On New Year's Eve 2003 I had went to Tijuana Mexico with my then girlfriend. The only reason we went to Tijuana was because I was only 20. Well we had a great drama free night. Ended back at our hotel room safely in the United States at about 3am. Drunk and full of tacos. But I had one thing on my mind. A pair of B-grade Nike dunk white supremes were ending in about 20 minutes. The only reason I took my laptop was to try and snipe someone.
I checked eBay. No one had bidin a few hours. Why would they, most people were probably passed out.
So I sat there refreshing and studying the listing. So then with about 5 minutes to go, I placed a bid. $150.
I then passed out.
I woke up right as they ended. I had won. I could fall into a deep sleep now. I paid for them as soon as I woke up in the morning, right around $125.
About a week later they show up to my door. Unbox and look for any "b-grade" signs. Nothing really. The blue on the heel looked a lot brighter in person. Oh well. I proceeded to wear them for a month. Then I started to notice they were falling apart pretty quickly. The seller was no longer on eBay. Then I saw a friend of mine, the very person who introduced me to niketalk wearing a pair of black supreme dunk lows. As soon as I saw his elephant print, I knew I had got duped.
Fakes.
My first time.
I was crushed.
By this time prices were through the roof, and eBay was my only source. I never thought I would be able to obtain this shoe.
But last week all that changed. A listing on eBay. My white whale.
Too good to be true. I message the seller for pics and his BIN price. No way. I need to jump on these. I post pics here for legit check, just for reassurance. Everything checks out. I throw him an offer I figure he would refuse and he hits me back, "email for invoice?"
Done deal.
He shipped out from Brooklyn New York on Saturday morning, i walk in to my house a completely different man than I was 13 years ago. But one thing that never changed was my love for this shoe.
I cannot rep Niketalk hard enough. Without this website I would probably have given up on these a long time ago.
THANK YOU TO THIS THREAD AND TO NIKETALK IN GENERAL.
I know I'm not that popular in here.
I don't think I have ever met anyone in here in person. But again, thank you.
I might post some better pics later, but as of right now, I'm done.
I don't see myself doing this anymore.
I will still lurk and maybe throw up some pics or try to be funny. But the daily/ hourly eBay searches are done with. I really don't need anything else. Never has a shoe or something material made me this happy.
I know this type of pick up isn't that big to some people, but to me it is the biggest
Thank you to
@schaefmp who actually is the member who sold me these. Didn't even ask if he was a member until after the deal was done. Easiest person to conduct business with. Thank you