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If they start reducing the amount shoes produced, the only people that will be affected is people like you and I.
There was a time when the only shoes worth having were limited or would be sold out before the store even opened. And if you we're lucky enough to obtain a pair, you could be unlucky enough to have a pistol pointed in your face and have them stripped.
Amazing how people act like these times never existed, when it really wasn't even that long ago.
GM changed all that. Nike floods the market now, so you have no rational reason buy Grey Market.
Sad to say, it had nothing to do with people getting shot, or long time fans and customers going home empty handed without a shoe they wanted since they were a kids. That's how Nike did business. Every release of a sought after shoe, would only created an even BIGGER demand for that shoe, by leaving a large number of people empty handed.
This is why I say Nike created the resale market. Rather or not they did it on purpose, I'm not sure, but their business practices gave birth to 500$+ resale prices being common place.
And it baffles me every time I see some one say resale hurts Nike. HOW??? Are you freaking serious? Kids these days think market value is ACTUAL VALUE! So to them a pair of concords on ebay for 599, means that concords are WORTH 599. So when Nike comes around December and sells them for the better part of 250,it seems reasonable.
I sort of understand what would make you question the amount of shoes being put out. Just be happy that it is this way. Because if it ever goes back to the ways of 2002-2009, you'll beg for things to be the way they are now.
There was a time when the only shoes worth having were limited or would be sold out before the store even opened. And if you we're lucky enough to obtain a pair, you could be unlucky enough to have a pistol pointed in your face and have them stripped.
Amazing how people act like these times never existed, when it really wasn't even that long ago.
GM changed all that. Nike floods the market now, so you have no rational reason buy Grey Market.
Sad to say, it had nothing to do with people getting shot, or long time fans and customers going home empty handed without a shoe they wanted since they were a kids. That's how Nike did business. Every release of a sought after shoe, would only created an even BIGGER demand for that shoe, by leaving a large number of people empty handed.
This is why I say Nike created the resale market. Rather or not they did it on purpose, I'm not sure, but their business practices gave birth to 500$+ resale prices being common place.
And it baffles me every time I see some one say resale hurts Nike. HOW??? Are you freaking serious? Kids these days think market value is ACTUAL VALUE! So to them a pair of concords on ebay for 599, means that concords are WORTH 599. So when Nike comes around December and sells them for the better part of 250,it seems reasonable.
I sort of understand what would make you question the amount of shoes being put out. Just be happy that it is this way. Because if it ever goes back to the ways of 2002-2009, you'll beg for things to be the way they are now.