Nike has a responsibility and the funds to be able to protect the consumer through other means of security features that make sneakers harder to replicate. If jordan’s weren’t so hard to get stock x wouldn’t exist!
@@SadeSherrisXO so it’s the supplier not the bots or the companies who buy out full stocks and resell them for more? How does Nike make it so we can’t buy them please explain?
It would be hilarious if the shoes turned out to be legit and Nike had no idea how far their quality control has fallen. I'd love to know more about how exactly Nike identified these shoes as fake.
@@Ape_PONR Nikes QC is shit. Everyone knows it. A quick scroll through any subreddit would show u that. Shit, even go to ur local Nike outlet. You’ll see what I’m talking about in no less than 5 mins.
It's a fair comment you make. I have returned quite a few pairs to nike over quality and even emailed their customer service to ask if one was a return given how poor it was.
I just wish nike would find a way to make shoes more available to people who dont want to use bots or go wait in line for hours. I just wish I could get the shoes I want for retail and not 3 or more times the amount they went for on retail.
I never buy from 3rd party sellers. If i don't get it from Nike direct, I won't get them. I am only talking about the limited run shoes. My running shoes etc, I will buy from Eastbay, Foot locker etc.
Do not support resellers and give them your hard earned money! These people need to be taught a lesson. Too much greed will eventually kill their resell game and I hope it does. If you must, go with reps instead. I rather support the rep market then resellers any day.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s The scary thing is that they've started doing the same thing in the housing market. Investors are buying up new constructions and renting them out.
@@deman19901 they need to implement laws or put up restrictions against this type of nonsense. This isn't fair at all for other people. No wonder the amount of homeless you see is expanding at such an alarming rate! Enough is enough!
If Nike really, genuinely cares about people not buying fake Nike sneakers then they would simply create more pairs and stop milking the hype train of "limited releases" all the way to the bank. Nike only care that stockx are making so much money off the back of the hype Nike itself designed and created with its limited releases and realize that money could be going to them. But they're not gonna change their model of limited releases so instead they're just suing stockx to regain some of that capital. It's actually a pretty pathetic move from a world conglomerate.
Totally agree! It's as much as Nike's fault as it is these greedy resellers! I never had problems buying shoes back in the days. This is absolutely ridiculous. What happen to those days where you can just walk in your local shoe store and purchase a pair of shoes you wanted? Do not buy from resellers! People who do are only contributing to the problem.
A Huge problem that really had me disgusted with StockX, was that a couple of months ago I ordered a pair Yeezy 500’s “Blush”. A couple of days later I got an email saying the shoe didn’t make it through the authentication process & I was like damn “well at least they made sure I’m not getting a fake shoe” so then they told me I would get a full refund of $291. 84. (The Total Price of the shoe) & they literally said in the email it would take 3-7 Business Days. So when that time passed I still never got my money back & I checked my bank account multiple times. So then I reached out to customer service which was a horrible experience by the way. An actual person never helped me it was a damn automated bot that was asking me generated questions that had nothing to do with my shoe & there was no place that where I can actually speak with an employee. It was an extremely horrible experience overall. Also Please note I ordered those Yeezy’s March 11th & here we are may 11th & still haven’t been deposited my money back in my account! Never ordering from there site ever again! 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
Bro do a charge back with the card you used for the purchase. It’s what a chargeback is made for. Describe that exact issue to your bank/credit card company, and they’ll take care of it. I’ve literally done it with stockx before with my credit card company.
Nike needs to provide more information. I believe there is something more to this. But that last point about returns is 100% true. This is why I mess with goat. Atleast goat let’s you return.
I think you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, I buy all my shoes from GOAT....but as far as nike and stockX, honestly....I wouldn't be surprised if stockX send Nike a "generous" amount to make this go away🤔
Goat the same way. If you have any problems send it back. But for store credit. If I already have a problem with your product why would I want store credit ? So I can possibly have the same problem. Do be fools STOCK X IS JUST THE ONE WHO GOT CAUGHT. THEY ARE ALL FULL OF IT . AND BY THE WAY GOAT OWNS FLIGHT CLUB. YOU FLIGHT CLUB A EMAIL AND GOAT WILL RESPOND.
@@godalbinothe lol, oh I know they got bank....but theirs a difference between being rich and knowing you have it....and just being petty. 50 cent is rich af....but he LOVES to be petty. It's just human nature, lmao
I want Nike to put out a video how they legit checked those pairs. Like what specifics did they look for so we all can do those same checks on the pairs we buy.
The major issue of returns with nike is that you wont be able to cop the sneaker again. Yes you can return it but you wont get it back again for retail
@Jorge FM I was wondering about that I bought a pair of yeezy 350's that got stolen during delivery. I was able to prove it and they refunded me the money back. I tried to reorder the same pair again, they accepted my payment but a couple of days later they sent me a notice saying I was being refunded the money because the shoes were no longer available
Funny.. I won a pair of hyper royals in SNKRS app and fedex stole my package during delivery. It was missing for a week and had to contact fedex then Nike. I had to get my refund since Nike didn’t have any extra pairs. I feel like that’s why I haven’t won any pairs because of the missing/return issue situation
Ita not true.. they gave me exclusive access for a shoes before and when they arrived i felt like i dont like the shoes so i decided to send it back then 1 week before they gave me the same EA AGAIN. And then i bought for my friend
It’s extremely upsetting because these sneakers are tough cops and when you strike out on retail you are forced if you want to The shoe to buy from them and the fees are insane to then receive a fake and no return policy it’s bizarre. I’d say let it go no retail then take the L.
I used to work on the team at Nike that does this. We literally have credit cards slotted by Nike, with an approved budget of a couple $100K to spend on shoes we find all over the internet that we believe are fake. We have all the tools to authenticate. The shoes in the article in particular we saw were being sold before release. That’s a huge red flag, either someone was selling samples, a shoe influencer who received them was selling or someone was selling fakes.
The other major problem with the “the sneaker game” is that most if not all sneakers are manufactured in Asia overseas anyways and in China and they are getting really good at replicating authentic pairs. It’s hard to tell the difference on some of them tbh especially the UA pairs which are made in the same facilities as the “legit pairs”.
UA doesn't exist outsode of a few very rare examples, reality is they are reps and the 'early pair/UA' hype scalpers are selling reps straight up. Rep factories are that good you can't tell on foot and at most they can tell by insole stitching, because it's better than the shit nike does lmao.
Ya I've bought from stock x before but I just got the terrascape air max 90s and they'll be here by Thursday and they're coming from Hong Kong but they have a center there and my last ones came from there and were fine but now all this is making me worry I'll know this week so🙏
@@markmcwilliams366 yeah the Terrascapes are really nice and underrated. They give me “Off White “ vibes. Hopefully they work out. I know stockX has a warehouse in Hong Kong and some fakes are bound to pass through there but they’re mostly legit pairs.
I rather buy reps then give my hard earned money to greedy resellers any day. Fuck stockx, goat, and even Nike for creating limited supply and drip feeding us with these "limited" releases.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s Exactly. Don't buy into the hype. Unfortunately a lot do, and there is good money to be made by resellers. Paying anything over say $200 aud for sneakers is ludicrous to me 🤷♂️
@@martmeister and the option to buy used is nice as well. I'm not sure about stockx but GOAT uses AI to scan the items to verify the colors match as they should and so on. I think GOAT invested in the future in how they do business, and I see them taking over the top spot in the coming years due to their smart decisions.
I think this is going to end with Nike somehow restricting Stock X, GOAT, Ebay, ect from selling their shoes on the aftermarket. Thus, Nike will create their OWN secondary online market with their own authentication system. Just my thought.
No company can ever stop someone from selling something that they paid for. That's the problem kiddo. StockX doesn't sell shoes. They "supposedly" verifies them. They're the middle man. They're not going anywhere so people need to understand and deal with it. Period.
Nike needs to disclose how many shoes they purchased from Stockx in order to find 4 fakes. If its 10k then that isnt a big deal imo. They should then run the same experiment on ebay and goat. Stockx would then need to adjust their policy to 100-% authentic or money back guarantee (same as ebay).
What if it was a bait? It would be pretty simple no? Let’s say they put a watermark or sth inside the shoe where there’s no way anyone can see it without cutting the shoes open? (Inside the toebox or sth). Let’s say the breds or the rebellionaires had it. Shoes that sell out within minutes and 70% of them will be on StockX. They don’t need to buy 10 k pairs. Just a few hundred
Trust me Nike bought THOUSANDS just to find 4 ...which would be much higher on EBAY and GOAT ...what NIke NEEDS to do is fix their app to block bots ...simple LOL
exactly, that's the source of the problem right there. Blame Nike for creating limited supply, and overhyping their shoes with these "limited" drops and drip feeding it's customers. RESELLERS exist for this very reason. Fix the problem at the source, and RESELLERS will all become non-existent.
Nike sees StockX as competition. They want everyone to buy from them instead of StockX. And StockX is a liability-they can make Nike look bad if they pass UA’s as authentic. StockX can simply say “hey, that’s just the way Nike made them” because they have a no-refund policy. I’ve seen that happen before.
How can stockX be competition when the shoes have originally been purchased from nike ? It’s not like stockX are making Nike shoes are they, they are all originally bought from the source which is Nike they’ve made there money with or without stockX in the picture it’s more about nikes reputation if stockX are selling fake shoes that are falling apart and poorly made it’s giving nike a bad name regards to quality
@@SC00TERTV That’s a good question, and I get where you’re coming from. The problem I’m talking about is they lose profit from all of those sales on StockX. Nike isn’t a stock exchange like StockX is. StockX makes huge profits from the sales and fluctuations of shoes and other items. Nike can only set retail prices bringing in less money. A limited Nike dunk or Jordan 1 costs about $110-$200 on Nike’s website. On StockX they can go for hundreds or thousands depending on it’s stock. They lose all of that money to their competitors constantly trading, selling, and buying. Thanks for the great question. Now others can understand why it’s a bad thing for Nike. And, the fakes going around paints a bad image for both StockX and Nike. If they let fakes slide, it’ll make buyers and sellers think they only want profit and don’t care about fakes. They’re right to an extent, but Nike’s lawsuit clearly shows them against fakes. Who wouldn’t be? I wouldn’t want my products to be replicated and sold either-that’s losing profit and it’s illegal.
I dont know if its because im a little older now and have been doing sneakers since i was 9 years old. Back when i thought phat farms and reeboks classics were the best thing on feet lol (still love my reebok classics). Im at the point where i dont buy anything from stockx or even goat anymore. I feel like ive been screwed over on some recent releases and luckily i was able to sell them back. Ive been sticking to rocking the everyday normal sneaker you can grab at any store any time. Between this crazy obsession people have with hype and not knowing if what you paid for is legit or not is enough for me to call it quit. Sold 90% of my collection and actually feels like a load off my shoulders.
Also if the fakes are so good that even experts can't tell them apart, to me the original loses it's value too. Why pay so much extra for something that apparently is easy to copy in the same quality
I once bought a pair over Ebay that was in wmns sizing and was able score a good price for going one full size down. It arrived authentic but two sizes down. (they still fit tho) Wrote a negative review but ebay deleted it claiming that i can’t write a negative review on a purchase made via their authentication service.
Nike is trying to understand how StockX claims to be able to authenticate Nike sneakers that Nike creates better than Nike themselves. That's just impossible.
I think this is an opportunity for sneaker community in general to have a look in the mirror honestly , it's got to the point where fakes Look better than the real shoe and People are ok buying the fakes over spending 500-2000$ and also I think opportunity for nike To actually look into how shoes being made and manufactured take more time with quality of the shoes instead trying to mass produce pairs and shoes have defects etc.... ,
Exactly. I would rather pay for a rep then give my hard earned money to a greedy reseller any day. Fuck them all, stockx, goat, and even Nike. Even shoes that are described as authentic are being sold online as fakes. Why even take that risk. Buying stuff like this these days isn't even worth it anymore. The resell market is flooded with fakes as well but being sold as "authentic". Save yourself the headache and trouble and just go with replica instead.
Nike’s quality checks from the factories have been going down the drain, maybe nike bought some legit pairs that just happened to be ass and thats on them
It would be interesting to know how Nike can confirm they are genuine or fakes. We are never going to know this however as everybody will be making them lol.
Are we surprised? No, not at all. I am sure the same thing is probably happening at GOAT or Ebay. If you ask me, tells a lot about how far "fakes" have come. It is naïve to think that you can be 100% sure that your sneakers are legit. One thing is sure: they have to do a better job regarding their quality control.
@@KING_LIKI sorry to brake it to you but the authenticity checks on on other companies are the exact same my boy. 🤷♂️ StockX just happened to be the company to bite the bullet. GOAT eBay Grailed etc. all have this same issue. Go to a trusted local seller/sneaker shop to truly authenticate your shoes. Otherwise, there will always be a small percent chance that what u bought are fakes
Thank you for that Shout Out! You hit the nail on the head with the excerpts from the lawsuit - this case is setting precedent in terms of digital ownership & protecting IP associated with NFT’s now that Nike has started rolling out Cryptokicks - however, this also is a great way to stick it to StockX to lose customer trust in the company very quickly & the plan is working! Great video as always!
This guy gets it. Don't feed the hype scalpers, buy good reps. Reselling needs to die. Botters need to die. It's not hard, stop buying over retail, period. I fyou can't get them, buy reps, scalpers can't keep selling to eachother or their market dies, you have to force the price to drop.
Sneaker brands should add certain marks (such as invisible ink) and inform sneaker resale sites about what to look for. I do support the part the article points out about StockX with their return policy though. I have heard lots of stories about how StockX’s customer support is atrocious.
Tried to buy Sambas on 3 occasions and it failed authentication, on the 4th occasion I got a pair which was either fake or dog shit quality. Sambas are just standard cheap trainers and their fake wouldn’t want to even think what the more expensive ones are like. Lucky that in the UK and the EU we get 14 days to return anything. I would say this is the original makers fault, if they didn’t fuck around and do limited runs of popular shoes and just shipped out a decent amount then people wouldn’t buy from these places at extortion prices and risk getting scammed.
can you make a video about KLEKT ? i didn't use stockX cuz of reputation and mainly because of import taxes, cuz i live in europe, so i ordered like 10 AJ's and yeezy's from KLEKT and would be so sad if they selling fakes too
Bout time something like this happened, now I better not see any resell stores going onto stock x to decide the price they’ll buy my shoes. Ever since I got a boof pair of aj1 pine greens 1.0 I stopped buying from them
I bght Jordan starfish from StockX and they were fake and StockX sent an email saying Nike sold defected shoes and they still are authentic. The shoes came to me from European location of StockX. They looked terrible in Jordan marking and the logos weren’t aligned on the pull tab area. I had to give up the case with them.
@@Ratherhavekellogs this was their reply : I did hear back from the team regarding your Jordan 1 Low Starfish. It was communicated to me the that issues you have found are common on these Nike products and that we cannot open a return for these as they are acceptable with our deadstock standards and guidelines. Nike and their Quality Control department passed these shoes to be sold on the retail level. We unfortunately do not have control over the manufacturer's production or quality control standards and must work with products that they have cleared for release. Glue, stitching, material, and slight paint variances are common in all mass-produced shoes.
@@Justhussaino if you paid using a credit card I advise you to request a chargeback and then provide pictures and emails transcripts to the bank in you’re case
I just try for retail and hold the L when I miss, but I feel bad for anyone who has bought fakes from stockx or any secondary market especially when you're paying resale prices.
@@georgemartinez4864 atp might as well buy reps the way the sneaker “community” is now, just dont flaunt em like they’re authentics…well really just from a legit retailer. Kuz they all from the same factories
The issue isn't with StockX. The issue is that some of the fakes are so good that the only difference that shoe collectors could use to tell the difference between fakes and real was to SMELL THE SHOE because the glue used had a different odor! Everything else was spot on, or so spot on that they couldn't tell without ripping them apart. The no returns is all on StockX though.
Glue smel is only there because the reps are shipped sooner and not left to sit for a while like retail. People sick of paying hype scalpers with bots for overpriced rubber and leather so reps take the big W here.
Man, I’ve just loved StockX for such a long time it would be brutal to hear that they’re actually going downhill. Personally though I wonder if the fake Nike found is a fake StockX verified shoe. They make those and it’s freaking dirty.
Nike meed to release a video showing why these pairs are not legit. I don't accept their position without them takng us through it. Nike aren't necessarily the good guys here
Nike should just give their customers the ability to overpay for the shoe. They do a subscription service or something like that and you just get the shoe from them, they should even let you get them early.
@@ricoj8448 It’s funny the 2 of us can come up w/ a solution in 5 minutes but Nike can’t, not to mention it seems like they are leaving a ton of money on the table.
If anyone could get a pair then seeing a Chicago Jordan 1 would be meaningless almost. I think that they gotta have something that allows you to track back to were the specific shoe was made. Also if everyone can get fire pairs all the other “mid” colorways will barely sell haha
@@la7091 It would be like it is now. Anyone can get any shoe if they have enough money. I wouldn’t do an I.D maybe like a preorder or a subscription service that allows the customer to pay resell or monthly access fees.
@@wurmhat1501 preorders before actual launch could be good for most GR models/pairs not gonna lie. But you feel the same way about collabs, retros, OGs, SBs, etc? And I just don’t see Nike doing “resell”prices since they can produce as many as they want *edited*
I heard of these websites before, and the so called "verifiers" aren't so verified most of the time. If you want to avoid fake bags and shoes, just take it to the shop that sold it to you. Websites like ebay are better with high rep sellers imo, than any obscure verifiers claiming to know everything about shoes and bags.
Nike needs to release more of the popular shoes so people can buy them That way people are not forced to go to stockx to buy a desirable shoe The only way I could get Jordan grey 11 was through stock x because Nike ran out in the first 4 hours
Until Nike puts in some sort of digital authentication service per shoe like Stone Island you'll always get fakes coming through. StockX has 0 incentive to care about quality control when demand is so high and fakes are so close as well as their non-existent return policy.
In all honesty, you cannot completely trust any "sneaker authentication system" that does not include training or personnel from the actual manufacturer's design team and quality control team. What these individuals do is a hypothesis at best, but cannot ever be considered a subject matter expert. Nike, New Balance, Adidas, or any other sneaker manufacturer has never publicly endorsed StockX, Goat, or any other platform to authenticate their products! We all use the platforms at our own risks. These are just facts.
It’s always been a simple solution & it’s completely laughable that brands like Nike, Jordan Brand, Adidas, Yeezy don’t address it. They have to be getting kickbacks from the resell market, when all you have to do is produce larger quantities. If you create a sneaker & slap Travis Scott’s name & logos all over it and then sell it for $175-$250, millions are going to want it. So, make more pairs even if you have to do a second or third production run. We know Nike is notorious for holding onto stock & releasing it at their own discretion. Personally I wouldn’t want to constantly put a product out, sell that product & then have someone who doesn’t work for me make 10x what I originally sold that product for unless I’m somehow profiting on said transactions
100%. I been saying it for a while, nike is mos def getting a piece of the resell pie. I bet a lot of the early pairs on those sites are directly from nike, adidas etc. Cuz im always shocked at the insane amount of pairs that on resale sites, before the shoes is even out. And i get nike does early release some pairs on sneakers and im sure the boutiques backdoor some shit, but it still seems there are too many early pairs on resale sites.
I bought some Yeezys at Stockx, then a few months later I decided to resell them since it was an impulse buy and told me that the sneakers were fake. So I showed them the receipt of my purchase, and they were so embarrassed 😂
Most are real, most like in the 90s. At the least you should learn some of the tell tale signs. Btw flaws are not tell tale signs. Shoes aren’t perfect. Specific things like the smell, stitching, fabric quality and durability when comparing real and fake sneakers.
I get Nike spotting fakes n doing this but this not the only thing Nike should worry about. I think that the declining quality of materials n build of their sneakers should also be a big concern to them. Should be embarrassed that there are fakes out there with better build than actual real Nike shoes.
Nike is just as guilty. If Nike would have higher supply and stop with this "limited" drip feeding us bullshit, we wouldn't have greedy resellers ruining the sneaker game.
Imagine buying rep’s at resale price you or anyone else not knowing the difference When in reality you could have just bought a rep anyway from a legit site, Clearly no one can tell the difference
GOAT said my waverunners straight from confirmed were replicas😑... Started buying reps because if these people can't get it right, why would I pay crazy amount for a pair that might be fake.. #WearwithConfidence
@@adrianw0w757 selling them as real is scummy, but a real sneakerhead wears the shoe because they appreciate the art, not because there is some price and hype attached to it
Nike as the manufacturer should create own service to authenticate shoes and then huge resellers should partner with this to verify for the authentication.
I believe in nike because the jordan 1 pine green that I purchased from stock x didn't passed the authentication when I tried to sell it back to stock after 6 months. Never wear the shoes ,never put my foot on it never cut off the stock x tag But when they returned my jordan 1 the tag is no longer there
I once ordered nike airmax and to find out one of the shoe was fake. It was worn, deformed, color didn’t match the other shoe. It was a mess! I then resold back to StockX and it was purchased. QC is horrible there.
Nike should allow pre-orders on all big releases, AND limit the number of pairs purchased by an individual to 2 at the max in order to avoid stockpiling.
This may be an oversimplification but how about Nike create a serial number/registration code for each pair and we register them as we buy/sell each pair? Nike (and buyer/sellers) could easily expose fake codes and shoes, and we could much more easily verify if the pair we’re buying is coming from the registered owner/s. There would still be fakes but they would be much harder to pass as legit. As it is now everyone seems to be guessing 🤷🏿♂️
Why not contract with these large companies and have them work together? The reselling isnt going away the best thing to do is to have Nike work with stockx in their verification centers to ensure quality control. Having brand ambassadors who are trained by the company might be the best way to do it. It will increase costs but its required at this point. fakes are too good.
I just received some fakes from StockX last week. They weren't even expensive shoes. Just bought two pairs of marina blue 1s and one is fake, the other is legit. They are not replying, is there any way to report to Nike?
I've purchase some retro 4 a couple of days ago and seeing this has me thinking, so how can I authentic once I receive the shoes is there a way? I live in the Inland Empire San Bernardino, is there a place I can take them for this purpose?
The only problem Ive ever had with their return policy is that I got a size 13 pair of dunks that fit too small, but all I did was go to a local sneaker shop and sell them for market value and I was chilling
Nike is going to use this to launch NFTs tied to sneakers for legitimacy. Given their interest in blockchain tech since 2019, this gives them a great opportunity to launch its new innovation
Received a UPS notification today about a package delivery attempt for a package I didn't order. Called them and they told me the package is from Stockx. Figuring it's a brushing scam. Never ordered anything from the website so I suspect the sender is just tryna use my name for a fake review. Looking forward to seeing what's in the package tbh. Haha
Just received 2 pairs for fakes from Tradeblock… union dunks and bone 350s. The union dunks right away looked off and when I compared them to the 3 other pairs I have I was blown away. It was so obvious they were fake! The 350s were more subtle though, the toe box and heels are more narrow than my other 350s. The smell gave it away on both also. Tradeblock… wtf bro? I saw you ripped the insole out of the union dunks. Why? This one wasn’t that hard! About to send them a detailed breakdown on PDF with annotated pictures and everything so we’ll see… for the average consumer though, it’s tough, you have to be willing to take an L 🤷♂️
I purchased Jordan 1 Mid Tan Gum back in February. The first pair I bought I never received, so I bought it again. This one came in. Though the condition was absolutely horrible. The tongue of the shoe looked absolutely battered, more than usual. There were scratches all over the lining/heel of the shoe, and there was what seemed to be blood stains on one of the tongues and on the laces (which came on the shoe). There was also tan paint on the tongue right near the Jordan logo which led me to believe my pair might be fakes. Overall I didn't end up returning it (despite still having the tag on when I noticed it) because it took 3 months just to get the pair to my house with all of these complications through the shipping system. I find that Stock X is quite the horrible place to buy shoes, and I'm honestly willing to buy elsewhere for a bit more, just to make sure that my shoes are actually authentic. I was truly disappointed with the outcome of me purchasing from Stock X, and I can guarantee that I will not be buying from them ever again. They've disgusted me.
Definitely beware of GOAT, they sent me a pair of "New" FOG SAs and the zipper was broken and there were wear stains on the soles. Thankfully they did provide a refund after like 3 weeks, but only store credit.
All of em should be closed down. They are not needed. This is why your $200 dollar shoe costs $1000. Be aware they buy a majority of the shoes and make up a bottom price. Then they let us jack it up by bidding. But we are bidding against the company itself.
It would be really interesting if fake Yeezys would get through. I just recently bought the dezzling blues and after watching this video I already have doubts about them lol
Thanks for helping me man. I was considering getting a pair of Ambush Game Royal $88. I was surprised coz here in India, it goes for $200+. Now I know why.
I work in manufacturing. Somewhat irrelevant, somewhat relevant. Look at the bigger picture of things… when I slack at work or I see people slack at work I instantly get the thought of what this is going to do to our consumer… when their product straight from us that has been “processed” and taken good care of is delivered not how it should’ve been. Same case here. StockX isn’t robots, it’s humans, just like us. They get lazy. I’m sure it’s a team and they all get assigned a certain amount of shoes based on the number of orders for that day/shift (however their employees do their scheduling…) and I’m sure plenty of employees just skim it over and make sure there’s no obvious falsifications to the shoe and then just throw the StockX tag on. When you sit back and think about how it’s ran, no way every shoe is authentic. It’s sad to say but there’s always at least ONE employee with a lack of drive. It could be just that day and that poor customer is the one who suffers when they get fake Patent Breds.
Just by curiosity, I have compared a pair of legit Jordan 5's from Nike Store with a pair of High-quality Replicas of the same colorway, and INCREDIBLY I found a WAY BETTER QUALITY in the Fake ones! So I must say, "everything is relative in this weird world" man!
That would be right down Nikes alley to give up on a release if you don’t get them at retail, also Nike doesn’t protect the customers. They use third party delivery companies and the rare releases never reach you. At this point I don’t know who to believe when there’s no actual proof of counterfeit
I bought a pair Nike SB dunk on StockX. they were creased, glue was everywhere, they were dirty and the stitching was all messed up. And they won’t allow me to return the shoe.
Look at StockX shoe verses the local mall shoe store. StockX sold us a fake pair of shoes and when we complained sent them back they said they were worn. You can clearly see they aren’t worn. I brought the same shoe from a local mall store and they aren’t the same. You can tell the real verses the fake shoe.
The hard truth is that the problem is actually most of us consumers, why do people want to have the exact same stuff that everyone else is buying/wearing? people saying that the problem is that Nike isn't producing enough products, they really have no idea what they're talking about, every shoe is mass produced, the problem is that sneakers are very mainstream right now so everyone wants to buy the same dunk, the same Jordan 1, 4 etc... And seriously if you were not able to buy that "limited" shoe why would you want to buy a FAKE SHOE? people obsessing with impressing other people is the real problem, there are hundreds of other Nike products, literally always available, literally going on sales all the time, plus dozens of other brands with they're own lines... Fake shoes exists because of people are buying them and if they answer back with "Nike is not making enough shoes" well re evaluate yourself, Nike is watering down the quality because people demand more and more products... But when Nike increases quality and consequently the prices the shoes pretty often end up in sales.. stockX is not the evil, neither the savior they are actually a natural answer to the sneaker current market, stockX exists because most people don't want fakes, but some idi*ts trying to impress other idi*ts are making the counterfeit market a million dollar industry and so we all have to pay for this kind of services yet they still claim Nike isn't producing enough... Ok.
It could be that Nike is saying that the shoes were fake because of the whole NFT situation to get leverage over Stockx and stop some people from buying from them
it's been 3 years since i've ordered a supreme bogo hoodie... lost €750 and still have no hoodie, their customer service doesn't awnser and they fined me for some reason so i had to sue them and won
Literally just ordered the Jordan retro 4 military black yesterday… I’ve been doing a lot of research and all I see is “fake shoes”. Kinda worried now…
Support your small businesses. Stop buying from stockx with 60$ shipping and fees. There's ppl in your local town that probs are trying to flip sneakers and yall over looking them bc they ain't giving the deals but would rather pay 60$ shipping and fee from cockx..
The process of buying a shoe from stockX should have been a dead giveaway they send the shoe to a facility in china to "authenticate" the shoe, it's shady shad stuff.
So I attended StockX day in Detroit in 2017 and got to see their authentication process live, their storage, as well as their office. It’s more low tech than they try to get you to believe. Products are sprawled across tables and one of the guys I saw doing verification was not doing much verifying of anything. Mainly was just on his phone and flexing with products that weren’t his.
Nike has a responsibility and the funds to be able to protect the consumer through other means of security features that make sneakers harder to replicate. If jordan’s weren’t so hard to get stock x wouldn’t exist!
That is very true👆
Exactly
Before stock x Jordan’s were easy to find at the mall it was the bots and stock x that made it harder to find them in store.
Thank you. These sneaker brands are fully to blame, as it’s very difficult to buy sneakers when they’re released.
@@SadeSherrisXO so it’s the supplier not the bots or the companies who buy out full stocks and resell them for more? How does Nike make it so we can’t buy them please explain?
It would be hilarious if the shoes turned out to be legit and Nike had no idea how far their quality control has fallen. I'd love to know more about how exactly Nike identified these shoes as fake.
Was thinking the same. Can you imagine that they claim it's fake but it is not? Would tell a lot about Nike's QC 🤣😅.
@@Ape_PONR Nikes QC is shit. Everyone knows it. A quick scroll through any subreddit would show u that. Shit, even go to ur local Nike outlet. You’ll see what I’m talking about in no less than 5 mins.
what if Nike just bought up fake pairs that has those stockx verified hangtags, cause you know even that hangtag is being faked already. HAHAHA
@@Postieeee dude it’s a federal lawsuit Nike wouldn’t do that unless they 100% know it’s from stockx
It's a fair comment you make. I have returned quite a few pairs to nike over quality and even emailed their customer service to ask if one was a return given how poor it was.
I just wish nike would find a way to make shoes more available to people who dont want to use bots or go wait in line for hours. I just wish I could get the shoes I want for retail and not 3 or more times the amount they went for on retail.
it ain’t nikes fault it’s the resellers
I never buy from 3rd party sellers. If i don't get it from Nike direct, I won't get them. I am only talking about the limited run shoes. My running shoes etc, I will buy from Eastbay, Foot locker etc.
Do not support resellers and give them your hard earned money! These people need to be taught a lesson. Too much greed will eventually kill their resell game and I hope it does. If you must, go with reps instead. I rather support the rep market then resellers any day.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s The scary thing is that they've started doing the same thing in the housing market. Investors are buying up new constructions and renting them out.
@@deman19901 they need to implement laws or put up restrictions against this type of nonsense. This isn't fair at all for other people. No wonder the amount of homeless you see is expanding at such an alarming rate! Enough is enough!
If Nike really, genuinely cares about people not buying fake Nike sneakers then they would simply create more pairs and stop milking the hype train of "limited releases" all the way to the bank.
Nike only care that stockx are making so much money off the back of the hype Nike itself designed and created with its limited releases and realize that money could be going to them. But they're not gonna change their model of limited releases so instead they're just suing stockx to regain some of that capital. It's actually a pretty pathetic move from a world conglomerate.
Totally agree! It's as much as Nike's fault as it is these greedy resellers! I never had problems buying shoes back in the days. This is absolutely ridiculous. What happen to those days where you can just walk in your local shoe store and purchase a pair of shoes you wanted? Do not buy from resellers! People who do are only contributing to the problem.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s I know back in the 90s it was so easy to buy a pair of Nike shoes. I don’t know what the hell happened
A Huge problem that really had me disgusted with StockX, was that a couple of months ago I ordered a pair Yeezy 500’s “Blush”. A couple of days later I got an email saying the shoe didn’t make it through the authentication process & I was like damn “well at least they made sure I’m not getting a fake shoe” so then they told me I would get a full refund of $291. 84. (The Total Price of the shoe) & they literally said in the email it would take 3-7 Business Days. So when that time passed I still never got my money back & I checked my bank account multiple times. So then I reached out to customer service which was a horrible experience by the way. An actual person never helped me it was a damn automated bot that was asking me generated questions that had nothing to do with my shoe & there was no place that where I can actually speak with an employee. It was an extremely horrible experience overall. Also Please note I ordered those Yeezy’s March 11th & here we are may 11th & still haven’t been deposited my money back in my account! Never ordering from there site ever again! 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
Bro do a charge back with the card you used for the purchase. It’s what a chargeback is made for. Describe that exact issue to your bank/credit card company, and they’ll take care of it.
I’ve literally done it with stockx before with my credit card company.
Hard to believe I had a similar situation that got resolved relatively soon.
Contact your bank
Jesus. What a scam!
Happened to me with a pair of rookies. I was upset but got the money back in 3 days
Nike needs to provide more information. I believe there is something more to this. But that last point about returns is 100% true. This is why I mess with goat. Atleast goat let’s you return.
I think you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, I buy all my shoes from GOAT....but as far as nike and stockX, honestly....I wouldn't be surprised if stockX send Nike a "generous" amount to make this go away🤔
@@patrickanderson3104 Lol Nike does not need any money from them 😂😂😂😂 do you have any idea how rich that company is
Goat the same way. If you have any problems send it back. But for store credit. If I already have a problem with your product why would I want store credit ? So I can possibly have the same problem. Do be fools STOCK X IS JUST THE ONE
WHO GOT CAUGHT. THEY ARE ALL FULL OF IT . AND BY THE WAY GOAT OWNS FLIGHT CLUB. YOU FLIGHT CLUB A EMAIL AND GOAT WILL RESPOND.
@@godalbinothe lol, oh I know they got bank....but theirs a difference between being rich and knowing you have it....and just being petty. 50 cent is rich af....but he LOVES to be petty. It's just human nature, lmao
@@quijuanwaters6693 I ABSOLUTELY AGREE with you 200%. They are all in each other's back pockets.
I want Nike to put out a video how they legit checked those pairs. Like what specifics did they look for so we all can do those same checks on the pairs we buy.
Then fake factories will watch that video and this thing will go in a circle. Not a good idea.
There's a QR code on the tags you can scan with your phone 2015/17 and below release don't have the code... thank me later
@@negOshEAte reps have the same thing
@@nikolayanastasov6162 fake factories? lmao have u been drinkin? those are the same factorys that make your '' REAL'' shoe 🤣🤣
@@marcello000 THANK YOU !
The major issue of returns with nike is that you wont be able to cop the sneaker again. Yes you can return it but you wont get it back again for retail
@Jorge FM I was wondering about that I bought a pair of yeezy 350's that got stolen during delivery. I was able to prove it and they refunded me the money back. I tried to reorder the same pair again, they accepted my payment but a couple of days later they sent me a notice saying I was being refunded the money because the shoes were no longer available
Funny.. I won a pair of hyper royals in SNKRS app and fedex stole my package during delivery. It was missing for a week and had to contact fedex then Nike. I had to get my refund since Nike didn’t have any extra pairs. I feel like that’s why I haven’t won any pairs because of the missing/return issue situation
Um duh? That’s like everything
Ita not true.. they gave me exclusive access for a shoes before and when they arrived i felt like i dont like the shoes so i decided to send it back then 1 week before they gave me the same EA AGAIN. And then i bought for my friend
@@Bry_ann as a former fedex employee, i’m certain someone stole it on the way to you
It’s extremely upsetting because these sneakers are tough cops and when you strike out on retail you are forced if you want to
The shoe to buy from them and the fees are insane to then receive a fake and no return policy it’s bizarre. I’d say let it go no retail then take the L.
True. We want authentics ONLY!
Yeah customer service definitely needs an upgrade
Yes there consumers services is the worst they need an update most def
Exactly
@N you're right
I used to work on the team at Nike that does this. We literally have credit cards slotted by Nike, with an approved budget of a couple $100K to spend on shoes we find all over the internet that we believe are fake. We have all the tools to authenticate. The shoes in the article in particular we saw were being sold before release. That’s a huge red flag, either someone was selling samples, a shoe influencer who received them was selling or someone was selling fakes.
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@@saiyansenku what is so confusing about this comment?
Was that a good job working for Nike? How'd you get into it?
SHUT UP🤐
ಕಳೆದ 0im
The other major problem with the “the sneaker game” is that most if not all sneakers are manufactured in Asia overseas anyways and in China and they are getting really good at replicating authentic pairs. It’s hard to tell the difference on some of them tbh especially the UA pairs which are made in the same facilities as the “legit pairs”.
UA doesn't exist outsode of a few very rare examples, reality is they are reps and the 'early pair/UA' hype scalpers are selling reps straight up. Rep factories are that good you can't tell on foot and at most they can tell by insole stitching, because it's better than the shit nike does lmao.
Ya I've bought from stock x before but I just got the terrascape air max 90s and they'll be here by Thursday and they're coming from Hong Kong but they have a center there and my last ones came from there and were fine but now all this is making me worry I'll know this week so🙏
@@markmcwilliams366 yeah the Terrascapes are really nice and underrated. They give me “Off White “ vibes. Hopefully they work out. I know stockX has a warehouse in Hong Kong and some fakes are bound to pass through there but they’re mostly legit pairs.
I rather buy reps then give my hard earned money to greedy resellers any day. Fuck stockx, goat, and even Nike for creating limited supply and drip feeding us with these "limited" releases.
@@user-zc9zt2vl5s Exactly. Don't buy into the hype. Unfortunately a lot do, and there is good money to be made by resellers. Paying anything over say $200 aud for sneakers is ludicrous to me 🤷♂️
I've only used GOAT. I just don't hear the same volume of issues with them. Stockx is always under fire.
Not to mention that Goat is far better with returns.
They all have this problem tho. I’ve had a horrible experience with GOAT versus stockx
@@martmeister and the option to buy used is nice as well. I'm not sure about stockx but GOAT uses AI to scan the items to verify the colors match as they should and so on. I think GOAT invested in the future in how they do business, and I see them taking over the top spot in the coming years due to their smart decisions.
Yeah I agree. I have used GOAT a few times and have never had an issue with my sneakers or the customer service (though shipping can take a long time)
Same here brother, I literally never had ANY issues with Goat, my shoes ALWAYS passed authentication and got to me when they were suppose to.
I think this is going to end with Nike somehow restricting Stock X, GOAT, Ebay, ect from selling their shoes on the aftermarket. Thus, Nike will create their OWN secondary online market with their own authentication system. Just my thought.
They probably took away all Kobe related items after he passed then listed those items on resell sites themselves.
You might be onto something lil nigga
No company can ever stop someone from selling something that they paid for. That's the problem kiddo. StockX doesn't sell shoes. They "supposedly" verifies them. They're the middle man. They're not going anywhere so people need to understand and deal with it. Period.
Even better idea: why not just make enough shoes to meet demand?
@@Snoop_Dugg they don't have enough Chinese slaves
I’ve never had a problem with stockx, can always tell by the smell of the sneaker as well as the stitching
Me too bro stockx is always good for me they all pass
@@CarpetclubTv definitely for me to , never had a fake pair
same for me bruh. pretty good experience so far
But then you can never 100% guarantee it’s not a fake
@@Bynasf human error can happen , but so far so good for me
Nike needs to disclose how many shoes they purchased from Stockx in order to find 4 fakes. If its 10k then that isnt a big deal imo. They should then run the same experiment on ebay and goat. Stockx would then need to adjust their policy to 100-% authentic or money back guarantee (same as ebay).
What if it was a bait? It would be pretty simple no? Let’s say they put a watermark or sth inside the shoe where there’s no way anyone can see it without cutting the shoes open? (Inside the toebox or sth). Let’s say the breds or the rebellionaires had it. Shoes that sell out within minutes and 70% of them will be on StockX. They don’t need to buy 10 k pairs. Just a few hundred
Trust me Nike bought THOUSANDS just to find 4 ...which would be much higher on EBAY and GOAT ...what NIke NEEDS to do is fix their app to block bots ...simple LOL
It doesn’t matter, it’s the fact that they’re authenticating fake shoes
I've bought 5, and 1 pair was next level fake. Never using again
Lmao yall must really like buying your shoes for 10x the retail price😂idc if they sell real or fakes fuck stock x
this could honestly be avoided if shoes didn’t immediately go out of stock as soon as they’re released due to bots lmfao
exactly, that's the source of the problem right there. Blame Nike for creating limited supply, and overhyping their shoes with these "limited" drops and drip feeding it's customers. RESELLERS exist for this very reason. Fix the problem at the source, and RESELLERS will all become non-existent.
Nike sees StockX as competition. They want everyone to buy from them instead of StockX. And StockX is a liability-they can make Nike look bad if they pass UA’s as authentic. StockX can simply say “hey, that’s just the way Nike made them” because they have a no-refund policy. I’ve seen that happen before.
How can stockX be competition when the shoes have originally been purchased from nike ? It’s not like stockX are making Nike shoes are they, they are all originally bought from the source which is Nike they’ve made there money with or without stockX in the picture it’s more about nikes reputation if stockX are selling fake shoes that are falling apart and poorly made it’s giving nike a bad name regards to quality
@@SC00TERTV That’s a good question, and I get where you’re coming from. The problem I’m talking about is they lose profit from all of those sales on StockX. Nike isn’t a stock exchange like StockX is. StockX makes huge profits from the sales and fluctuations of shoes and other items. Nike can only set retail prices bringing in less money.
A limited Nike dunk or Jordan 1 costs about $110-$200 on Nike’s website. On StockX they can go for hundreds or thousands depending on it’s stock. They lose all of that money to their competitors constantly trading, selling, and buying. Thanks for the great question. Now others can understand why it’s a bad thing for Nike. And, the fakes going around paints a bad image for both StockX and Nike. If they let fakes slide, it’ll make buyers and sellers think they only want profit and don’t care about fakes. They’re right to an extent, but Nike’s lawsuit clearly shows them against fakes. Who wouldn’t be? I wouldn’t want my products to be replicated and sold either-that’s losing profit and it’s illegal.
I dont know if its because im a little older now and have been doing sneakers since i was 9 years old. Back when i thought phat farms and reeboks classics were the best thing on feet lol (still love my reebok classics). Im at the point where i dont buy anything from stockx or even goat anymore. I feel like ive been screwed over on some recent releases and luckily i was able to sell them back. Ive been sticking to rocking the everyday normal sneaker you can grab at any store any time. Between this crazy obsession people have with hype and not knowing if what you paid for is legit or not is enough for me to call it quit. Sold 90% of my collection and actually feels like a load off my shoulders.
Also if the fakes are so good that even experts can't tell them apart, to me the original loses it's value too. Why pay so much extra for something that apparently is easy to copy in the same quality
I once bought a pair over Ebay that was in wmns sizing and was able score a good price for going one full size down.
It arrived authentic but two sizes down.
(they still fit tho)
Wrote a negative review but ebay deleted it claiming that i can’t write a negative review on a purchase made via their authentication service.
that's suspicious for sure
Is true
Nike is trying to understand how StockX claims to be able to authenticate Nike sneakers that Nike creates better than Nike themselves. That's just impossible.
What the fuck does that mean dawg I’m trippin 🤨
I don't want Stock X to go out of business because I think it is really good for legit sellers, but if they having issues they gotta sort it out.
I think this is an opportunity for sneaker community in general to have a look in the mirror honestly , it's got to the point where fakes Look better than the real shoe and People are ok buying the fakes over spending 500-2000$ and also I think opportunity for nike To actually look into how shoes being made and manufactured take more time with quality of the shoes instead trying to mass produce pairs and shoes have defects etc.... ,
Exactly. I would rather pay for a rep then give my hard earned money to a greedy reseller any day. Fuck them all, stockx, goat, and even Nike. Even shoes that are described as authentic are being sold online as fakes. Why even take that risk. Buying stuff like this these days isn't even worth it anymore. The resell market is flooded with fakes as well but being sold as "authentic". Save yourself the headache and trouble and just go with replica instead.
Nike’s quality checks from the factories have been going down the drain, maybe nike bought some legit pairs that just happened to be ass and thats on them
It would be interesting to know how Nike can confirm they are genuine or fakes.
We are never going to know this however as everybody will be making them lol.
Are we surprised? No, not at all. I am sure the same thing is probably happening at GOAT or Ebay. If you ask me, tells a lot about how far "fakes" have come. It is naïve to think that you can be 100% sure that your sneakers are legit. One thing is sure: they have to do a better job regarding their quality control.
Bruh stop trying to bring in other companies. Just say you’ve been receiving fakes buying off StockX 🤷🏽♂️🤣
@@KING_LIKI sorry to brake it to you but the authenticity checks on on other companies are the exact same my boy. 🤷♂️ StockX just happened to be the company to bite the bullet. GOAT eBay Grailed etc. all have this same issue. Go to a trusted local seller/sneaker shop to truly authenticate your shoes. Otherwise, there will always be a small percent chance that what u bought are fakes
@@vizualwarrior129 Nah just take your L and keep it moving. You have to explain yourself on why you bought fakes then defending them at that 🤣
Thank you for that Shout Out! You hit the nail on the head with the excerpts from the lawsuit - this case is setting precedent in terms of digital ownership & protecting IP associated with NFT’s now that Nike has started rolling out Cryptokicks - however, this also is a great way to stick it to StockX to lose customer trust in the company very quickly & the plan is working! Great video as always!
Well said! Appreciate what you do man, keep it up!
Honestly as long as my Jordan Sign don’t look like Kobe’s Fadeaway I’m good
Just another reason to pass on a drop if you don’t get them from the big chain retailers or just by the rep .. resell just becoming too risky
This guy gets it. Don't feed the hype scalpers, buy good reps. Reselling needs to die. Botters need to die. It's not hard, stop buying over retail, period. I fyou can't get them, buy reps, scalpers can't keep selling to eachother or their market dies, you have to force the price to drop.
Sneaker brands should add certain marks (such as invisible ink) and inform sneaker resale sites about what to look for. I do support the part the article points out about StockX with their return policy though. I have heard lots of stories about how StockX’s customer support is atrocious.
不管做了多少防偽機制都會被模仿，多做一個機制就是增加消費者的購買成本
UV light patterns have been replicated accurately for a while now
They should just have logos that you can scan thru the brands app with a unique code for each shoe
Tried to buy Sambas on 3 occasions and it failed authentication, on the 4th occasion I got a pair which was either fake or dog shit quality. Sambas are just standard cheap trainers and their fake wouldn’t want to even think what the more expensive ones are like.
Lucky that in the UK and the EU we get 14 days to return anything.
I would say this is the original makers fault, if they didn’t fuck around and do limited runs of popular shoes and just shipped out a decent amount then people wouldn’t buy from these places at extortion prices and risk getting scammed.
sambas are sneakers or shoes, a trainer is someone who trains you in sports or at the gym. 😂😂😂
can you make a video about KLEKT ? i didn't use stockX cuz of reputation and mainly because of import taxes, cuz i live in europe, so i ordered like 10 AJ's and yeezy's from KLEKT and would be so sad if they selling fakes too
Bout time something like this happened, now I better not see any resell stores going onto stock x to decide the price they’ll buy my shoes. Ever since I got a boof pair of aj1 pine greens 1.0 I stopped buying from them
I bght Jordan starfish from StockX and they were fake and StockX sent an email saying Nike sold defected shoes and they still are authentic. The shoes came to me from European location of StockX. They looked terrible in Jordan marking and the logos weren’t aligned on the pull tab area. I had to give up the case with them.
Should’ve open a dispute with you’re bank
@@Ratherhavekellogs this was their reply : I did hear back from the team regarding your Jordan 1 Low Starfish.
It was communicated to me the that issues you have found are common on these Nike products and that we cannot open a return for these as they are acceptable with our deadstock standards and guidelines.
Nike and their Quality Control department passed these shoes to be sold on the retail level. We unfortunately do not have control over the manufacturer's production or quality control standards and must work with products that they have cleared for release. Glue, stitching, material, and slight paint variances are common in all mass-produced shoes.
@@Justhussaino how long ago was it purchased?
@@Justhussaino if you paid using a credit card I advise you to request a chargeback and then provide pictures and emails transcripts to the bank in you’re case
@@Ratherhavekellogs March 22
I just try for retail and hold the L when I miss, but I feel bad for anyone who has bought fakes from stockx or any secondary market especially when you're paying resale prices.
This has me questioning my dunks LOL
I’m not surprised StockX sell fakes, I already assumed so since reps are so well made now.
Hope you didn't overpay. I tried someones reps and they were the most comfortable shoe I ever wore. Almost bought a pair for myself
@@georgemartinez4864 Link it for me
@@georgemartinez4864 atp might as well buy reps the way the sneaker “community” is now, just dont flaunt em like they’re authentics…well really just from a legit retailer. Kuz they all from the same factories
@@hvlla6734 the fact that reps and authentics are from the same factories isnt actually true.
Yeah. I’m questioning my lightning 4s rn
What if Nike bought reps and just put the fake stockx tag on 😂
The issue isn't with StockX. The issue is that some of the fakes are so good that the only difference that shoe collectors could use to tell the difference between fakes and real was to SMELL THE SHOE because the glue used had a different odor! Everything else was spot on, or so spot on that they couldn't tell without ripping them apart.
The no returns is all on StockX though.
Glue smel is only there because the reps are shipped sooner and not left to sit for a while like retail. People sick of paying hype scalpers with bots for overpriced rubber and leather so reps take the big W here.
Watermarks and serial numbers. Nike can tell bro
smell tests isnt valid anymore
i had a rep and it has the same smell as retails
it isnt really glue smell, its storage smell actually
And the shitty customer service? At this point it is not even bad, they are intentionally being difficult.
Man, I’ve just loved StockX for such a long time it would be brutal to hear that they’re actually going downhill. Personally though I wonder if the fake Nike found is a fake StockX verified shoe. They make those and it’s freaking dirty.
Nah they actually bought them directly off StockX and got the receipts
Nike meed to release a video showing why these pairs are not legit. I don't accept their position without them takng us through it. Nike aren't necessarily the good guys here
Nike should just give their customers the ability to overpay for the shoe. They do a subscription service or something like that and you just get the shoe from them, they should even let you get them early.
Or do the same model as Nike id, all pairs are made to order, but people will be impatient to wait 4 weeks for a show
@@ricoj8448 It’s funny the 2 of us can come up w/ a solution in 5 minutes but Nike can’t, not to mention it seems like they are leaving a ton of money on the table.
If anyone could get a pair then seeing a Chicago Jordan 1 would be meaningless almost. I think that they gotta have something that allows you to track back to were the specific shoe was made. Also if everyone can get fire pairs all the other “mid” colorways will barely sell haha
@@la7091 It would be like it is now. Anyone can get any shoe if they have enough money. I wouldn’t do an I.D maybe like a preorder or a subscription service that allows the customer to pay resell or monthly access fees.
@@wurmhat1501 preorders before actual launch could be good for most GR models/pairs not gonna lie. But you feel the same way about collabs, retros, OGs, SBs, etc? And I just don’t see Nike doing “resell”prices since they can produce as many as they want *edited*
I hope Nike destroy StockX
Yea
Nike needs to test GOAT too, they're the second biggest secondary sneaker market.
I heard of these websites before, and the so called "verifiers" aren't so verified most of the time. If you want to avoid fake bags and shoes, just take it to the shop that sold it to you. Websites like ebay are better with high rep sellers imo, than any obscure verifiers claiming to know everything about shoes and bags.
Nike needs to release more of the popular shoes so people can buy them
That way people are not forced to go to stockx to buy a desirable shoe
The only way I could get Jordan grey 11 was through stock x because Nike ran out in the first 4 hours
Fr I don’t understand why they don’t just mass release the show like would they not make more money doing that lol
That's what I'm saying either that or do some about those bots buying shoes out
Until Nike puts in some sort of digital authentication service per shoe like Stone Island you'll always get fakes coming through. StockX has 0 incentive to care about quality control when demand is so high and fakes are so close as well as their non-existent return policy.
The only certainty we will have is winning from the source Nike or Adidas, or getting reps
Starting to seem more and more like that
In all honesty, you cannot completely trust any "sneaker authentication system" that does not include training or personnel from the actual manufacturer's design team and quality control team. What these individuals do is a hypothesis at best, but cannot ever be considered a subject matter expert. Nike, New Balance, Adidas, or any other sneaker manufacturer has never publicly endorsed StockX, Goat, or any other platform to authenticate their products! We all use the platforms at our own risks. These are just facts.
It’s always been a simple solution & it’s completely laughable that brands like Nike, Jordan Brand, Adidas, Yeezy don’t address it. They have to be getting kickbacks from the resell market, when all you have to do is produce larger quantities. If you create a sneaker & slap Travis Scott’s name & logos all over it and then sell it for $175-$250, millions are going to want it. So, make more pairs even if you have to do a second or third production run. We know Nike is notorious for holding onto stock & releasing it at their own discretion. Personally I wouldn’t want to constantly put a product out, sell that product & then have someone who doesn’t work for me make 10x what I originally sold that product for unless I’m somehow profiting on said transactions
100%. I been saying it for a while, nike is mos def getting a piece of the resell pie. I bet a lot of the early pairs on those sites are directly from nike, adidas etc. Cuz im always shocked at the insane amount of pairs that on resale sites, before the shoes is even out. And i get nike does early release some pairs on sneakers and im sure the boutiques backdoor some shit, but it still seems there are too many early pairs on resale sites.
I bought some Yeezys at Stockx, then a few months later I decided to resell them since it was an impulse buy and told me that the sneakers were fake. So I showed them the receipt of my purchase, and they were so embarrassed 😂
Questions my black cat 4s I bought 2 years ago ….
not all will be fake
Most are real, most like in the 90s. At the least you should learn some of the tell tale signs. Btw flaws are not tell tale signs. Shoes aren’t perfect. Specific things like the smell, stitching, fabric quality and durability when comparing real and fake sneakers.
@@raagarampsoot7614 yea but so many black cat 4s and just Jordan’s in general have been easily faked… so I’m just on the fence now
Thinking the same thing
I get Nike spotting fakes n doing this but this not the only thing Nike should worry about. I think that the declining quality of materials n build of their sneakers should also be a big concern to them. Should be embarrassed that there are fakes out there with better build than actual real Nike shoes.
Finally stock x being called out by someone who has power and can do something about it.
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Nike is just as guilty. If Nike would have higher supply and stop with this "limited" drip feeding us bullshit, we wouldn't have greedy resellers ruining the sneaker game.
So proud of elliot page and their transition!
Human error will always happen and even Stock X can't avoid that.
How do you excuse it when it occurs at the thousands?
@@Parzzyval valid point!
Where did you get your hoodie?
Imagine buying rep’s at resale price you or anyone else not knowing the difference When in reality you could have just bought a rep anyway from a legit site, Clearly no one can tell the difference
I dont think Ive ever gotten fakes but Ive for sure gotten clearly worn pairs of shoes which sucks.
Damnn🤦♂️👎
Is bs
GOAT said my waverunners straight from confirmed were replicas😑...
Started buying reps because if these people can't get it right, why would I pay crazy amount for a pair that might be fake.. #WearwithConfidence
They should have names of everyone who autheticates the sneaker so those employees are hold responsible for it
Yes, “ inspected by Anonymous 8”
reps should honestly be normalised
share your mother w me n np
No, and especially not selling fake shoes as if they are real
@@adrianw0w757 selling them as real is scummy, but a real sneakerhead wears the shoe because they appreciate the art, not because there is some price and hype attached to it
@@linussommersel4272 so you appreciate the art but not the artist? Since you are giving money to someone who stole the art
@@adrianw0w757 if i buy from stockx i aint giving money to the artist. Virgil said that reps are the ultimate way to pay homage to an artist
Gotten over 45 items on stock x never had an authentic problem once yet
Soo glad bc I was so close to getting some patent 1s
What sweater is that I like it a lot. Where did you get it?
No surprise they tried stealing my Yeezys about a year back // could probably start a suit over the experience
Nike as the manufacturer should create own service to authenticate shoes and then huge resellers should partner with this to verify for the authentication.
No we need reseller to gtfo so more people can buy at retail price.
I believe in nike because the jordan 1 pine green that I purchased from stock x didn't passed the authentication when I tried to sell it back to stock after 6 months. Never wear the shoes ,never put my foot on it never cut off the stock x tag But when they returned my jordan 1 the tag is no longer there
I once ordered nike airmax and to find out one of the shoe was fake. It was worn, deformed, color didn’t match the other shoe. It was a mess! I then resold back to StockX and it was purchased. QC is horrible there.
Nike should allow pre-orders on all big releases, AND limit the number of pairs purchased by an individual to 2 at the max in order to avoid stockpiling.
This may be an oversimplification but how about Nike create a serial number/registration code for each pair and we register them as we buy/sell each pair? Nike (and buyer/sellers) could easily expose fake codes and shoes, and we could much more easily verify if the pair we’re buying is coming from the registered owner/s. There would still be fakes but they would be much harder to pass as legit. As it is now everyone seems to be guessing 🤷🏿♂️
Why not contract with these large companies and have them work together? The reselling isnt going away the best thing to do is to have Nike work with stockx in their verification centers to ensure quality control.
Having brand ambassadors who are trained by the company might be the best way to do it. It will increase costs but its required at this point. fakes are too good.
I just received some fakes from StockX last week. They weren't even expensive shoes. Just bought two pairs of marina blue 1s and one is fake, the other is legit. They are not replying, is there any way to report to Nike?
Love that cap ,where is it from mate ?
Erm......I got a refund from StockX for a pair of Jordan 2s just recently. Is it different for the UK?
I've purchase some retro 4 a couple of days ago and seeing this has me thinking, so how can I authentic once I receive the shoes is there a way? I live in the Inland Empire San Bernardino, is there a place I can take them for this purpose?
The only problem Ive ever had with their return policy is that I got a size 13 pair of dunks that fit too small, but all I did was go to a local sneaker shop and sell them for market value and I was chilling
Nike is going to use this to launch NFTs tied to sneakers for legitimacy. Given their interest in blockchain tech since 2019, this gives them a great opportunity to launch its new innovation
Received a UPS notification today about a package delivery attempt for a package I didn't order. Called them and they told me the package is from Stockx. Figuring it's a brushing scam. Never ordered anything from the website so I suspect the sender is just tryna use my name for a fake review. Looking forward to seeing what's in the package tbh. Haha
Just received 2 pairs for fakes from Tradeblock… union dunks and bone 350s. The union dunks right away looked off and when I compared them to the 3 other pairs I have I was blown away. It was so obvious they were fake! The 350s were more subtle though, the toe box and heels are more narrow than my other 350s. The smell gave it away on both also. Tradeblock… wtf bro? I saw you ripped the insole out of the union dunks. Why? This one wasn’t that hard! About to send them a detailed breakdown on PDF with annotated pictures and everything so we’ll see… for the average consumer though, it’s tough, you have to be willing to take an L 🤷♂️
I purchased Jordan 1 Mid Tan Gum back in February. The first pair I bought I never received, so I bought it again. This one came in. Though the condition was absolutely horrible. The tongue of the shoe looked absolutely battered, more than usual. There were scratches all over the lining/heel of the shoe, and there was what seemed to be blood stains on one of the tongues and on the laces (which came on the shoe). There was also tan paint on the tongue right near the Jordan logo which led me to believe my pair might be fakes.
Overall I didn't end up returning it (despite still having the tag on when I noticed it) because it took 3 months just to get the pair to my house with all of these complications through the shipping system. I find that Stock X is quite the horrible place to buy shoes, and I'm honestly willing to buy elsewhere for a bit more, just to make sure that my shoes are actually authentic. I was truly disappointed with the outcome of me purchasing from Stock X, and I can guarantee that I will not be buying from them ever again. They've disgusted me.
Definitely beware of GOAT, they sent me a pair of "New" FOG SAs and the zipper was broken and there were wear stains on the soles. Thankfully they did provide a refund after like 3 weeks, but only store credit.
All of em should be closed down. They are not needed. This is why your $200 dollar shoe costs $1000. Be aware they buy a majority of the shoes and make up a bottom price. Then they let us jack it up by bidding. But we are bidding against the company itself.
The gov should get involved in this issue most def
It would be really interesting if fake Yeezys would get through. I just recently bought the dezzling blues and after watching this video I already have doubts about them lol
Same
What type of hoodie is that , you are wearing ?
Its nice 👍
Thanks for helping me man. I was considering getting a pair of Ambush Game Royal $88. I was surprised coz here in India, it goes for $200+. Now I know why.
I work in manufacturing. Somewhat irrelevant, somewhat relevant. Look at the bigger picture of things… when I slack at work or I see people slack at work I instantly get the thought of what this is going to do to our consumer… when their product straight from us that has been “processed” and taken good care of is delivered not how it should’ve been. Same case here. StockX isn’t robots, it’s humans, just like us. They get lazy. I’m sure it’s a team and they all get assigned a certain amount of shoes based on the number of orders for that day/shift (however their employees do their scheduling…) and I’m sure plenty of employees just skim it over and make sure there’s no obvious falsifications to the shoe and then just throw the StockX tag on. When you sit back and think about how it’s ran, no way every shoe is authentic. It’s sad to say but there’s always at least ONE employee with a lack of drive. It could be just that day and that poor customer is the one who suffers when they get fake Patent Breds.
Just by curiosity, I have compared a pair of legit Jordan 5's from Nike Store with a pair of High-quality Replicas of the same colorway, and INCREDIBLY I found a WAY BETTER QUALITY in the Fake ones! So I must say, "everything is relative in this weird world" man!
Where is ur hoodie from bro?
besides all this where is that hoodie from ???!??
i got a fake pair of courts recently, very pissed.
That would be right down Nikes alley to give up on a release if you don’t get them at retail, also Nike doesn’t protect the customers. They use third party delivery companies and the rare releases never reach you. At this point I don’t know who to believe when there’s no actual proof of counterfeit
I bought a pair Nike SB dunk on StockX. they were creased, glue was everywhere, they were dirty and the stitching was all messed up. And they won’t allow me to return the shoe.
Look at StockX shoe verses the local mall shoe store. StockX sold us a fake pair of shoes and when we complained sent them back they said they were worn. You can clearly see they aren’t worn. I brought the same shoe from a local mall store and they aren’t the same. You can tell the real verses the fake shoe.
have you tried represent sneakers (reptor and apex in particular), i think the cobalt reptors are fire
The hard truth is that the problem is actually most of us consumers, why do people want to have the exact same stuff that everyone else is buying/wearing? people saying that the problem is that Nike isn't producing enough products, they really have no idea what they're talking about, every shoe is mass produced, the problem is that sneakers are very mainstream right now so everyone wants to buy the same dunk, the same Jordan 1, 4 etc... And seriously if you were not able to buy that "limited" shoe why would you want to buy a FAKE SHOE? people obsessing with impressing other people is the real problem, there are hundreds of other Nike products, literally always available, literally going on sales all the time, plus dozens of other brands with they're own lines... Fake shoes exists because of people are buying them and if they answer back with "Nike is not making enough shoes" well re evaluate yourself, Nike is watering down the quality because people demand more and more products... But when Nike increases quality and consequently the prices the shoes pretty often end up in sales.. stockX is not the evil, neither the savior they are actually a natural answer to the sneaker current market, stockX exists because most people don't want fakes, but some idi*ts trying to impress other idi*ts are making the counterfeit market a million dollar industry and so we all have to pay for this kind of services yet they still claim Nike isn't producing enough... Ok.
It could be that Nike is saying that the shoes were fake because of the whole NFT situation to get leverage over Stockx and stop some people from buying from them
it's been 3 years since i've ordered a supreme bogo hoodie... lost €750 and still have no hoodie, their customer service doesn't awnser and they fined me for some reason so i had to sue them and won
what company is that hoodie that your wearing? ive been trying to find it for ages
Bruh it's just a blue hoodie probably yeezy x gap
I think it's the yeezy x gap hoodie
Literally just ordered the Jordan retro 4 military black yesterday… I’ve been doing a lot of research and all I see is “fake shoes”. Kinda worried now…
Support your small businesses. Stop buying from stockx with 60$ shipping and fees. There's ppl in your local town that probs are trying to flip sneakers and yall over looking them bc they ain't giving the deals but would rather pay 60$ shipping and fee from cockx..
what is the sound track playing behind your voiceover?
The process of buying a shoe from stockX should have been a dead giveaway they send the shoe to a facility in china to "authenticate" the shoe, it's shady shad stuff.
So I attended StockX day in Detroit in 2017 and got to see their authentication process live, their storage, as well as their office. It’s more low tech than they try to get you to believe. Products are sprawled across tables and one of the guys I saw doing verification was not doing much verifying of anything. Mainly was just on his phone and flexing with products that weren’t his.