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Never done an EU purchase before. Carted on Hanon. Card declined. on phone for 25minutes. Sold out. So it looks like I will be on the hunt for these tomorrow after work.
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You basically answered your own question. Limited/hyped releases presell for 300-400 WHEN people think the shoes are going to sell out quick or be hard to obtain regardless of actual quantities released.Yes, "The last few retros haven't been sold out as fast as they used to... or sold out at all" so your logic is correct in that others are also probably thinking this will follow suit. They are going for 250-280 BECAUSE people are thinking this way.
The last few retros haven't been sold out as fast as they used to... or sold out at all. What makes you guys think these will be any different? They are going for around 250-280 on ebay right now, which is the same as the aquas before they released. Usually limited/hyped releases presell for about 300-400.
Quick strike used to be something completely different.Why is it a shame?
Resellers on ebay and such are not basing their prices on a hunch. Resellers that are able to acquire a certain number of pairs have the closest idea to how many pairs are actually releasing. Its all just supply and demand in the end and not the "thinking" of the community. Hype can only do so much with huge quantities of a product released. If they are able to easily backdoor a thousand pairs of something chances are that they are a major GR so they will sell slightly above retail in hopes they can score a profit before the actual release. This is because shoes like Aquas and threepeats will sell below retail the very next day. IMO these will sell out, but certainly not within the first few hours of release. Same thing applies to the upcoming 13s. You know they made a billion pairs of those and resellers have been selling them for MONTHS now for a decent price. Many of the big sneakerheads are also projecting that this will be the first 13 to not sell out based on these numbers. JB is seriously coming down on the resell market but they are sacrificing the exclusivity of JB that sneakerheads both love and hate.
They are going for 250-280 BECAUSE people are thinking this way.
$20 above retail. Hopefully.****, rolled up to my local spot and I'm like 7th in line. They get one of each size, so chances are I'm ******. What's resale looking like on these?
JB has to raise the prices to protect the brand. A couple of years ago, a regular GR was about 170 and now it's 190. A semi-limited release was 180-190 and now it's 210-220. The price changed, the quality changed (slightly) but there's one thing people don't often factor in; the production numbers changed because we begged for it. It's a common held marketing theory that if you increase your production numbers without a change to the price, you're essentially diluting the value of the product as well as the overall brand. A PRIME example is the AF1. No explanation really needed. Used to be super exclusive (more so than JB), people demanded more releases, Nike gave it to them, kept the price the same, and now every single AF1 GR and most QS since then sits on shelves. It's the same thing happening here with Jordans. It's the same reason why Bugatti doesn't go out and make 10 times the number of cars that it does. There are people that want it yet making more just dilutes the brand, same way it has with Jordans. Sadly, the people basing their buying decisions on the hype, make up the majority and are the ones Nike and JB look at when they decide what to release and pricing. It's all down hill from here.
I kinda agree with both of you.Quick strike used to be something completely different.
For example, I got a pair of livestrong busy p air forces that were qs.... They were available in about 4 stores nationwide.
Now they call a gr a qs for hype that's available in every city at several stores? That's not qs. Does hyper strike even exist anymore?
Yes, if it's above $200.
does end clothing charge custom fees? if so, how would i be billed?
You are on point with that. [emoji]128079[/emoji]You basically answered your own question. Limited/hyped releases presell for 300-400 WHEN people think the shoes are going to sell out quick or be hard to obtain regardless of actual quantities released.Yes, "The last few retros haven't been sold out as fast as they used to... or sold out at all" so your logic is correct in that others are also probably thinking this will follow suit. They are going for 250-280 BECAUSE people are thinking this way.
And I really don't understand why some people are trying to say "the price isn't justified because all Jordan did was put NA on the heel of the least popular CW". How can we honestly sit here and try to put this CW in comparison with any of the other 6's in terms of popularity when this shoe has never been released since 1991 and 95% of "sneakerheads" have never even seen the shoe in real life. How can most of us possibly know this was the least popular CW in 1991? Most of us were in freaking diapers. I'm not talking about any of the OGs of the game (props to you for sticking in it for so long), I'm talking about these newcoming resellers that all of a sudden think they know what's good for the sneaker game, just because they flipped a couple of GRs.
JB has to raise the prices to protect the brand. A couple of years ago, a regular GR was about 170 and now it's 190. A semi-limited release was 180-190 and now it's 210-220. The price changed, the quality changed (slightly) but there's one thing people don't often factor in; the production numbers changed because we begged for it. It's a common held marketing theory that if you increase your production numbers without a change to the price, you're essentially diluting the value of the product as well as the overall brand. A PRIME example is the AF1. No explanation really needed. Used to be super exclusive (more so than JB), people demanded more releases, Nike gave it to them, kept the price the same, and now every single AF1 GR and most QS since then sits on shelves. It's the same thing happening here with Jordans. It's the same reason why Bugatti doesn't go out and make 10 times the number of cars that it does. There are people that want it yet making more just dilutes the brand, same way it has with Jordans. Sadly, the people basing their buying decisions on the hype, make up the majority and are the ones Nike and JB look at when they decide what to release and pricing. It's all down hill from here.
Fedex sends you the bill. It costs me about $50 for a $200 order in Texas.
does end clothing charge custom fees? if so, how would i be billed?
they didn't release on FNL yet, they are just showing sold out but will drop at 10amSo FNL sold out already tho HOW? Lmao
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You basically answered your own question. Limited/hyped releases presell for 300-400 WHEN people think the shoes are going to sell out quick or be hard to obtain regardless of actual quantities released.Yes, "The last few retros haven't been sold out as fast as they used to... or sold out at all" so your logic is correct in that others are also probably thinking this will follow suit. They are going for 250-280 BECAUSE people are thinking this way.
And I really don't understand why some people are trying to say "the price isn't justified because all Jordan did was put NA on the heel of the least popular CW". How can we honestly sit here and try to put this CW in comparison with any of the other 6's in terms of popularity when this shoe has never been released since 1991 and 95% of "sneakerheads" have never even seen the shoe in real life. How can most of us possibly know this was the least popular CW in 1991? Most of us were in freaking diapers. I'm not talking about any of the OGs of the game (props to you for sticking in it for so long), I'm talking about these newcoming resellers that all of a sudden think they know what's good for the sneaker game, just because they flipped a couple of GRs.
JB has to raise the prices to protect the brand. A couple of years ago, a regular GR was about 170 and now it's 190. A semi-limited release was 180-190 and now it's 210-220. The price changed, the quality changed (slightly) but there's one thing people don't often factor in; the production numbers changed because we begged for it. It's a common held marketing theory that if you increase your production numbers without a change to the price, you're essentially diluting the value of the product as well as the overall brand. A PRIME example is the AF1. No explanation really needed. Used to be super exclusive (more so than JB), people demanded more releases, Nike gave it to them, kept the price the same, and now every single AF1 GR and most QS since then sits on shelves. It's the same thing happening here with Jordans. It's the same reason why Bugatti doesn't go out and make 10 times the number of cars that it does. There are people that want it yet making more just dilutes the brand, same way it has with Jordans. Sadly, the people basing their buying decisions on the hype, make up the majority and are the ones Nike and JB look at when they decide what to release and pricing. It's all down hill from here.