype all on their own. To summarize my point, the market is what decides which product does and does not need hype. You, I, and everybody else decided this shoe needed the hype when we log on to NikeTalk and talk about it, go on NiceKicks to read about it, and camp for hours to obtain it. Perfect business model, release a highly sought after product that you don't even need to pay hardly ANYTHING in advertising for and it still sells out in less than 30 minutes EVERYWHERE.
As for the Wallstreet Journal I couldn't post it because I was on my phone, but here you go. You can't look at it online if you don't have full access to the site and with your extremely limited knowledge on business I am positive you don't subscribe to the Wallstreet Journal. Not trying to "name call", let's just call it a hunch
Look closely at the quote over to the right. Ken Hicks, Footlocker's CEO says "This is choreographed months in advance." You say "Nike inc has zero flaws with their decision making". So riddle me this, how can they have zero flaws in their decision making, yet you try to knock a perfectly sound business decision.
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You lost all credibility here man. If I'm "taking a seat" then you gotta be in the corner sucking your thumb right now. Cheers!
Ofc.Phan
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did your tracking update anything outside of it departing from Tennessee?
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Sonnnnnnnnn Finishline CAN'T be serious. Charges only card for damn near a week now and the status still says processing. -_________-
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Lol I saw that video and it's not jb or Nike's fault. Tell their police and store officials to get better organization. Did those 1000's of people really think they were going to get a pair SMH. I really dont feel sorry that guy that got his shoes jacked. I wear beaters all the time if I camp out or line up early for some shoes. You never know what others are thinking or what their intentions are.
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anyone else have info about sneakerpost? they take returns but charge a 20% fee which is total BS
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yessir mine are on the way, should have both pairs in a bit
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...42184523410.html?mod=WSJ_qtoverview_wsjlatestOriginally Posted by Rocket
For your information, these big releases like the "Concords" DO need the hype. I know this because Jordan brand does not "instill" any hype upon the shoe when you think about it. Did you see a commercial about the Concord release? How about a billboard? Radio ad? Newspaper ad? Didn't think so. The sneaker forums and sneaker blogs (NiceKicks is just one example) create the hype all on their own. To summarize my point, the market is what decides which product does and does not need hype. You, I, and everybody else decided this shoe needed the hype when we log on to NikeTalk and talk about it, go on NiceKicks to read about it, and camp for hours to obtain it. Perfect business model, release a highly sought after product that you don't even need to pay hardly ANYTHING in advertising for and it still sells out in less than 30 minutes EVERYWHERE.
As for the Wallstreet Journal I couldn't post it because I was on my phone, but here you go. You can't look at it online if you don't have full access to the site and with your extremely limited knowledge on business I am positive you don't subscribe to the Wallstreet Journal. Not trying to "name call", let's just call it a hunch.
Look closely at the quote over to the right. Ken Hicks, Footlocker's CEO says "This is choreographed months in advance." You say "Nike inc has zero flaws with their decision making". So riddle me this, how can they have zero flaws in their decision making, yet you try to knock a perfectly sound business decision.
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You lost all credibility here man. If I'm "taking a seat" then you gotta be in the corner sucking your thumb right now. Cheers!
A readable copy for the rest of ya'll.
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Mine still say tomorrow :-(
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I miss the days when you could order sneakers from a catalog (eastbay). I remember back in h.s. people wouldn't be listening to the teacher just flipping through the new eastbay catalog lol
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Read up and take notes, CastroOriginally Posted by ssjjfar
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...42184523410.html?mod=WSJ_qtoverview_wsjlatestOriginally Posted by Rocket
For your information, these big releases like the "Concords" DO need the hype. I know this because Jordan brand does not "instill" any hype upon the shoe when you think about it. Did you see a commercial about the Concord release? How about a billboard? Radio ad? Newspaper ad? Didn't think so. The sneaker forums and sneaker blogs (NiceKicks is just one example) create the hype all on their own. To summarize my point, the market is what decides which product does and does not need hype. You, I, and everybody else decided this shoe needed the hype when we log on to NikeTalk and talk about it, go on NiceKicks to read about it, and camp for hours to obtain it. Perfect business model, release a highly sought after product that you don't even need to pay hardly ANYTHING in advertising for and it still sells out in less than 30 minutes EVERYWHERE.
As for the Wallstreet Journal I couldn't post it because I was on my phone, but here you go. You can't look at it online if you don't have full access to the site and with your extremely limited knowledge on business I am positive you don't subscribe to the Wallstreet Journal. Not trying to "name call", let's just call it a hunch.
Look closely at the quote over to the right. Ken Hicks, Footlocker's CEO says "This is choreographed months in advance." You say "Nike inc has zero flaws with their decision making". So riddle me this, how can they have zero flaws in their decision making, yet you try to knock a perfectly sound business decision.
l
You lost all credibility here man. If I'm "taking a seat" then you gotta be in the corner sucking your thumb right now. Cheers!
A readable copy for the rest of ya'll.
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People need to stop thinking that simply being an activist and asking NIKE/JB to lower prices will do anything. First off the inflation calculator will be Nike's response to why the price is what it is. Now as far as making more, someone said no matter how many they make they'll never be enough, I kinda doubt that. Also that JB/Nike wouldn't want to oversaturate the market but I have to disagree. Look at the Air Force 1. It's got to be the most widely produced Nike model ever and it never goes out of style. No matter when it comes out it sells consistently. Sure there are limited versions but the plain White/White are always readily available and still popular. Yes the hype surrounding Jordan releases is pretty much free advertising for a company who doesn't need any advertising outside of a press release. Unless Nike's bottom line isn't affected, they'll continue the trend to make X amount of pairs and charge what they do. Honestly if people want to see a change then it'll have to be local government that needs to somewhat step in. Given all the news coverage and horror stories from this release, local government can help out the average sneakerhead while generating a revenue. To do this they would have to impose a mandatory fee/charge to NIKE to cover extra police presence at these releases or force them to provide an extra amount of private security to stores/malls especially in big cities. Think of how many events draw out this amount of people? Concerts? Festivals? Anything that draws or has a potential to draw a big crowd is required to have X amount of security personnel per X amount of people. Now that in turn could just get JB to raise prices to cover those security costs, but let's say the cities that impose this fee will be willing to waive it and or the need for security if Nike/JB can guarantee that demand will be met. I mean take the iPhone, has it lost its popularity or appeal now that it's not only readily available but on various carriers? I think not. Sure there are line ups and craziness around RD for it, but no ones really rioting when stores sell out because people can just cop in a few weeks guaranteed. Now does the mass availability force Apple to drop the price? Nope.
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Wow, you gave me flashback to HS '94-'98....that's exactly what we used to do in class. Eastbay catalogs were the $%#@
