I’ve purchased from zadeh, and will continue to do so, until something concrete can be proven that he sells fakes. I’ve had ZERO issues besides the wait, which as many has stated, doesn’t mean much to me because I rarely wear anything right away.
As far as it taking so long because they’re perfecting the rep… I guess Nike is going to rep route as well, as they JUST dropped Halloween releases (dunks, and af1s) last week.
Also, in the early/earlier days of zadeh (when he started getting big) he stated he doesn’t ship shoes (maybe excluding bulk) until he has all orders available to ship, to avoid cry babies complaining why did he get his, and I didn’t get mine, which seems logical. Either way you do things, there’s ALWAYS going to be someone complaining.
And those doubting that he buys from stockx/goat/eBay to fulfill orders, from what I’ve heard, he spends A LOT of money on those sites, take it as you will… but I’d assume he does indeed purchase in those places to fulfill orders that he can’t fulfill through his other avenues. If you question why he would do that, potentially paying resell at that point, when he’s sold for less… pay attention to his site. His pre order sale prices aren’t always live. His regular pre orders can be quite expensive without the codes. It all balances out in the end, and i assume is profitable. I mean, does anyone see the cars he drives? Watches he posts? Etc… I doubt he’s losing money by offering monthly sales…
I look at it like this… I personally feel he offers cheap/reasonable pre order prices to keep a strong and consistent customer base. You can find preorders for double retail anywhere, he needs to do something different for people to buy from him, and keep the people coming back.
End of the day, as many have said… either you’re going to buy from him or you’re not…. Unless you have some type of evidence he’s intentionally selling reps/fakes, why keep speaking on it?! And chances are, if you’ve purchased from goat/stockx/eBay, hell… even retail (people can/probably do, buy 2 pairs, and return the one that might have blemishes/flaws), you’ve probably ended up with a pair from Zadeh.
Yeah, yeah, I know… tl;dr