Let's Talk About The Shoe Game.

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Maint of a car that expensive would break your balls. Save up $5k and buy a used Ford outright. Down payments are for houses -- not cars.

Change the way you think. Read the Wall Street Journal. Subscribe to Forbes. Take some options trading classes so that you can invest in something other than...sneakers.

Grown up shyt.
 

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The shoe game is utter trash and I'm glad I ejected years ago. I used to love going to the Nike outlet and finding HEAT that people just weren't interested in because they weren't AF1s or some other Nike trash.

Nike dunks going for 100s to thousands now sat on Clearance racks....I scooped em easily.

Walked into shoe shops the day SBs dropped and copped with no lineup.

The second this raffle shyt and Nike manufacturing hype started I was already on to something else. I sold a big chunk of my collection and will sell more... What do I do now? I buy shyt on clearance. Mostly trainers and running shoes...and the occasional vans. I don't pay more than $50 for shoes.

That said, it was fun to find hidden gems that no one wanted with ease and not have to see them on everyone's feet. That fun is gone...I buy furniture and art now..that's my hobby.
 

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They aren't worth 18k. Realistically speaking, this nikka I'm selling to is about to get got in the worst way. The actual worth is like 400 for everything. Then if you're looking at it for retail it's about 4k maybe. 18k is horrible for sneakers, and he thinks this is a steal :mjlol: I told him 20' he said he had 18, I said that's fine, and he said"wow word man? Good looking out" :heh:

I told nikkas I just sold two pair of Yeezys for 8k. When in reality they cost about 20 dollars to make.

That's America for you though, right?

you wear my size :lupe:

how many pairs of shoes in total are you selling for 18k?

i don't really bother with jordans too much anymore, it's too much of a headache.

nike is trash for not releasing more pairs. When XI's drop nike could easily drop 25-50% more pairs without saturating the market.

You've got 300 people in line for a store that only gets 80 pairs.....and the workers are selling 50 of those pairs under the table. :dead:
 

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These fukk boys have even made it easier for the replica/fake market to :eat:
Now a days you honestly don't know what you're really spending $300 dollars on.


And one other thing. The notion that the supply is limited, that's a MYTH. Supply is abundant but they intentionally hold back supply to keep demand high. Be it on a global, national or local level companies are hoarding shoes just to maintain their value. Why else would mom and pop shoe stores charge $300 for some Jordans :mjpls: when the suggested retail value is only $175?

I've also noticed retros that are hot for that moment will experience a up tick in price and once everyone has a pair and they become played out the price drops. I got a pair of bred air flight 89's. I've seen the price be as high as $140 and as low as $79.99.

thats very much true:wow:
 

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you wear my size :lupe:

how many pairs of shoes in total are you selling for 18k?

i don't really bother with jordans too much anymore, it's too much of a headache.

nike is trash for not releasing more pairs. When XI's drop nike could easily drop 25-50% more pairs without saturating the market.

You've got 300 people in line for a store that only gets 80 pairs.....and the workers are selling 50 of those pairs under the table. :dead:
I didn't sell any DMPs or CDPs yet. But I sold 49 pairs of kicks yesterday. 18.5k Some Foams, Some Jays, Some Dunks.

I sold two pair of Yeezys for 8k. Space Jams and Nubucks for 1100 total.

And I'm selling DMPs and CDPs for 550 a pop, both pairs inside.

I'm selling most of the heavyweights separately too, got DS Sugar Ray 8s that somebody is really going to have to come out the wallet for :whew:
 

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I didn't sell any DMPs or CDPs yet. But I sold 49 pairs of kicks yesterday. 18.5k Some Foams, Some Jays, Some Dunks.

I sold two pair of Yeezys for 8k. Space Jams and Nubucks for 1100 total.

And I'm selling DMPs and CDPs for 550 a pop, both pairs inside.

I'm selling most of the heavyweights separately too, got DS Sugar Ray 8s that somebody is really going to have to come out the wallet for :whew:

somebody spent 4k on yeezys? :what:

space james and nubucks for 1100? :what:

that dmp price seems low. they in bad condition?

where are you finding your buyers?

49 for 18k is :wow:

im assuming they arent deadstock?
 

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somebody spent 4k on yeezys? :what:

space james and nubucks for 1100? :what:

that dmp price seems low. they in bad condition?

where are you finding your buyers?

49 for 18k is :wow:

im assuming they arent deadstock?
Most are either NDS or DS. Nothing really below 8/10.

As far as the DMP/CDP, I'm selling low so I can get rid of them fasTER, Because I have a lot.

And yeah Nubuck 12s sold for 500.

I've made some new connects since I moved to UES, the dude who dropped the 18k on the collection is a friend of a friend, and that friend has some cash.
 

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i knew i was out the shoe game when i sold a pair of DS True Blue 3s & White/Cement 3s and didn't feel any regrets selling them and I love the 3s.
 

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Most are either NDS or DS. Nothing really below 8/10.

As far as the DMP/CDP, I'm selling low so I can get rid of them fasTER, Because I have a lot.

And yeah Nubuck 12s sold for 500.

I've made some new connects since I moved to UES, the dude who dropped the 18k on the collection is a friend of a friend, and that friend has some cash.

send me pics of the dmp's. i might have a buyer

ues = upper east side?
 

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Maint of a car that expensive would break your balls. Save up $5k and buy a used Ford outright. Down payments are for houses -- not cars.

Change the way you think. Read the Wall Street Journal. Subscribe to Forbes. Take some options trading classes so that you can invest in something other than...sneakers.
i've flipped about $3500-6400 in the last two months due to option trading. Coulda been about $7500 if I didnt sell some puts i had last week.

Thank god for GoPro, Las Vegas Sands and the S&P500 :banderas:
S&P500 is a vicious and generous at the same time.
 
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