Yea man it seems like some individual resellers are doin more numbers than retail boutiques these days though. And it's not just stores like mercer doing it but anyone connected to them if you catch my drift.
I think resellers made way more off these cause it was men and GS plus wristband flipping/reusing was in full effect lol... But it ain't funny[emoji]128553[/emoji]
this has been going on like this for the past 3 years in nyc
small shoes charged a little more to get a shoe early and few shops even charged over box price in the early to mid 2000's
but its like all the small independent stores came together overnight and said lets screw the consumer over after the concord release
mom and pop stores started to add anywhere from $50.00 to a $100.00 a pair just like resellers did
i dont mind paying extra and sometimes even more depending on the shoe to avoid all the campout raffle line up for days/hours b.s
these stores started to get hip to the money flightclub and ebay sellers where selling the shoes for
their excuse and its kind of true nike makes retailers buy alot of crap just to get the retro's
don't forget your local mom and pop boutique pairs wholesale from nike at 53% or now i believe its 55% of the box price on all shoes
when you buy from nike most retailers cant pick and chose what they want to carry and nike has alot of restrictions for an official account
when you get the know some of the people at these small stores you find out how it all works
stores stared to see how re sellers work
but getting back to the db's shoes back in 2007 and a few years after
this was the one shoe all year you could get for box price even if you stayed on a line for a few hours and i was and still am willing to do for doernbecher's
by luck i got my pair for box price this year
if i didn't get lucky best believe i would have been at mercer
now its haywire everywhere