Nike raised the 12s to $210, you draw the line at $20 relative to the price of the shoes when they both was last released? Just curious, in all seriousness.
I get what you're saying but what I meant was nike also raised the price by $40 on the payoff 12s since they were last released. He said the playoff 12s was a cop, that's why I made the comment about $20, should've said 30. Everything you said can apply to the 12s, js has incrementally increased every year with some having poor quality & lesser tech but retro 1 price increases lag other retros. Lebron's are far from poor quality & lesser tech imo
I understand your point. In Europe, the 12s still at 200, not 210. The thing is, every Nike retros are at 190-200 retail in Europe now, except foams and some collab like OW, it can be 225 or more. So yes if you compare to 2012, a Black Red 4 was 160 and now 200, 10 years ago. But as I said, we got the WTT 9 for 200€ retail, just 2 months ago… And now they charge 40€ more for no reason.
Prob the biggest lesson I learned in 2020 is to wait things out. I got many of the 8s at retail, and a couple that I paid resale on I could of got even cheaper had I waited it out a bit. I got into Kangaroos last year too and same thing, had I waited it out I would've saved quite a bit of money as all the ones I bought not only went on sale, but when the vendors in Europe ran a site wide sale, it was eligible on the already nicely discounted prices. The Kangaroos i bought were actually limited sneakers (most are 400 pairs total or less on thier limited production stuff) and even at that my size was available down the road for nicely discounted prices. I even think this goes for hyped shoes like J1s and Dunks. Wait a bit after the release there is always a desperate reseller to move a pair. I've decided I'm not even gonna try for the BB until a few months passes. There will definitely be someone trying to offload a pair. This whole internet and social media hype has us thinking we need it now or else we are missing out. The way I look at things now is I can wait til I find a good deal that is better for me.
Bro if elite 9s come out they’ll be $300 retail
Yes, definitely
Hopefully. My size is still $400+ on StockX.
Ight, Ty fam
Not the same shoe at all can’t compared because 8 V1’s and V2’s fit different and 9’s have the padding on the ankle for stability making them completely different fits. I have had OG’s in both 8’s and 9’s. OG 8 V1’s ran 1/2 size small to me but OG 9’s were TTS. Retro 9’s run 1/2 to full size small to me so I would try some on before buying will be the only way for YOU to know how they will fit YOU
