- May 14, 2013
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Terrible strategy. as dope as they are, I don’t see folks lining up anytime soon to rebuy neutral grey 85s at $250. Especially if they’re playing the artificial scarcity game.
Jordan Retro 1 '85 Black/Red Feb 14th 2025
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Terrible strategy. as dope as they are, I don’t see folks lining up anytime soon to rebuy neutral grey 85s at $250. Especially if they’re playing the artificial scarcity game.
- Oct 24, 2010
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I barely see a different between the Breds and other 85
- May 7, 2002
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All this for a shoe they won’t let their customers buy…
- Dec 29, 2003
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JB is so corny.
- Apr 15, 2015
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All this for a shoe they won’t let their customers buy…
My thoughts exactly, what’s crazy is the shoes would sold out if they were an 85 release already because it’s THE OG colorway. All the Air Max 1 big bubbles sold out almost immediately, Lost & Founds did the same. The oversight with Jordan 1’s sitting is because they kept making wack colorways along side really good colorways constantly and were just droppin all types of other nonsense. The sneaker fatigue was real and ppl wanted to be smart about their money and get THE OG colorways. Reimagined 4’s didn’t sit, Black Cement 3’s didn’t sit, Hell the Black Cat 3’s didn’t sit either. They coulda saved money dropping OG colorways only and they woulda sold out off the nostalgia. No one really cared for those suede royals cuz they looked funny and didn’t feel right. If Chicago 85’s dropped with the regular number they would get ate up immediately. This just feels like a slap in the face for all this marketing.
- Jul 18, 2012
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“You didn’t want to buy my trash, so I won’t let you buy my gold” is a wild sentiment for a company to have.
- Sep 6, 2000
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This is the way their contracts with stores work too. Have to buy X amount of lower tier product to get the hot stuff. I know one store around my way that refuses a Jordan contract from Nike on a regular basis because they're not trying to go into massive debt just so they can get "in-demand" product that may or may not sell.
- May 7, 2002
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Exactly this…
It’s even more ridiculous because they’re rolling out this big campaign about how they’ve gotten this shoe as close to OG as possible, then they throw out the ~exclusive~ angle…
Sneakerheads chirp incessantly about getting shoes closer to OG, while still buying the almost there stuff, only for the brand to show they can get the specs right…THEN they tell 99% of the people that’s been begging for those changes ~y’all can’t have these though~
Tell me that’s not spiteful as all hell…
KanyIZZY
formerly j o 19
- Oct 1, 2004
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Respectfully, the brand can EAD
- May 14, 2013
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The other contributor to this was at the height of jordan 1 hype, EVERYTHING was hard to get and nike made no real effort to fix that. so plenty of people just became okay with missing out on jordan 1 releases. Nike made the pivot to flooding the streets way too slowly and allowed folks to move on to other shoes.
- Apr 16, 2014
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All this for a shoe they won’t let their customers buy…
Black box or not I still don't want any of those.
- May 7, 2002
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See that’s the elephant in the room that Nike isn’t even willing to face…I don’t think this works out for them like it has in the past…It’s not going to hype up the other stuff because people are obviously more comfortable with walking away and looking at other brands…
- Aug 18, 2000
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FB group
- Apr 16, 2014
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$925????
LMAO.
All jokes aside the MOST I'm willing to pay is $400 and that's if I sell my 2016's.
LMAO.
All jokes aside the MOST I'm willing to pay is $400 and that's if I sell my 2016's.
- Aug 18, 2000
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But that's shipping included.
- Apr 16, 2014
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Compared to everything else we've seen it's better but still...925??? for a Jordan 1???? in 2025????
Man what are we doing.
- Apr 15, 2004
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Ish like this just REALLY makes me want to say f it and quit this hobby altogether. Easier said than done but if they keep doing these kind of shenanigans it may just happen.
- Sep 6, 2015
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love my georgetowns - big need but will be patient and check back months after release lol
- Mar 29, 2001
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Could never quit this hobby flat out.
I’ll skate to other brands, like I have to adidas recently, but to just stop being into shoes period is outside of my dna
I’ll skate to other brands, like I have to adidas recently, but to just stop being into shoes period is outside of my dna
- Sep 17, 2016
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it is what it is
I buy what's available to buy and move on
I buy what's available to buy and move on
- Sep 25, 2004
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5. Now that they see people will pay more than $250 everyone was complaining about, it gives them more of an excuse to continue raising retail prices until people start getting pushed out the game to move onto another hobby other than sneakers.
- Apr 9, 2017
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That ish def aint gon work on me. These will come back again, and again... not stressing or even caring about this release tbh.
- Oct 24, 2010
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The next time they come out I’ll be done with kicks
Here and there something nostalgic sure if I’m even keeping up to date but I’m pretty much done. Really don’t buy much at all other than random stuff I find deep discount
Even then I don’t even wear many Jordan’s anymore. I have a pair of 3s I rock here and there: some low tops ones.
Currently gonna try and get rid of majority or collection other than some Jordan 1 highs and pass down to my son because I thought it’s cool
How some people find 20-30 year old shoes their parents owned
Other than that, **** shoes especially the games and the hoops you need to jump thru to get anything decent looking
- Oct 5, 2015
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And Nike still wonders why New Balance, HOKA, and the other shoe brands' financial stock figures ended up rising up higher than own THIS PAST YEAR
The more Nike keeps pulling this price raising/stock limiting marketing stunts like this..............the more this entire site will be renamed to NEW BALANCE TALK
