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I remember you telling us (me) to take a turn on the pessimism towards upcoming releases. I thought you were a little off your rocker honestly, but today I can see your way of thinking. The Kobes were obviously the most limited of the shoes and I still woke up at 9 and got what I wanted. Now, if that was a year or two ago that would have never happened on a "limited" release.
I'll put it like this @TR23 because I don't want you to feel like I'm coming at you, because I don't want to do that around here. There is a HUGE difference this year in regards to the past 3-4 years. I don't know what the numbers are, what exactly has changed....but some of these releases are getting easier and easier. I could speculate that the sneaker resell bubble has burst, or that numbers have increased....but I honestly have no idea. Of course they'll still play around with the real limited stuff like the J's tomorrow for example.....but I think it's time that we start getting excited again for the opportunity to purchase vs. worrying about them always shafting us. Not saying I won't ever strike out in the future, but Nike is starting to become a bit more transparent and it's become easier to plan accordingly.
Anyways, get well soon....I'll quit picking on ya
I don't know what has changed either. All I know is that for the most part if you are a fan of the Big 3 of Nike then you can obtain what you want, within reason. Resellers will be here forever but I hope they are getting discouraged knowing that their profit margins are shrinking. If that happens then the arm chair resellers will go the way of the Dodo bird.
Now, the truest test of what the landscape is starting to look like will be with the WTK. If they are obtainable on a larger scale, even more so than the KD6/LBJ WT, then I will truly start believing Nike is taking a turn to giving the customers what it wants in terms of "limited" supply and not catering to 10k pair that go straight to resellers/ebay.
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