Brehs, can we talk about the sneaker game for a minute?

[Ohene]

How the fukk y’all going about getting ya kicks in the current sneaker market? I haven’t seen no shyt like this and I been collecting sneakers since the late 90s as a yute.

I noticed it happened right around the pandemic last April/May with everyone at home it seemed like a lot of people (mostly cacs) started getting into re selling and completely fukking the market up. Now in my city I’m seeing cacs and Indian kids rocking Jordan 1 Highs and Dunks. I been seeing this ALL summer. Is this some Tik Tok shyt? When the fukk did all these white kids start wearing J’s and Dunks? And I know that’s what’s driving the price up. Who the fukk is actually paying 2-3K for Jordan’s that retailed for 250? Any of y’all?

StockX played a hand in this shyt too. They feast off all the fees and are essentially setting the price for the market because you can’t even do local resale cops because everyone uses stockx as the reference. I remember nikkas used to mark shyt up 50-60 bucks, a nikka might try to get you for a 100 plus max but not no damn 400-500 dollars extra on 150 dollar sneakers

Nike/Adidas not doing shyt cause they getting their billions. A good bot is like 2-5K and who the fukk wants to get a bit to buy some damn sneakers. I’ve managed to still get a few joints that weren’t super hyped (Electric Green 6s, Shadow 2.0, Jubilees, Freshwater Griffey’s) but it’s so much shyt I’ve missed out on the past year. Not one pair of Dunks. Bout to miss out on the Pollens cause they getting back doored and nikkas are charging 200+ retail on Oreo 4s.

Are y’all just paying resale on StockX? eBay has been decent too. I got some Court Purple 1s off there and I paid retail + 80 which was decent and they got their own authentication guarantee. One of my homies gave up and now goes on that sneaker reps sub Reddit and he been buying some fire ass reps. This nikka orders 6-7 pairs at a time, all heat and from my inspection of the joints he got, they’re damn near identical. I stacked up a few pairs of my retails against his and honestly couldn’t tell the difference. I got nothing against reps cause the shyt coming from the same factory but just as a sneaker head shyt it don’t feel right

The other day i saw that shattered back boards are now 3k

crazy

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

How the fukk y’all going about getting ya kicks in the current sneaker market? I haven’t seen no shyt like this and I been collecting sneakers since the late 90s as a yute.

I noticed it happened right around the pandemic last April/May with everyone at home it seemed like a lot of people (mostly cacs) started getting into re selling and completely fukking the market up. Now in my city I’m seeing cacs and Indian kids rocking Jordan 1 Highs and Dunks. I been seeing this ALL summer. Is this some Tik Tok shyt? When the fukk did all these white kids start wearing J’s and Dunks? And I know that’s what’s driving the price up. Who the fukk is actually paying 2-3K for Jordan’s that retailed for 250? Any of y’all?

StockX played a hand in this shyt too. They feast off all the fees and are essentially setting the price for the market because you can’t even do local resale cops because everyone uses stockx as the reference. I remember nikkas used to mark shyt up 50-60 bucks, a nikka might try to get you for a 100 plus max but not no damn 400-500 dollars extra on 150 dollar sneakers

Nike/Adidas not doing shyt cause they getting their billions. A good bot is like 2-5K and who the fukk wants to get a bit to buy some damn sneakers. I’ve managed to still get a few joints that weren’t super hyped (Electric Green 6s, Shadow 2.0, Jubilees, Freshwater Griffey’s) but it’s so much shyt I’ve missed out on the past year. Not one pair of Dunks. Bout to miss out on the Pollens cause they getting back doored and nikkas are charging 200+ retail on Oreo 4s.

Are y’all just paying resale on StockX? eBay has been decent too. I got some Court Purple 1s off there and I paid retail + 80 which was decent and they got their own authentication guarantee. One of my homies gave up and now goes on that sneaker reps sub Reddit and he been buying some fire ass reps. This nikka orders 6-7 pairs at a time, all heat and from my inspection of the joints he got, they’re damn near identical. I stacked up a few pairs of my retails against his and honestly couldn’t tell the difference. I got nothing against reps cause the shyt coming from the same factory but just as a sneaker head shyt it don’t feel right

I got out the game in the original Nike SB era. Mid 2000 something. Once the hype beasts arrived the cultual element left I left.

I was never going to wrap my head around buying resell anything. I do the taxing.

Initially it was hard. I loved copping sneaks. Always had a list of shyt I wanted. Just learned to let go. I come from an era where we found gems that were general release and outlet drops. Deal and bargain snipers. This new age game is about who has the biggest wallet. Been checked out. Sold all my Jordans.

Not competing with some kid from Hong Kong for a drop. Or some trust fund baby. I'm old enough to remember when those types were not about sneakers and turned up their noses. They now pollute the game.

Non hyped general releases for the win

 

[Urbanmiracle]

I got out the game in the original Nike SB era. Mid 2000 something. Once the hype beasts arrived the cultual element left I left.

I was never going to wrap my head around buying resell anything. I do the taxing.

Initially it was hard. I loved copping sneaks. Always had a list of shyt I wanted. Just learned to let go. I come from an era where we found gems that were general release and outlet drops. Deal and bargain snipers. This new age game is about who has the biggest wallet. Been checked out. Sold all my Jordans.

Not competing with some kid from Hong Kong for a drop. Or some trust fund baby. I'm old enough to remember when those types were not about sneakers and turned up their noses. They now pollute the game.

Non hyped general releases for the win

I’m slowly getting there myself. I stop caring about some of these hyped collabs and focus on what I can see in stores and hold . Like the Zoom freak series is great. New balance got some gems. Some yeezys aren’t selling out like the numerous 350s they keep putting out. Or Pharrell human race line those kinda sit too. But lining up and doing bots and all that. I believe those days are behind me. And if every sneaker release will be this way, my sneaker life might be behind me as well

 

[LexLuthor]

I get everything i want eventually….. just got teh New Beginnings Pack Yesterday

 

[ExodusNirvana]

The next kicks I'm copping are those Navy Dunk Highs and the Cool Grey 11s because I never em

Oh and those Taxi's. I think those are dropping this year too.

Other than that I'm probably done for 2021

And TBH I'm gonna get em alll... probably not when they drop, but again, watch StockX

There's a pop and a drop

 

[diggy]

I tapped out a few years ago, shyt got to the point where I lost interest out of disgust and the pandemic made it worse with resale.

Me, not going many places due to the pandemic made it easier, I have more than enough already. I am back into comfort mode, so I can deal with GR kicks and gym shoes.

I was never one for fake kicks, but honestly at this point I can't blame people, at least you know what you are getting. I know resale shops with fake pairs in stock hitting licks on people.

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

Them Travis Scott’s got nikkas in they feelings. The game been rigged since that galaxy foam/concord 11 era once people seen how much people are willing to pay for a pair of sneakers. You had middle age cac dads trying to come up on sneakers to sell on eBay once that happened.

 

[calixprynce]

The next kicks I'm copping are those Navy Dunk Highs and the Cool Grey 11s because I never em

Oh and those Taxi's. I think those are dropping this year too.

Other than that I'm probably done for 2021

And TBH I'm gonna get em alll... probably not when they drop, but again, watch StockX

There's a pop and a drop

I need those patent bred 1s and those alei may 14s

 

[feelsthecitybreathin]

at this point all i do is rotate in different colorways for maxs i fukk with

 

[Alvin]

It didn’t just happen. Reselling been going on since 2012.

Started in the 90s, but Nike at least had them in stock, now it seems they only drop 100 if you don’t get it then your at the mercy of tue reseller

 

[lamont614]

fukked the whole PS5 release up, ONLY thing I have ever purchased from a reseller because I got so frustrated with trying to grab one online.

should have waited I’m never buying a Ps5 resale
Even if I have to wait til 2023

 

[Lhark]

I do hate buying sneakers now, especially dunks.

 

[Lhark]

nikkas in here saying it's been like this for years, y'all don't understand. This shyt happened last year. It wasn't like this years ago, it's never been like this. Only hyped shoes were like this. nikkas can't even buy some regular ass dunks. Everything is priced out the game. shyt nobody fukking cared for.


Look at this retarded shyt.

Stupid ass people paying these dumb ass prices, fukking it up for everybody.

Jesus, damn near $800 for what

shyt ridiculous man

 

[Brolic]

Started in the 90s, but Nike at least had them in stock, now it seems they only drop 100 if you don’t get it then your at the mercy of tue reseller

Nah, I used to buy like new shoes for retail or less on EBay from the 8th-11th grade.
Reselling starting to get heavy during my senior year in 2012. I remember that because people were going crazy over the galaxy foamposites.

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

should have waited I’m never buying a Ps5 resale
Even if I have to wait til 2023

shyt I wasn't really tripping because I had already said fukk buying shoes at that point and the only thing I needed was the system. When I copped my PS3 I dropped over 1000 and I got it at retail but with everything else I bought with it, it took the total over 1000. Paid 800 for my PS5 and didn't need shyt else because I already the free upgrades from the PS4 games and I ended up selling my PS4 for 200 ​