bigj505
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- Jan 23, 2007
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Thanks for the reply, bud. Appreciate itThat is a legitimate question. It was a completely out of the blue, large scale restock by NDC at 7 PM EST on a Wednesday night. They didn't release any info prior and there was no new release or newly relaunched shoe set to release that day. The shoes actually lasted for quite a while. The 88's were near the top and went quickly, but because of NDC's site, you could get through on random sizes for a few minutes, depending completely on luck and sizes attempted. Corks lasted a little longer than expected because they were near the bottom, and most people had to scroll down to even see them. Don't get me wrong, they still were gone quickly.
A lot of people saw the shoes near the top and they immediately clicked on them and went to work. The distractions caused shoes like the 13's, which at that time a lot of people were after, to be available for up to 10 minutes depending on your size and depending on how long you stuck around refreshing and trying to add to cart. I got through for a friends size at 6:09 pm CST (restock was at 6pm CST) after picking up some other shoes for him and myself. Some of the lesser desired shoes lasted for over an hour as people continued to go after corks, 88's, Area 72 shoes, and even KD Aunt Pearls. Nike even tweeted which shoes were available as time went past the 30 or 45 minute range I believe. There was a good amount of stock up for some of the GR's that had recently released, which I can see being the case for Bugs 8's and Grape 5's if they pop up. And I think it is a great possibility that they do. This time around there are more sites that people will be attacking, so outside of the shoes that that were already limited on their initial release, your chances of getting some pairs are probably not as bad as previous restocks before April 2013 may lead you to believe. And really, it doesn't matter too much what shoes we know will be in the restock at NDC at this point. We know something is up, there is a 99% chance we see a tweet like we did on April 10 to lead us to the restocked shoes, and if anyone wants something that day they know where to be to look for it. Now in store is the real information that we need to get narrowed down to actual shoe model and actual release location so that nobody is out waiting in line somewhere for a shoe that won't be there, while missing their chance at a shoe online or in another store. At least that's my thought at this point. Good luck to you.
actually, a nike rep had dropped a big clue to someone on here during a live chat earlier in the day that day. hit dude with one of those "Stay Tuned" comments and said something was restocking sometime during the day.