I've been waiting for this drop since the 2012 pair came out, which that year, I slept on it due to budget issues. When I caught wind these were coming out again, I was excited. By all means, I'm not a shoehead. I usually don't stalk sneakers like this, but I've been wanting a pair of infrareds forever and actually having the chance to purchase them, I thought, cool, they're only AMs, I'll get them with ease.
7AM hits this morning....
Nike twirls around taunting me, FootLocker, nah. Lady Footlocker, nah. Champs, NAH. Eastbay, no. Clicked on other sites from this forum, and it was NO, NO, NO. Right when I thought I got it on Finish Line, trying three times, I realized it was out of stock and it charged me three times (which all dropped within an hour).
A friend got his 11.5 pair with ease on Finish Line since Nike was being a douche. He asked me if I wanted to go to the mall to get my pair. Missing two hours of work just to wait for the mall to open didn't seem like a good choice. But I said eff it.
Waiting at Footaction's gate at 9:45am, worker lets one guy in. He's able to purchase his. My friend and another guy are still outside waiting for the gate to be lifted. Once the guy is done with his purchase, that's when the employee opens the gate to officially. I walk in with the other guy, the employee asks what size I want. I say 9.5. He says "nope, we only have size 10." I walked out.
Asked the foot locker guy from the gate, if they received the shipment, they said, no, not lady footlocker either. Went to Shoe Palace and I got dumb looks bc they didn't know what I was talking about. Finally strolled up to Sheikh, employee mundanely gets my size and rings me up.
Mission accomplished.
Worked a bit waaaay too hard for AIR MAXES. But I guess. -__-