When and Why did you lose interest in sneakers VOL.....PRIORITIES

Ryda421 said:
NT made me lose interest
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Think I know what you mean

There was a point when I compared myself to others that were in the sneaker release threads or in stores picking up sneaks and thought "eh, it's probably time I moved on"

Not everyone but there's a large contingent in that crowd that I wouldn't necessarily be proud to be associated with, lotta dudes out there trying to fill in voids w shoes (not to say it doesn't apply to materialism in general, but there's an allowable degree imo)
 
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I already got most or basically all the shoes I wanted and if I didn't get em I don't bother. I got probably 40 or 50 pairs at most. One shoe that I'd really like to get is Black Cement 3s with the Nike air if the they retro them again. Every once in awhile Nike come out with some new shoe that I might have to cop but that's about it...

Most of the week I'm wearing my dirty work boots, then outside of work wearing metal toe superstar Adidas or black Timbs..
 
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What everyone said.

Except NT. NT still fans the flames my interest. I would not give two craps about new adidas releases if not for NT.

There will always be some Nike or Jordan retro that I want but it kills my interest when I know that prices increase as quality decreases.
 
sckid20 said:
Foams??

Seperated?
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I still cop kicks but I don't eem get a chance to wet them [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]. Never thought I'd be here. I stil

My red foam pros, Carolinas and blue foam pros are started to separate.
 
ninjahood said:
haven't lost interest, but i made it s point to diversify into other ish to keep it in check.

luckily i never caught da kanye or SB Hypebeast waves...just keep it straight uptown fly.
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Son got all the buttery pelles huh? [emoji]128514[/emoji]
 
gatorad3 said:
I already got most or basically all the shoes I wanted and if I didn't get em I don't bother. I got probably 40 or 50 pairs at most. One shoe that I'd really like to get is Black Cement 3s with the Nike air if the they retro them again. Every once in awhile Nike come out with some new shoe that I might have to cop but that's about it...

Most of the week I'm wearing my dirty work boots, then outside of work wearing metal toe superstar Adidas or black Timbs..
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Yup that was always my cap. A good 40 to 50 pairs. I can't imagine my regular *** self needing/wanting more.
 
I started to lose interest when Nike started hitting us with the fake limited shoes. I busted my *** to get two pairs of Eggplants and then they released them again a year later. Did the same **** with some Jays that year. Just kind of ruined my passion. I don't care if **** is limited or not but don't lie about it. I could get some of this **** discounted if I knew it would be around later. Prices going up and realizing all shoes come back out again. Seeing nerds buyings shoes to flip and not knowing anything about them. Shoe game is just dead for me. I still buy **** I like once it hits that $30-$50 range. I'll always like Air Maxes but they used to always be on sale. Don't think I ever paid more than $70 for a pair but now, it's out of hand. I'll always prefer basketball shoes over running shoes, just what I grew up on.


That Concord story is hilarious
 
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I'll always be interested. I'm just more selective now with what I buy. I been on a terrible streak lately though, that's about to end.
 
When you needed a connect to buy any somewhat popular shoe, the hype I'd dying down now but I have moved on from my sneaker head days. I only cop shoes that give me nostalgic feelings,which are mostly retro ball kicks and those are the easiest to obtain now
 
a blinkin said:
December 23rd, 2011.

I coveted the Condord XI since I had an og pair in the 3rd grade. Moms couldn't afford the 2000 or 2001 retro. It was only right that I tried to get the 2011 retro since I had my own money to buy them.

I get to the local Hibbet sport at midnight. There are 8 people in front of me. No big deal. I'm definitely in a good spot to get a pair. We went down the line and everyone says what size they wear...

Everyone except the first person in line. He had headphones on and didn't speak to anyone. He was kicking it on a lawn chair so we mainly said "f him" and spoke about the different pairs we liked, how long we'd been fans of kicks, etc.

The line starts to get longer and longer. Surely enough the clock strikes 8 and it's opening time. The store employees made their way in. Unbeknownst to us, they got priority over the rest of us. There were 4 of them. One by one I see them each grab two pairs and check out. It's whatever, we thought, surely with such a high profile release, there were a lot more to go around.

And then the moment came that changed the way I look at shoes forever. They're only letting people in one at a time. Ol lawn chair buddy goes in, as is the custom for people who are first in line. One of the employees goes to the back and returns with a full case of kicks. The box is still taped up.

"Smart move, get us in and get us out instead of having to keep going to the back for pairs. Should be out of here in no time."

I was wrong. More wrong than I could ever imagine.








THIS ************ BOUGHT AN ENTIRE CASE TO FLIP.

The store employees see the outrage going on outside so they end up having to call the cops to escort this **** boy to his car. The second guy goes in, buys two pairs, and the employees come back to tell us all the men's sizes are gone.
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Spent the next hour rushing all over the city to try to find a store that would have a pair left. No luck. All gone. Ended up having to pay $320 resale for my Concords a few days later.
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Ever since then, I just look at the shoe game differently. That resale **** is for the birds. These days I stick to Nike running shoes that I can cop off of amazon. Never again will I wait in line on shoes. If I absolutely have to have em, I'll try to get a plug to secure a pair. If that doesn't work, it wasn't meant for me to have em.
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This is awful, especially since the quality on that pair is bad. Some dude bought out the whole stock of TB III's in 2001 when I was working at NTNY
 
Never really lost interest but definitely fell back post 2004. Haven't bought a Jordan from 2004/2005 til the recent remastered joints. I was full on heavy addicted in the 90's and early 2000's. the internet low key ruined a lot of the mystique and at the same time helped with other things so idk. I've always stayed in air max new balance etc
 
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Around summer of '15, still love sneakers but between cways being meh, drops every weekend (some times 2-3 a weekend), and price ... it felt good having random extra cash that would have been spent on shoes going in to savings seeing it stack up.

Plus every shoe ive bought since fall of '14 I havent wore.

Saving up to buy a home so Im also downsizing



For the past year or so, 95% of the time i have on the same ole white AF1 or pair of chuck IIs as dailys

On occassion ill throw on a Jordan, and sum runners at the gym.
 
Didn't exactly lose interest in sneakers. The current state of whatever this is (culture/game) just made me take a step back and reevaluate things, and over the last 18 months, I've stopped paying attention to the release calendar and I reorganized the closet: gave a few, sold some, realized I didn't miss any of those, and got rid of some more. I'm much happier with less kicks (most of them are still retros too).

One thing I have lost interest in is Nike. It's probably gonna be a long time before I own a pair of those again.
 
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I haven't completely lost interest but I do feel it fading. I only cop things now for nostalgia purposes or something I missed out on awhile back. Went from 1 or 2 pairs per month to about 5 pairs per year.

Plus they're re-retroing everything I already have so that's playing a part as well.
 
Didn't read the replies but I'll read later.
To answer the question in the topic: I grew up. I work 5 days week in an office setting. That only leaves the weekends for me to actually get fly and throw on the kicks. Also, I'm a grown *** man...a lot of the spots I might go to have a dress code. So it's only a handful of situations where I might be able to get fresh and bang out with the fresh kicks.
 
When I realized that it was much better things to spend disposable income on like vacations and things of that nature as opposed to sneakers.
 
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