and when i say satisfying death its more so the aspect of the over priced shoes and hype beast type market. Now shoes are affordable again and ppl who actually want them can obtain them
I just buy shoes that cost 100 to 120 dollarsnto wear not collect.I would never buy shoes that cost 1,000 or more.I could afford it but I would rather use my money for important stuff like paying off ny car which its 2,000 away from being paid off.
@jeyDsixx18bruh imagine, you move onto the next thing that’s meant for f*cking KIDS * I feel so bad for kids who can’t go to target or Walmart and get Pokémon cards, that was some of my friends and I best memories, going in and getting Pokémon tins, blister packs and pulling cool cards.. and now , the shelf’s are always empty asf.. kids can’t even enjoy them… if you do this type of shit.. shameful asf
Maybe it’s me, but nobody’s getting generationally wealthy from this stuff. Whether it’s trading cards or shoes, whatever profit you make you end up re-investing back into more stock.
@gunkii27 nah Imma keep collecting pikachu cards it’s fun idgaf go get upset about somethin that matters with ya no real problem havin yt privledge ahhh
nah, pokemon cards are loot boxes for solely speculative items. the company is better off with scalpers. shoes have an actual function. if only scalpers are buying the shoes, no one is wearing them. as much as nike loves artificial scarcity, they'll lose favor with consumers, who will buy their competitors. it hurts their brand loyalty. maybe they'll find out nike shoes really aren't really all that better. pokemon is better equipped to deal with competitors. a pokemon fan might buy magic the gathering cards if their stores cannot get stocked, but they're more likely to go back to pokemon. they have a larger cultural impact because they can still consume the tv show or video games which will still bring their interest towards the cards. ig you could say the same about nike's clothing lines, but i stand by the fact that pokemon is more poised to engage with their customer base outside of trading cards than nike is with their shoes.
I do man most sneakers at shoe stores cost around 200-300 lol. I think the culture had become over saturated and the companies had become greedy fixated on the influx of money coming in and trying to feed the hype beasts & neglecting the people who just buy them to wear them i.e only 5000 of the sneaker being released and stuff like that. This trend will repeat itself in years from now lol rinse and repeat
I mean i agree, but ive got family that does it and I have a friend of my dad's that whips out the shoes theyre just rereleasing and wears them to lie to people and say he has a guy that gets him early drops. Personally though no more than $150 for any shoe and ive gotta really like it. Other than that $60
It’s a satisfying death indeed. It would be utterly insane that if in 2026 we really cared about fake vs real 800$ shoes when half of gen z can’t afford basic necessities
Some are broke because their kids maxed out their credit cards on pump-and-dump schemes and online betting, while they themselves have a closet full of ugly, overpriced sneakers. Every generation has people who fall for fads. Parents need to take responsibility for teaching their kids not to be the idiots many of them once were, and we all need to ignore bloody influencers.
@usernametaken3098 nowadays the cheap clothes and so called street vendor shirt and other items are the hype, and yes rep shoes are also popping out, for me i wear these reps because i dont want to buy shoe that cost 1/4 of my monthly pay, they do look similar, even some my friend that works at the QC section cant even tell or even if they can tell usually its from the shoe lace and not the shoe, well its also because i do my research on reps that is close to the real one anyways, but wear what you want
As a relatively poor kid living half way across the world from the US, it was unfathomable for me that kids my age in the States got to spend thousands on sneakers that (to me) looked cheap and terrible (talking about Yeezy's specifically)
Proud of that decision man, these shoes are literally a scam and literally made in china by kids🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️if you think pricing a shoe 200 that costs 10 bucks to make is okay meanwhile the kids making them literally have their hands full of blisters and bruises just for some snobby kid in California that wants to show off to girls that will never care and just laugh at him😭😭😭😂I mean I can’t make this up some women think it’s gay asf seriously. If guys wasn’t all about money and costly things maybe just maybe they’d have real friends
@tomislavlovric4044they are all terrible and the fact they make them for 10 bucks and sell them for 250 or more for some shoes is straight delusion if you buy them… that’s literally a scam and Jordans used to not cost like that but they did and started using cheap material😂😂😂mfs think they out here with good shoes and all this and that but really they wearing some cheap ass shit💀💀💀
I remember getting Jordans for the first time after seeing them in the store in my European country and I was so underwhelmed. They didn't even feel that nicely on your feet.
Who said I bought off scalpers? I’m not a sneakerhead but I’m tired of my hobbies being infested by scumbags whether that be concert or sports tickets. My kids can’t get pokemon cards because no lifers fight over vending machines and treat a kids game like investing.
@a@adamsmithhomie9490 guy they buy every pair they can same model and when is out of stock they resell at a ridiculous amount is not about personality is about that i aint that much to a looser for something that in the original store is actually affordable
@adamsmithhomie9490 That's not what that means what so ever. It's showing "temporal distance", himself while admitting; which is called being truthful. His backups are degree minimization (only 15 shoes) and age framing (i was young). Distancing: “I used to do X. I don’t anymore. I only sold a few, and I was young.” this uses two minimization angles, Virtue signaling: “I used to do X when I was young, but I realized how harmful that mindset is. I can’t believe I ever thought that way. We really need to hold ourselves accountable and be better.” As you can see, there is no minimalizing in virtue signaling. It just blows up the issue even further. Virtue signaling sucks because you're admitting, distancing and then making it a way bigger deal than it is, seemingly SHIFTING IT onto others when you're the one admitting it. For example, for someone saying slurs: Distancing: "I used to say the soft a all the time. I had black friends who didn't care at all and i just used it as "dude" no matter skin color, then i learned that's not everyone's situation so i stopped". Virtue signaling. "I mean we all said it back then, but racism is really bad guys and anyone who says bad words knowing what we know now needs to be canceled and actively forced out. ITS NOT ENOUGH TO BE RACIST YOU GOTTA BE ANTI-RACIST!" Explaining is fine when you're admitting, it's the (currently used phrase) "pulling of the ladder" that is crazy. Look at Borat (he's saying to not do racial humour), Idubbz (used to drop slurs, now judges everyone), Moby (sold 50 million records sampling other people and not paying for it; now says producers are lazy for using samples) and all of those types of people. They got where they are from doing it, now they're pulling the ladder so no one else can climb up to where they were. Matty aint doing that.
When I was a kid in the 80's and 90's, we went through a spectrum of "in" sneakers. Reebok Pumps. British Knights (BK), Air Jordan's, Converse and probably some others. I remember at one point our school made it against the rules to pump your shoes during classes.
@StarlightEaterpurchased the ROG Ally X for this reason lol. I can emulate so many systems in a handheld PC and still play my AAA games from my steam library. I still visit card shops to interact with the community but I laugh when I see older games going for $100+ that a laptop/modded console/phone can easily emulate
different topic there older games you can actually own won't become cheaper again not when modern games are a scam you never "buy" them it's a lie you get a "temporary lease" on them except if you buy from GOG
Never was a sneakerhead but it was interesting to watch people get so deep into it. Looking for rare shoes and flipping them for insane amounts. I've seen this happen so many times in my life with baseball cards, comics, nft's, etc etc. The moment it seems like everyone is an "expert" in some niche area, you know it's at it's peak
Im big into sneakers (or was) and it’s definitely a mix of what everyone said to your reply. Definitely in high school I was into it for the look and making money off of it. Now I definitely buy more of what I just like
Right? Like, they aren't even high quality shoes. Paying hundreds of dollars for some Nike junk made with trash leather that cost them $3 to manufacture. You could buy actual quality footwear instead
Pokemon hype is going to go down at some point and ppl going to lose their money. When you have adults hoarding all the cards, the fun out of the game leaves.
Pokémon is the most valuable IP of all-time, and has sold more game copies than nearly every video game franchises with a constant stream of games. So there is more to it than fashion brands.
I distinctly remember this era when I was in late-middle/early-high school, and I am eternally grateful that I didn't gaf then and I still don't gaf now. Nothing destroys your financial health like susceptibility to fomo and cultural hype.
True. My parents never bought me trendy fashion stuff. It sucked for being a kid, but it's awesome when you've grown up. I'm a shoemaker and I'm valueing quality and things that last. I am free to spend my money on things that are good for me, and there's NO pressure in any way to get something just because I feel I need it. Feels like being truly independent. Just not giving a damn **** about fashion and still leaving the house properly dressed.
I used to work at footlocker from 2006-2009 here in Chicago. I seen it all. I remember the first line for the Yeezys, I was laughing when I seen them waiting 2 weeks out. Thank God this shits over, its shoes, you wear them, and move on. It is sad how much people paid just to be surrounded by it in their closet. MJ was cool, but to wait outside in the cold for some rubber while MJ sits on his yacht is just hilarious to conceive.
The people who paid for artificial rarity were brain dead. "Hey guys, you know these trainers we make millions of in Chinese sweatshops for a couple of bucks each? Well, we gonna make 10 pairs in a slightly different colour scheme and charge 20x as much. Who wants some?" And all the dents would que up dribbling and screaming "take my money"
As an old head who wears reps - this makes me happy. Folks can afford Jordan’s or whatever they want & simultaneously scalpers are motivated to get a more secure job.
I used to use Pandabuy to buy them, but once their warehouses got raided by Nike I stopped wearing reps, I kinda grew out of the hype and just wear whatever I want, so Remember, people wear things they don’t want with the money they don’t have to please people that don’t care, so be yourself.
ive always thought the art and form of sneakers are nice but i grew up lower income seeing my cousins ect w them. if anyone could give a decent rep site for someone like me who will always put shoes to work like they were supposed to be plz @ me. who likes actually supporting the MAN any way
they didn't move anywhere. It is basic market dynamics. These are different people and have always existed in any space that has demand. You only notice it now because demand is so extremely high. They don't set prices.
You can't grade sneakers like you can with trading cards. And there's much less of a risk with the companies flooding the market with older products, which is why sealed product keeps rising. Not defending it, but sneakers were never meant to have an insane secondary market like TCGs.
@TommyNoVercetti Its sitting on shelves untouched around me. The scalpers jumped to One Piece. Gamestop is screaming "we have Pokemon" to kids walking in the door hoping someone will be interested Guess its a region thing that will eventually get to you
I feel that the epidemic of style, money, and status in both kids and adults will never truly go away. I mean new brands and new styles are bound to pop up again restarting the cycle again and again.
1:00 Actually 2010 was the worst time to be a sneakerhead cuz everything was so expensive. It's like saying now is the best time to buy RAM. Now is the best time for sneakerheads as you can buy shoes at more reasonable prices.
I don't think you get it. His point is that now is the best time for people who want shoes, look above in the pinned comment. He said PERFECT time to be a sneakerhead, which is true. Shit was still forming, i bought shoes until 2012, spent $110 max and could get any shoe i wanted. After that, i got bored because of the hypebeast shit getting huge so i sold on early grail and got out. Now, i wear shoes again but i'm not a sneakerhead. That's what he's talking about. Ironically, the shoes i buy (and wear) now are more expensive than any hypebeast shit i ever bought AND they're chinese... but the quality and utility of them is fucking crazy.
@notreally-sf3dfDo you understand what a sneakerhead is? A sneakerhead is someone who loves branded sneakers and collects them like Pokemon cards. They are different from Hype Beasts whose purpose is to flex or scalpers who wanted to make money flipping shoes. The 2010s were the worst time to be a sneakerhead because all the shoes were getting hyped up and expensive. Now these shoes have gone in price so if you are a sneakerhead you love this era because you can buy like 5 pairs of shoes from what it cost one back during the hype days.
@Cocoliso90thats how the world is set up. Blame the school system. When you allow so many children in a building who are essentially strangers who would never meet other wise you get this culture of wanting to be the cool kid.
Use to know a guy who had dozens of Jordans who got out of the game a couple years back, it was more or less the comfort for him. He couldn't wear the shoes without having back pain so they would just sit, and all he wears now are some orthopedic shoes.
I mean once in a while i look down but all i do is go. Oh ok cool shoe. You mean to tell me people are willing to pay 1000s for me to react 1 time maybe to their shoes? For ego boost? Wow.
that’s really only back in 2016 tho. the brand was so hyped that their new drops would sell out almost instantly, they only make a certain amount and they don’t re-release the same products, so most of this stuff was being sold for resell prices which are much higher. supreme is a lot easier to get for retail now, and their hoodies go for about $220. compared to other brands, that’s not too bad now
@OwenStoeppler i wasn’t saying it wasn’t overpriced, all designer clothing is. i was just saying compared to back in 2016 and other brands nowadays, $220 ain’t that crazy, the build quality of their hoodies is also really good so it’s not like you’ll be buying a new one every year. if you’re someone that doesn’t care about brands or clothes, then it ain’t for you and that’s cool, but if you’re someone who maybe wanted one back in 2016 but didn’t want to pay 4x the price or you didn’t have money like that back then, it’s perfect now because you still get the same hoodies for a fraction of the price it would’ve been in 2016
Supreme when I was a kid was looked at as a girl brand and was cheap.. when I seen kids buying it for ridiculous prices I almost fell over 😂 still never owned a piece of Supreme thank God.. along with crocs, so ugly
/vintage culture. Nobody wants to pay these prices for clothes that STILL smell like basement, attic, storage unit or worse that might fall part in 2yrs cause it was made in '74 and got puke on it from this conce- like just stop all of it lol
I never got into the sneaker thing because it never made sense to me. How is a $10 shoe made in China worth $500 or $5000 or even $50k? I understand if there is an iconic pair of shoes that comes once in a lifetime like something maybe Shaq wore or maybe something Michael Jordan signed or something. Or maybe they're made of gold or something very rare. But they are not : It's normal fabric made in a chinese factory like the 20 bucks generics generic shoe i'm wearing now. Plus nowadays every shoe is just iconic which doesn't make any sense. Like really ? All of them? Kanye himself said he doesn't understand how his shoes became 5000 and 6000 dollars of value when they're worth maybe 25 bucks...
So you just fundamentally don’t understand why goods cost what they do? Are you under the impression that other products are sold based purely on their cost? Materials almost never dictate the final cost of ANY item 😂
This can apply to pretty much anything with market value lol. Trading cards, memorabilia, paintings etc. It goes even deeper with manufactured scarcity with things such as diamonds, a cultural and business manipulation to make them seem more expensive than they actually are to acquire and make
Gotta sift through the sellers but ppl tend to be honest in those reviews so it’s pretty easy. Been getting $20 jerseys from them for years. Shipping times are a bitch sometimes but then it’s a just a little treat you forgot about lol
it was more than that ... New Balance (and other brands) were selling for $60 when Nike was at $150 (or more) ..... it didn't take Einstein to know that the balloon would soon pop
One thing I learned back in college (and end of my high school years) sometime ago. Only poor people trade sneakers. The rich and actually successful ones don't have time to "catch up" with fashion. They're busy with their business or studies, even back then in college.
Deadass my entire highschool era before covid was just everyone tryna flex their brand named clothes and items. If you wore ANYTHING other than Nike tech, Balenciaga , supreme or champion you were considered “broke” and don’t get me started on the AirPod and fake AirPods incident 😭
I think good fakes are the major reason why people stopped paying so much for the same stuff produced in the same factories but 2-3 times more because of the brand name
About 1/4 into last year. Never got it. That was kind of like the men's trend of adult males buying Saquach Soap during the dumbest of the ads the company was doing. Same must use Manscape during year or two the balls ads so popular for the Manscape original shaver/trimer, so popular that the Philips Norelco One had to have its own balls ad during the peak year of the Manscape ad.
Lol basically. It was fine when collectors just communicated on forums, then evolving to blogs in the early 2010s. With social media growing and causing worlds to collide at such a vast and rapid rate, so many things have been ruined or blown out of proportion.
My wife and I have a sneaker collection.....about 30 pairs each, all CONVERSE CHUCKS HI TOPS. We only buy, collect, and wear sneakers that never go out of style. We love the popular, classic, never-changing CHUCKS.
I just bought my second pair. My first pair graduated to lawn shoe stage and the highs keep the clippings out. Idk why I never bought them before! They are cool and there are a ton of colors!
As a sneaker head...it feels good to have my hobby back.. Also the dudes that got into sneakers around that time ARE NOT SNEAKERHEADS THEY WERE RESELLERS. Going to a store and getting my shoes on release Saturday or just hitting eBay day of and not getting milked is amazing.
It’s the same process with everything it starts in the streets. It starts organically, then companies and greedy people come and fuck it all up and then they cry later.
americans and their obsession with shoes will never make sense to me. nothing you guys buy and sell is worth than like 2.50$ MAX to make for clothes. and like 5$ for shoes.
Nike shoes used to be good quality. A pair could last years. Not it's absolute garbage. Don't wear your Nikes for a few months and the soles fall apart. I'm not paying 200-300 bucks for cheap Chinese made shoes.
Buy vietnamese made shoes, top quality with the same price of chinese shoes, all my shoes are vietnamese, all of my shoes last no less than 6-7 years to 10 years. Bought a yeezy pair 8+ years ago, still wear it till this day, it was like 3 dollars, comfiest shoe ever, have no idea if it's the same as the original, but it sure is same or even better quality. I also buy local made shoes, like 30 dollars for high quality leather shoes, shit you would buy hundreds probably even thousands of dollars.@stefanwolf8558
I’m so glad people don’t give a shit about shoes anymore. Idrc about if people have the same shoes as me tbh bc I buy stuff that I’ll actually wear. Resellers really take the positivity out of sporting the shoes you actually like
and when i say satisfying death its more so the aspect of the over priced shoes and hype beast type market. Now shoes are affordable again and ppl who actually want them can obtain them
🥹✌🏽ilu gng
you are one of my favorite Matty! please keep it up! You got folks on Louaista and PatrickCC talking about you! 💪🏾💪🏾✨✨
The pandemic really made that bubble grow. Glad it finally popped and seemed to stabilize
I just buy shoes that cost 100 to 120 dollarsnto wear not collect.I would never buy shoes that cost 1,000 or more.I could afford it but I would rather use my money for important stuff like paying off ny car which its 2,000 away from being paid off.
They gone to Pokemon scalping now.
May this continue to happen to scalpers in every other community
Especially in the Pokemon community
Doll community is a big one
Housing one day 🙏
@younes9745Like the 2008 recession when most of the workforce was unemployed, hopefully one day but not that bad
@FranciscoGarza-t4vFind another hobby instead of collecting cardboard cutouts
They all moved to Pokémon cards.
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Well good thing no one that's not autistic cares about that
@jeyDsixx18bruh imagine, you move onto the next thing that’s meant for f*cking KIDS * I feel so bad for kids who can’t go to target or Walmart and get Pokémon cards, that was some of my friends and I best memories, going in and getting Pokémon tins, blister packs and pulling cool cards.. and now , the shelf’s are always empty asf.. kids can’t even enjoy them… if you do this type of shit.. shameful asf
And some got into sports cards also
@MerlinDoesMCi made thousands on the side from it cry
Scalpers calling themselves “entrepreneurs” was peak stupidity.
Maybe it’s me, but nobody’s getting generationally wealthy from this stuff. Whether it’s trading cards or shoes, whatever profit you make you end up re-investing back into more stock.
@sethkerzner9543 which at some point goes out of trend and then you're sitting on a bunch of worthless stock.
@tbar749exactly
"I started a 'business'"
More stupid: People buying from scalpers
Thank god sneaker scalpers are gone. Next just has to be pokemon cards
Well the shoe scalpers are the pokemon scalpers. Now theyre onto OP TCG its loser shit
@gunkii27 nah Imma keep collecting pikachu cards it’s fun idgaf go get upset about somethin that matters with ya no real problem havin yt privledge ahhh
@degengam2781this comment made me lose brain cells lmao, no one has ever gained privilege cuz of a damn Pokemon card. Quit playing the victim card. 😂
Lol? Even a blind fish wouldnt fall for that bait kid
nah, pokemon cards are loot boxes for solely speculative items. the company is better off with scalpers. shoes have an actual function. if only scalpers are buying the shoes, no one is wearing them. as much as nike loves artificial scarcity, they'll lose favor with consumers, who will buy their competitors. it hurts their brand loyalty. maybe they'll find out nike shoes really aren't really all that better. pokemon is better equipped to deal with competitors. a pokemon fan might buy magic the gathering cards if their stores cannot get stocked, but they're more likely to go back to pokemon. they have a larger cultural impact because they can still consume the tv show or video games which will still bring their interest towards the cards. ig you could say the same about nike's clothing lines, but i stand by the fact that pokemon is more poised to engage with their customer base outside of trading cards than nike is with their shoes.
mattyballz, you da real overpriced sneaker twin
Your mom.
PPL be wearing outfit that dont even match, They just pick whatever is the most expensive🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
hahaha the good old days.
That always annoyed me lol, money doesn’t equal a good outfit 🤣
@xinx-fn8973money doesn’t buy class
Nobody "Be Wearing" anything......that isn't even English. PPL is also not a word, it's spelled People.
You young people are the absolute dumbest 😂
Nobody got money to drop 2 -300 on some sneakers that look like 💩
I do man most sneakers at shoe stores cost around 200-300 lol. I think the culture had become over saturated and the companies had become greedy fixated on the influx of money coming in and trying to feed the hype beasts & neglecting the people who just buy them to wear them i.e only 5000 of the sneaker being released and stuff like that. This trend will repeat itself in years from now lol rinse and repeat
I mean i agree, but ive got family that does it and I have a friend of my dad's that whips out the shoes theyre just rereleasing and wears them to lie to people and say he has a guy that gets him early drops. Personally though no more than $150 for any shoe and ive gotta really like it. Other than that $60
@ashc4167Reebok's don't cost 300
@Ramxenocfacts I wasted too much money on shoes when I was younger
@vc_sheer97w45We all have our thing we waste on so I'd say its okay. Its just what you like, but im sure a lot of us regret it later 😂
It’s a satisfying death indeed. It would be utterly insane that if in 2026 we really cared about fake vs real 800$ shoes when half of gen z can’t afford basic necessities
Some are broke because their kids maxed out their credit cards on pump-and-dump schemes and online betting, while they themselves have a closet full of ugly, overpriced sneakers. Every generation has people who fall for fads. Parents need to take responsibility for teaching their kids not to be the idiots many of them once were, and we all need to ignore bloody influencers.
@Ludicrous3141fuckimg true!
@Ludicrous3141 smart people buy good reps lol. can buy it for same price as normal boring clothes from irl store while still having drip.
@usernametaken3098 nowadays the cheap clothes and so called street vendor shirt and other items are the hype, and yes rep shoes are also popping out, for me i wear these reps because i dont want to buy shoe that cost 1/4 of my monthly pay, they do look similar, even some my friend that works at the QC section cant even tell or even if they can tell usually its from the shoe lace and not the shoe, well its also because i do my research on reps that is close to the real one anyways, but wear what you want
@Ludicrous3141i wish this was true
growing out of buying jordan’s was the best thing that ever happened to me
As a relatively poor kid living half way across the world from the US, it was unfathomable for me that kids my age in the States got to spend thousands on sneakers that (to me) looked cheap and terrible (talking about Yeezy's specifically)
Proud of that decision man, these shoes are literally a scam and literally made in china by kids🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️if you think pricing a shoe 200 that costs 10 bucks to make is okay meanwhile the kids making them literally have their hands full of blisters and bruises just for some snobby kid in California that wants to show off to girls that will never care and just laugh at him😭😭😭😂I mean I can’t make this up some women think it’s gay asf seriously. If guys wasn’t all about money and costly things maybe just maybe they’d have real friends
@tomislavlovric4044they are all terrible and the fact they make them for 10 bucks and sell them for 250 or more for some shoes is straight delusion if you buy them… that’s literally a scam and Jordans used to not cost like that but they did and started using cheap material😂😂😂mfs think they out here with good shoes and all this and that but really they wearing some cheap ass shit💀💀💀
I remember getting Jordans for the first time after seeing them in the store in my European country and I was so underwhelmed. They didn't even feel that nicely on your feet.
@t@tomislavlovric4044 frman I never liked the yeezy, looks so ugly
Matty singlehandedly killed hypebeast culture reselling those 15 pairs
😂😂
The logic checks out.
matty never had that motion 😂
Basically sneakers became available to people and resellers couldn't scam people
"We're making $1mil, while scammers make $2mil.... what if we made ALL our customers buy from us instead..."
@DidntAskToBeHerethere's no need for resellers at all
“And when EVERYONE becomes super, no one will be…”
- Syndrome, The Incredibles (2004)
It just took retailers too long to get their distribution pipeline in order but I'm glad they did
@WrongKristoff W quote
Sounds like the exact business model of diamonds and watches. Buy up all the supply, hoard, control prices.
Or if you're black rock, single family homes.....
At least diamonds have valuable industrial uses. These are just ugly shoes that will fall apart in the rain
Yeah but sneakers are for children. Buy an adult pair or shoes
Scalpers are nothing but parasites
Who know what lemmings want
scalpers don't make losers pay $500 for sneakers. That's you guys trying to show off instead of developing a personality.
Who said I bought off scalpers? I’m not a sneakerhead but I’m tired of my hobbies being infested by scumbags whether that be concert or sports tickets. My kids can’t get pokemon cards because no lifers fight over vending machines and treat a kids game like investing.
They are, but they wouldnt be a thing if idiots didnt waste money in ugly ass shoes
@a@adamsmithhomie9490 guy they buy every pair they can same model and when is out of stock they resell at a ridiculous amount is not about personality is about that i aint that much to a looser for something that in the original store is actually affordable
12:22 matty is MAKING SURE we know he was not a big reseller 😭😂😂
Your mom.
I believe that's called virtue signaling.
@adamsmithhomie9490 Raga Daga mo migha flagga. Docadendre Ambrose 😊
@adamsmithhomie9490 That's not what that means what so ever.
It's showing "temporal distance", himself while admitting; which is called being truthful.
His backups are degree minimization (only 15 shoes) and age framing (i was young).
Distancing: “I used to do X. I don’t anymore. I only sold a few, and I was young.” this uses two minimization angles,
Virtue signaling: “I used to do X when I was young, but I realized how harmful that mindset is. I can’t believe I ever thought that way. We really need to hold ourselves accountable and be better.”
As you can see, there is no minimalizing in virtue signaling. It just blows up the issue even further.
Virtue signaling sucks because you're admitting, distancing and then making it a way bigger deal than it is, seemingly SHIFTING IT onto others when you're the one admitting it.
For example, for someone saying slurs:
Distancing: "I used to say the soft a all the time. I had black friends who didn't care at all and i just used it as "dude" no matter skin color, then i learned that's not everyone's situation so i stopped".
Virtue signaling. "I mean we all said it back then, but racism is really bad guys and anyone who says bad words knowing what we know now needs to be canceled and actively forced out. ITS NOT ENOUGH TO BE RACIST YOU GOTTA BE ANTI-RACIST!"
Explaining is fine when you're admitting, it's the (currently used phrase) "pulling of the ladder" that is crazy. Look at Borat (he's saying to not do racial humour), Idubbz (used to drop slurs, now judges everyone), Moby (sold 50 million records sampling other people and not paying for it; now says producers are lazy for using samples) and all of those types of people. They got where they are from doing it, now they're pulling the ladder so no one else can climb up to where they were.
Matty aint doing that.
When I was a kid in the 80's and 90's, we went through a spectrum of "in" sneakers. Reebok Pumps. British Knights (BK), Air Jordan's, Converse and probably some others. I remember at one point our school made it against the rules to pump your shoes during classes.
Fila! 🫶🏾
I bought some Walmart shoes last week
So ur a bot 😂
Your fathers a bot for not using a condom
@eurotheguy2027or maybe this is a person that wants to save money
@detroitrenegade514shoes are one of the few things you actually wanna spend some extra money on
@detroitrenegade514tight ass
This needs to happen to old videos games. Seeing people pay $70+ for a games I got for like $5-$10 not too long ago is insanity.
Fs I’m out here looking at ps2 games for $150!? Plsssss
Just emulate.
If you wanna play on og hardware get a flash cart
Love,
A prolific bootlegger
@StarlightEaterpurchased the ROG Ally X for this reason lol. I can emulate so many systems in a handheld PC and still play my AAA games from my steam library. I still visit card shops to interact with the community but I laugh when I see older games going for $100+ that a laptop/modded console/phone can easily emulate
@aliciamoon1937bro google ps2 swapdisc
different topic there older games you can actually own won't become cheaper again not when modern games are a scam you never "buy" them it's a lie you get a "temporary lease" on them except if you buy from GOG
Never was a sneakerhead but it was interesting to watch people get so deep into it. Looking for rare shoes and flipping them for insane amounts. I've seen this happen so many times in my life with baseball cards, comics, nft's, etc etc. The moment it seems like everyone is an "expert" in some niche area, you know it's at it's peak
I hope this hits the Lego "investors" next, hoarding a kids toy to make $20 profit in a decade is so lame.
a bunch of Lego boxes that nobody wanted ... or ... Pokemon boxes that EVERYONE wanted
Agree never understood why anyone would spend a crazy amount of money for some sneakers
I know with adults it's usually a thing where if you couldn't afford them as a kid, once you get that disposable income you rationalize the purchase
@IAMthatIAM992 Its not just that, its more about the hype and being part of a movement or group.
Everyone has a hobby. What's worse is people who drive up the market for mass reselling and pricing out the actual people who like sneakers.
Im big into sneakers (or was) and it’s definitely a mix of what everyone said to your reply. Definitely in high school I was into it for the look and making money off of it. Now I definitely buy more of what I just like
Right? Like, they aren't even high quality shoes. Paying hundreds of dollars for some Nike junk made with trash leather that cost them $3 to manufacture. You could buy actual quality footwear instead
This was a really fun watch and blast of nostalgia, great vid man 👌🏻
Low credit score activities.
Zzz pomposity
@foranyandevery7656 he aint wrong
@Michael.RJ.Oil_Paintingvirtue signaling
Bro my credit score went from 740 to 690 who cares 😂
@foranyandevery7656 copium 😂
i am absolutely loving this era. i got UNC Jordan 1s last week for $45 .. this used to be 500 at one point.. amazing.
Holy dawg shit where did you get those at that price? Ive been dying to get a pair of UNC Jordans
@leo29hornsfandude I'm not buying that lol
I paid $620 for my J3 UNCs because I hadn't treated myself to shit in a while. Lesson learned. Still my favorite pair of shoes, though.
Damn bro. I had been waiting so long for those to go down. I might cop a pair too.
I've chanced upon a pair of the remimagined Jordan 1 uncs in a clearance nike outlet for $85. The biggest steal I've ever found
I'll buy one sneaker customize it as my bowling shoes 😅😅😅
Now everyone likes pokemon outta nowhere. The human mind is crazy
Which is just gambling wrapped in "nostalgia" so it can be claimed it's a "hobby"
Pokemon hype is going to go down at some point and ppl going to lose their money. When you have adults hoarding all the cards, the fun out of the game leaves.
It’s crazier because a lot of those never liked Pokemon to begin with, it’s literally bullies coming back to something for their gain.
Its called the sheep effect. follow everyone to the manslaughter
Pokémon is the most valuable IP of all-time, and has sold more game copies than nearly every video game franchises with a constant stream of games. So there is more to it than fashion brands.
Travy Paddies 🤣🤣🤣
Literally nothing funny about that. At all.
@randomletterandnumberd1 hater for what
I thought that was funny
@miami_mutilatorngl he has a point it was not that funny
@yolandac223you're beautiful
I think reps also caused people to stop caring because people realize they’re just paying thousands of more dollars for basically the same thing
5:36 “so you’ve been waiting 10 hours for a crowbar that says supreme on it?”
“Oh I didn’t even know it said supreme I just want a crowbar”
Can’t quote something if you don’t know what they said bruh
Makes sense to me, i want a crowbar too
Things Gordon Freeman would say
@XombieLejon66 Those games are terrible.
@VIOLATION-j5pleast obvious ragebait
Reason ….we all graduated Highschool
💯
So real
Now I care more about supporting my arches than matching my outfit 😭
About 50% of the country’s population hasn’t matured past freshman year though, so that’s a problem.
We all wore Converse in the 70s.....yeah and we also own our own homes now.
I never understood every sort of fashion culture/hype.
I distinctly remember this era when I was in late-middle/early-high school, and I am eternally grateful that I didn't gaf then and I still don't gaf now. Nothing destroys your financial health like susceptibility to fomo and cultural hype.
True. My parents never bought me trendy fashion stuff. It sucked for being a kid, but it's awesome when you've grown up.
I'm a shoemaker and I'm valueing quality and things that last.
I am free to spend my money on things that are good for me, and there's NO pressure in any way to get something just because I feel I need it.
Feels like being truly independent. Just not giving a damn **** about fashion and still leaving the house properly dressed.
Hahah same I’ve been buying thrifted shoes since 2010 Im just too hard on shit to be spending the kinda money my friends were on shoes.
I used to work at footlocker from 2006-2009 here in Chicago. I seen it all. I remember the first line for the Yeezys, I was laughing when I seen them waiting 2 weeks out. Thank God this shits over, its shoes, you wear them, and move on. It is sad how much people paid just to be surrounded by it in their closet. MJ was cool, but to wait outside in the cold for some rubber while MJ sits on his yacht is just hilarious to conceive.
Bro you speaking mad facts
Spot on, sir. Correct entirely.
The people who paid for artificial rarity were brain dead.
"Hey guys, you know these trainers we make millions of in Chinese sweatshops for a couple of bucks each? Well, we gonna make 10 pairs in a slightly different colour scheme and charge 20x as much. Who wants some?"
And all the dents would que up dribbling and screaming "take my money"
@WorldCupWilliejust like that Dutch guy did with diamonds years ago.
@marek2279 de beers was ahead of the game.
nowadays it really is like "aw he got the VELCRO"
As an old head who wears reps - this makes me happy.
Folks can afford Jordan’s or whatever they want & simultaneously scalpers are motivated to get a more secure job.
Yo what sites do you use? Wanna get some reps but I dont know which sites can be trusted
What site do you use bro? Thanks.
Yo gatekeep it lol
I used to use Pandabuy to buy them, but once their warehouses got raided by Nike I stopped wearing reps, I kinda grew out of the hype and just wear whatever I want, so Remember, people wear things they don’t want with the money they don’t have to please people that don’t care, so be yourself.
ive always thought the art and form of sneakers are nice but i grew up lower income seeing my cousins ect w them. if anyone could give a decent rep site for someone like me who will always put shoes to work like they were supposed to be plz @ me. who likes actually supporting the MAN any way
TLDR: they moved to Pokemon and other TCG’s
they didn't move anywhere. It is basic market dynamics. These are different people and have always existed in any space that has demand. You only notice it now because demand is so extremely high. They don't set prices.
You can't grade sneakers like you can with trading cards. And there's much less of a risk with the companies flooding the market with older products, which is why sealed product keeps rising. Not defending it, but sneakers were never meant to have an insane secondary market like TCGs.
I'm glad they haven't hit my beloved Final Fantasy TCG...yet
@ph43draaaI suggest you pray they don’t, it’s tough getting any Pokemon at MSRP these days, poor One Piece as well :/
@TommyNoVercetti
Its sitting on shelves untouched around me. The scalpers jumped to One Piece. Gamestop is screaming "we have Pokemon" to kids walking in the door hoping someone will be interested
Guess its a region thing that will eventually get to you
I remember going to sneaker stores and asking about old stock that they had in the back
Don’t even remember the last time I watched Complex sneaker shopping episode
I feel that the epidemic of style, money, and status in both kids and adults will never truly go away. I mean new brands and new styles are bound to pop up again restarting the cycle again and again.
rick owens
@4ugust1KYou know Rick Owens has been around since the early 90s just like Chrome Hearts has been around since 88'.
@getdowncrazy916yuh n now it's popular within da culture same way hypebeast shi was associated with celebrities and culture
@getdowncrazy916new brands so oversaturated ppl started going back
@4ugust1Kyep, as long as people dick ride celebrities fashion it won't stop and the problem is the same people complain
Anyone know a good rep site
1:00 Actually 2010 was the worst time to be a sneakerhead cuz everything was so expensive. It's like saying now is the best time to buy RAM. Now is the best time for sneakerheads as you can buy shoes at more reasonable prices.
Facts eBay had the market in a strong hold. And then stockx was created to stop it and became the problem and worse
I don't think you get it.
His point is that now is the best time for people who want shoes, look above in the pinned comment.
He said PERFECT time to be a sneakerhead, which is true. Shit was still forming, i bought shoes until 2012, spent $110 max and could get any shoe i wanted. After that, i got bored because of the hypebeast shit getting huge so i sold on early grail and got out.
Now, i wear shoes again but i'm not a sneakerhead. That's what he's talking about.
Ironically, the shoes i buy (and wear) now are more expensive than any hypebeast shit i ever bought AND they're chinese... but the quality and utility of them is fucking crazy.
@notreally-sf3dfDo you understand what a sneakerhead is? A sneakerhead is someone who loves branded sneakers and collects them like Pokemon cards. They are different from Hype Beasts whose purpose is to flex or scalpers who wanted to make money flipping shoes.
The 2010s were the worst time to be a sneakerhead because all the shoes were getting hyped up and expensive. Now these shoes have gone in price so if you are a sneakerhead you love this era because you can buy like 5 pairs of shoes from what it cost one back during the hype days.
@JohnC_11 Just shut up if you're not gonna fucking understand.
Its pretty sad that people will pay thousands of dollars for a shoe made by a child in a sweatshop in Asia for literal pennies.
You act like avg person is aware of any of it... or care... avg person in America enables this thru ignorance
@Cocoliso90thats how the world is set up. Blame the school system. When you allow so many children in a building who are essentially strangers who would never meet other wise you get this culture of wanting to be the cool kid.
Its called the illusion of scarcity
I’ve never heard the word sneakers so much at one time.
Shoe game was the most stupidest thing in high school thank goodness its fading.
Buy the dip like crypto. It will come back with a new hype.
This felt like watching early Patrick cc. Just a chill discussion on pre 2020 era pop culture. Loved it.
95% of the "sneakerheads" on social media were just hypebeasts.
22:52 real tho
Repsneakers subreddit you’ll find all the good suppliers there
The second you started seeing entire families in matching Jordans you knew it was over
6:21 😂😂 I thought they were really called them I’m over here like “wtf they name shoes anything nowadays” 🤣
13:47 dude is so salty, that'll get people into your store. Everybody loves a store that feels entitled to their money
Maybe he should start selling boots it feels like those have overtook sneakers hype
Man how has that Run DMC murder not been solved yet?
America the land of people who buy shit they dont need to impress people they dont like 😂
That’s not just America, person.
@JoeyLevensonok the west sir
It's wayyyyyyy worse in China or Korea
How do I find these resellers that have too much supply?
The death of the hypebeast era was the birth of my current collection 😂😎
Giancarlo/blazendary really made a career off of being a rich kid like what npc’s were watching that
That because we ain't got no money 😭💰 1:07
Right! We’re rioting outside the grocery store for eggs now 😂😂
Yeah its that simple
Cuz SNAP and other parasite feeder programs got cut
Lol, you poors are funny
Maybe learn how to put your money in a high yielding savings account where they pay you
14:41 video starts here
Had a whatnot shoe ad come on during this video
6:00 Glad that I missed that wave 🤦🏾♂️
👶🍼
Yea he keeps saying everyone….. wasn’t me!
Use to know a guy who had dozens of Jordans who got out of the game a couple years back, it was more or less the comfort for him. He couldn't wear the shoes without having back pain so they would just sit, and all he wears now are some orthopedic shoes.
Sneakers are so cool, happy prices are lower. Now I can properly balance it with my gaming, music production and book costs.
5:51 supreme KILLED EVERYTHING
facts, then they got bought out and they fell off quick after that
dont juice wrld wear supreme
Kids were buying sneakers with their parents’ money, now they are on their own and can’t afford it.
So happy I don’t need fancy material things to be happy. Just food in the fridge, clothes on my back, roof over my head, place to sleep and I’m good.
I watched the whole video, as a guy that in 36 years has not even once looked down and paid attention to anyone's shoes lol.
I mean once in a while i look down but all i do is go. Oh ok cool shoe. You mean to tell me people are willing to pay 1000s for me to react 1 time maybe to their shoes? For ego boost? Wow.
Yeah , Andy mentioned that in Shawshank Redemption.
@mikefigures5075Yup
All of the sneaker scalpers hopped onto the Pokémon scene lmao
I had friends back then who wouldn’t shut up about anything supreme and it was annoying asf
0:33 in 2016 I didn’t really care about that stuff. I do remember supreme, but paying 700$+ for a hoodie is absurd
that’s really only back in 2016 tho. the brand was so hyped that their new drops would sell out almost instantly, they only make a certain amount and they don’t re-release the same products, so most of this stuff was being sold for resell prices which are much higher. supreme is a lot easier to get for retail now, and their hoodies go for about $220. compared to other brands, that’s not too bad now
@SusSoupthat’s still overpriced
@OwenStoeppler i wasn’t saying it wasn’t overpriced, all designer clothing is. i was just saying compared to back in 2016 and other brands nowadays, $220 ain’t that crazy, the build quality of their hoodies is also really good so it’s not like you’ll be buying a new one every year. if you’re someone that doesn’t care about brands or clothes, then it ain’t for you and that’s cool, but if you’re someone who maybe wanted one back in 2016 but didn’t want to pay 4x the price or you didn’t have money like that back then, it’s perfect now because you still get the same hoodies for a fraction of the price it would’ve been in 2016
Supreme when I was a kid was looked at as a girl brand and was cheap.. when I seen kids buying it for ridiculous prices I almost fell over 😂 still never owned a piece of Supreme thank God.. along with crocs, so ugly
@therig.88crocs are ugly asf i’ll agree with you on that
The bathroom at 11AM for the supreme drop is too relatable lol
U should do a vid about thrift culture!
THIS
/vintage culture. Nobody wants to pay these prices for clothes that STILL smell like basement, attic, storage unit or worse that might fall part in 2yrs cause it was made in '74 and got puke on it from this conce- like just stop all of it lol
Sneaker culture died when 50 cent trashed the prices on Complex
when 50 mentioned he rather buy a cheap car than shoes
He had nothing to do with it.
There’s a pair of Yeezy red octobers at Scottsdale mall for $20k
$20K???
I never got into the sneaker thing because it never made sense to me. How is a $10 shoe made in China worth $500 or $5000 or even $50k? I understand if there is an iconic pair of shoes that comes once in a lifetime like something maybe Shaq wore or maybe something Michael Jordan signed or something. Or maybe they're made of gold or something very rare. But they are not : It's normal fabric made in a chinese factory like the 20 bucks generics generic shoe i'm wearing now. Plus nowadays every shoe is just iconic which doesn't make any sense. Like really ? All of them? Kanye himself said he doesn't understand how his shoes became 5000 and 6000 dollars of value when they're worth maybe 25 bucks...
They are all made in the same sweatshops by the same young hands, paying thousands of dollars for shoes is just dumb
So you just fundamentally don’t understand why goods cost what they do? Are you under the impression that other products are sold based purely on their cost? Materials almost never dictate the final cost of ANY item 😂
This can apply to pretty much anything with market value lol. Trading cards, memorabilia, paintings etc. It goes even deeper with manufactured scarcity with things such as diamonds, a cultural and business manipulation to make them seem more expensive than they actually are to acquire and make
Shoes are inexpensive, clout and social media made it expensive and “ exclusive”
Never paid more than $400aud can't justify it
I can’t stand the people that tuck their pants into their socks
They're better than people who wear crocs or the weird ass sneakerheads who cry and throw a tantrum over their shoes getting a crease in them
@TruckingGamer7i can’t crease my shoes man😭🤣
@TruckingGamer7 crocs are comfy tho
crocs are gay though. snitch 9 the rat wears them
been loving how attainable stuff has been latley
DH Gate my boy lol 22:57
I like an actual site like Kickwho
Is pandabuy still a thing ? It was so huge back then
Gotta sift through the sellers but ppl tend to be honest in those reviews so it’s pretty easy. Been getting $20 jerseys from them for years. Shipping times are a bitch sometimes but then it’s a just a little treat you forgot about lol
@mattglen4906lol that’s fact iykyk for sure. Def check through the reviews but u can find some decent stuff on there.
@Kash.mp3i believe so
Fashion moved on. Plain and simple
it was more than that ... New Balance (and other brands) were selling for $60 when Nike was at $150 (or more) ..... it didn't take Einstein to know that the balloon would soon pop
all the sneaker scalpers went to scalping pokemon.
I couldn’t be happier. It’s crazy to see pairs I could never afford going for a fair price on eBay now
which ones u lookin at
I purchased the Shattered Backboards 1s for 70$! It’s crazy because last time I checked the price for them prior was when they were at least 800$
@i-am-the-underdog777 Cactus Jack 4s. $300 something isn’t too bad for me. I can swing that with some overtime
@diabeticmonkeybet
@i-am-the-underdog777 Big bet. I’m gonna cop em soon
One thing I learned back in college (and end of my high school years) sometime ago. Only poor people trade sneakers. The rich and actually successful ones don't have time to "catch up" with fashion. They're busy with their business or studies, even back then in college.
😄 I see a bunch of rich kids doing it. Not as many parents. Poor people thrift for used stuff 🫡
They're busy having their assistants exploit the lower classes for more wealth
Imagine NPCs waiting in line to pay more for sneakers than the person making said sneaker makes in a year.
Deadass my entire highschool era before covid was just everyone tryna flex their brand named clothes and items. If you wore ANYTHING other than Nike tech, Balenciaga , supreme or champion you were considered “broke” and don’t get me started on the AirPod and fake AirPods incident 😭
so lame. In high school late nineties it was cool to look like a bum. I wore JNCO jeans Pink Floyd T-shirt and Vans.
@pukedroplove vans are expensive shoes nowadays I think lol.. at least in my country.
So where are the rep websites?? 👀
thats what im saying haha
@timelessmomentsthat's all I'm waiting for 🤣 trying to cop me some heat for the low
fr im scanning the comments ill report back lol
i use superbuy look into the subs about it
lol thank youuuuu
Nft bros moved to sneakers and then pokemon cards
I think good fakes are the major reason why people stopped paying so much for the same stuff produced in the same factories but 2-3 times more because of the brand name
and thats one of the main reasons why you wont see many sharing their rep sites
this lowk reminds me of the labubu/dubai chocolate stuff that happened last year
About 1/4 into last year. Never got it. That was kind of like the men's trend of adult males buying Saquach Soap during the dumbest of the ads the company was doing. Same must use Manscape during year or two the balls ads so popular for the Manscape original shaver/trimer, so popular that the Philips Norelco One had to have its own balls ad during the peak year of the Manscape ad.
“i remember on thursdays going to the bathroom waiting for the supreme drop” that’s so accurate 💀🤣
Once again, the internet ruins everything
Lol basically. It was fine when collectors just communicated on forums, then evolving to blogs in the early 2010s. With social media growing and causing worlds to collide at such a vast and rapid rate, so many things have been ruined or blown out of proportion.
Noo internet ruined my "hobby" where i waste money on childish shoes 😢 😂😂😂
oh no, quite the contrary .... Amazon & EBAY helped this balloon to pop
My wife and I have a sneaker collection.....about 30 pairs each, all CONVERSE CHUCKS HI TOPS. We only buy, collect, and wear sneakers that never go out of style. We love the popular, classic, never-changing CHUCKS.
I just bought my second pair. My first pair graduated to lawn shoe stage and the highs keep the clippings out. Idk why I never bought them before! They are cool and there are a ton of colors!
didn’t even know this existed
As a sneaker head...it feels good to have my hobby back.. Also the dudes that got into sneakers around that time ARE NOT SNEAKERHEADS THEY WERE RESELLERS. Going to a store and getting my shoes on release Saturday or just hitting eBay day of and not getting milked is amazing.
Same ive picked up like 10 pairs in the last few months, got the flight club 4's a couple days ago 🔥👌
@therig.88 to each his own, but u must be rich to be buy 10 pairs in a few months! If not, i hope you have your finances in check.
Your title should be “How Hypebeast culture died”
!!!
Facts
Exactly!
This!
That's the title now. Changed in the last 4 hours lol
It’s the same process with everything it starts in the streets. It starts organically, then companies and greedy people come and fuck it all up and then they cry later.
americans and their obsession with shoes will never make sense to me.
nothing you guys buy and sell is worth than like 2.50$ MAX to make for clothes.
and like 5$ for shoes.
Nike shoes used to be good quality. A pair could last years. Not it's absolute garbage. Don't wear your Nikes for a few months and the soles fall apart. I'm not paying 200-300 bucks for cheap Chinese made shoes.
Buy vietnamese made shoes, top quality with the same price of chinese shoes, all my shoes are vietnamese, all of my shoes last no less than 6-7 years to 10 years.
Bought a yeezy pair 8+ years ago, still wear it till this day, it was like 3 dollars, comfiest shoe ever, have no idea if it's the same as the original, but it sure is same or even better quality.
I also buy local made shoes, like 30 dollars for high quality leather shoes, shit you would buy hundreds probably even thousands of dollars.@stefanwolf8558
American’s aren’t the only people obsessed with overpriced, cheaply made “luxury” items if Milan and Paris’ “fashion houses” are any example 🙄
Shut up...Asians do way worse than anyone in the U.S... Stop tagging along
Europeans really can't get our meat out their mouths fr
It died for resellers, those of us who collect and wear them still get hype for releases
Right
As it should have been in the first place and for all people that actually collects.
This 100%
Fr. I am still get excited when my favourite shoes release
Started buying reps in 2021 and i haven’t looked back
I’m so glad people don’t give a shit about shoes anymore. Idrc about if people have the same shoes as me tbh bc I buy stuff that I’ll actually wear. Resellers really take the positivity out of sporting the shoes you actually like
16:51 you don’t even today. With the amount of brands and styles they offer I STILL haven’t seen someone wearing the same shoe in literally years
Facts because nobody cares about the drops lol it’s lovely
God the satisfaction of sneaker scalpers getting hit with depreciation is completely worth it
Vans and Converse are still my goat all these years later 🙌 🙌 🙌
Also can the AI bubble be the next one to pop, pleeeeease