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Maybe the release of the Yeezy's and SBB 1's simultaneously brought it to light, but honestly, How bad is the shoe game right now? For the releases of OG colorways it's damn near impossible to buy a pair online without a bot, and Nike cancelling any major release because of them just makes it worse. No other site could handle half the traffic generated from releasing the SBB 1's and yeezy's. Obviously the yeezy's weren't a Nike release but if they were there's no doubt in my mind Nike.com would've handled the traffic better than Adidas did.
Those who have been in the sneaker game since Nike first started putting out JB remember what it was like to be able to get a pair of shoes the day AFTER release. Now? You're lucky to get pair of retro's if you show up 3 hours before a store opens. Maybe we as the sneaker community have to change something. Stop hyping up releases so far ahead of time that people buy $400 bots to be able to get 3 pairs and resell them. Honestly, I wish nike, JB, Adidas, Asics, etc would just randomly drop links on random days or do restocks without tipping off all these sites.
Whatever the change is we have to make one. This is just getting comical.
Those who have been in the sneaker game since Nike first started putting out JB remember what it was like to be able to get a pair of shoes the day AFTER release. Now? You're lucky to get pair of retro's if you show up 3 hours before a store opens. Maybe we as the sneaker community have to change something. Stop hyping up releases so far ahead of time that people buy $400 bots to be able to get 3 pairs and resell them. Honestly, I wish nike, JB, Adidas, Asics, etc would just randomly drop links on random days or do restocks without tipping off all these sites.
Whatever the change is we have to make one. This is just getting comical.