THE MACHINE
night owl
and SMH at you implying that anybody with expensive shoes made minimum wage and either gave all their money to kicks or was out robbing people...
So the DMV is the Mecca of pro sports right?
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and SMH at you implying that anybody with expensive shoes made minimum wage and either gave all their money to kicks or was out robbing people...
KillbertArenas
Superstar
THE MACHINE
night owl
There was a reason kids in high schools would wear them in school the day of the release, they waited in line at the malls. When word got back that kids started skipping school to go to the malls (this was a big deal in the 90s in this area), they transitioned the releases to Saturdays. Then the lines got insane and people were getting robbed in the parking lots. So MJ and Nike with their selfish selves, cut the amount deployed in initial shipment which only increased demand and raised the price.
West Coast Avenger
West Coastin & Smokin
Stop
Dc to Ny is the #1 cashcow for the shoe industry
Also has been
you just gonna say random shyt or you gonna answer the question?
KillbertArenas
Superstar
im responding to the bullshyt u was talkin earlier
but back then ppl would skip school and cop jays and foams.....
West Coast Avenger
West Coastin & Smokin
Homey this was happening everywhere not just in Baltimore.....and you talking like the lines were huge....there was like maybe 20 people at the most.....and how old are you? Release dates for shoes werent even given out like that.....for the Foams they sent out a postcard with the release date on it and they did it during the afternoon.....
West Coast Avenger
West Coastin & Smokin
it wasnt BS at all you just
......no shyt kids were skipping school but it wasnt like some of you are saying with lines of hundreds of people.....
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
considering that nobody in this thread is 40..and is at most, early to mid 30's... these people were teens.
it's not even assumption, just fact.. that most if not all teens do make minimum wage.
you cant fukking comprehend, cause nobody implied that shyt...dont reply to me again.
THE MACHINE
night owl
Im not saying it didnt happen anywhere else....I'm sure the demand in NY and Chicago were exponentially greater. I was in High school in the late 90s and a Jordan release was the equivalent of a Madden release. I agree that shoe craze is bigger now, but its for a wider variety of shoes. Then it was mainly the big three, (J's, Foams, Flights) but during Jordans playing days and his days with the Wizards, Jordan releases were huge here (PG County, MD). But people were robbing and killing for everything, Eddie Bauers, Timbs, J's and Foams and the reason it was mostly over clothes is because chains, fronts/grillz, pinky rings and stuff like that never caught on here, well at least not since the Rayful era.
THE MACHINE
night owl
at you posting all that hot air in my thread and then telling me not to respond to you. Check your previous post again, that is exactly what you imply with a caveat of them being gifted (which should have been your main premise since this is the way most teens get their expensive stuff). You clearly IMPLY that people were not going to spend their whole minimum wage check, so to get them you were either selling drugs or a stick up kid.
MegaTronBomb!
Power is in my hair nikka
and this is where you make yourself look stupid...
the original post was in response to some stupid nikka claiming that " you were a broke ass nikka if you couldn't afford some $180 shoes in 1997 "
if you were 16 in HS in 1997..
nearly all kids work minimum wage jobs at that age...cause thats the only shyt they're qualified for.
i clearly stated they'd have to work 40+ hours to even attain the money for the shoes...and in most cases HS kids are legally not allowed to work that many hours in a week.
a 16 year old nikka in HS who bought a pair of pennys without his parents or anyone giving him the money either worked for weeks and saved up for them, or he was selling dope/robbing.
the latter was much more common than the former.
we talking about kids in HS, not grown ass men nikka.
InvictusAeternusEternus
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superunknown23
Superstar
Sad how only one of them went to Maryland (steve blake)
fukk you Gary Williams!
fukk you Gary Williams!
InvictusAeternusEternus
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First off minimum wage was in fact 5.15 second most people knew about the 'posites dropping weeks if not months in advance so most cats was saving dough up. I was working part time and had a few side hustles so I was able to cop without hurting my pokets to bad.
Jesus Shuttlesworth
I Got Game
Just came in here to one star this thread and to tell you about it.