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2024 NIKE SB DUNK THREAD_____GRs and QSs added
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Get out of here lol
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This is something that is becoming more prevalent with shops. There’s quite a bit of shops that have opened EBay accounts as well and are pushing stock through there too. I wouldn’t be furious with a struggling local if they pushed their GRs that way (because most of them sit), but I’d rather have them just push ALL their QS stock locally and up charge $10-$20 bucks a pair if that was the only solution.
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Even the big accounts don’t get huge numbers of the hyped releases.
Retail is about volume and repeating customers.
Not quick one time bucks on product you hardly ever have and in small volume .
Platforms like this used to move stuff they cannot sell locally make sense. You need more eyeballs to sell it than you have locally.
I’ve wondered for the last year if Nike SB will follow suit of other lifestyle Nike stuff and Jordan brand stuff that retail was jacked up (justifiably ) to leave less on the table for the instaflippers.
$1000 retail release coming speaks to this .
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It happens, seen it first hand. Local shops that have Nike contracts sell hyped pairs for above retail (some waaaay over). Most shoppers get made but the pairs still sell. And then there’s the resellers that do their thing. Supply and demand dictates all.
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maaan im prepping my paypal for that last 11.5 then suddenly it's gone.
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if said shop is holding down regulars who spend money other than on QSs...they’re showing love with shop apparel, copping GRs, etc, then i’m fine with it. if they’re gonna end up in the hands of resellers anyway, then i’d rather the shop make a few extra bucks than some schmuck who’s only copping Dunks now because they saw them on some Kylie Jenner fan page on IG.
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thats the crap part about having an account with nike... theyll give you some heat to sell... but you are also forced to take on their wack stuff nobody wants... if you dont sell it, youll end up owing them I think. This is what I was told by a friend who once had an account with nike but he couldnt push out their wack products.
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1 pair of cords isn’t enough
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Word up and I don’t even like dog walkers but that’s still a filthy practice
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Would y’all rather have. They throw half stock on eBay or upcharge on box price?
Def made me think of when my old local charged $250 for Tiffany dunk lows. I was in shock bc they never upcharged anything. They wound up going under.
Def made me think of when my old local charged $250 for Tiffany dunk lows. I was in shock bc they never upcharged anything. They wound up going under.
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Wife came through w/the bday surprises....made new snkrs accounts in her moms name and had no clue
dog walkers are absolute flames irl.
haven’t seen an SB this quality/well executed in over a decade
dog walkers are absolute flames irl.
haven’t seen an SB this quality/well executed in over a decade
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Wife came through w/the bday surprises....made new snkrs accounts in her moms name and had no clue
dog walkers are absolute flames irl.
haven’t seen an SB this quality/well executed in over a decade
Wow she hit on snkrs for both of those? Lol. Teach us.
Happy belated
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as much flak as he deservedly gets I like what dom did with the diamonds (I think). He just held them back and sold them to people he recognized over the next month as well as the occasional nice person who just came in and bought something else.
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old news? cords.
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The account she hit on was a “virgin” account lol.
only has 2 purchases on it and it’s susans & dog walkers lol.
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The account she hit on was a “virgin” account lol.
only has 2 purchases on it and it’s susans & dog walkers lol.
Legendary lol
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Devil's Advocate here.
You as a business owner make profit on the initial sale only...making what maybe $30 a pair?
Okay you get in 100 pairs
You hold down your regulars who always shop with you....say 50 pairs.
You've got 50 left. Better to sell to casual buyers and resellers? Or be the reseller?
If I was a business owner that would frustrate me knowing I'm selling you an item that you're going to resell for significantly more than I'm making by selling it to you.
You as a business owner make profit on the initial sale only...making what maybe $30 a pair?
Okay you get in 100 pairs
You hold down your regulars who always shop with you....say 50 pairs.
You've got 50 left. Better to sell to casual buyers and resellers? Or be the reseller?
If I was a business owner that would frustrate me knowing I'm selling you an item that you're going to resell for significantly more than I'm making by selling it to you.
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The account she hit on was a “virgin” account lol.
only has 2 purchases on it and it’s susans & dog walkers lol.
That's definitely something.
Size 13 no less. My size.
So we thinking virgin and ***** accounts have the best luck? Because I whiff on SNKRS a lot more than I hit.
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as a business owner i would make sure i serve more than just a niche of sneaker dweebs who believe that SBs are byke. I would serve the skate community and not push and rely on QS so i dont have to rely on a secondary market for profit. my aim is increase my number of regulars not alienate them.
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I much rather pay the shop.
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nike’s wholesale for SB accounts is 50% fwiw
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this. even during the golden era, i still supported the local even with CSS and active having stuff for sale. but that was when i cared about "the culture"
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This is correct. My boy used to run my defunct local . I used to have access to their ordering cap so I could see what was coming up he gave me the link.
