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It's funny reading some of the comments and some just assume these people are using welfare money to buy the jordans. If I'm correct, you can't buy jordans with a link card...yet.
Anywho, I haven't bought a pair of jordans in a while and never paid no more than $120 for some. And while a person can sale these Jordans for twice the money they paid for them at the store, I'm willing to be bet no more than 5% of these buyers are planning to do that. Most are going to wear their precious Jordans. As for me, I rather pay $400-500 for a laptop or Ipad because I love technology more than shoes and technology lasts longer.
I think the last time I had a pair was in 1992, and my mother paid $112 if I remember correctly.
Either way, I personally would buy them just to sell them on Ebay. You could probably get triple the price for them if you sold them and offered overnight shipping for them over the next 3 days.
Off topic: Are you MSUbear who used to post on blackvoices? I'm asking because from reading your posts, you sound exactly like him and the fact that both of you are Ghanaian/African and live in the DC metropolitan. It just clicked to me that you are probably him.
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I think the last time I had a pair was in 1992, and my mother paid $112 if I remember correctly.
Either way, I personally would buy them just to sell them on Ebay. You could probably get triple the price for them if you sold them and offered overnight shipping for them over the next 3 days.
It's marketing and psychology. Make something seem desirable then make it rare, limited edition, and watch the crowd go wild.
I have stood in line for things in the past (concert tix, game system, beanie baby...shut up) but mostly because it was something to do and if you actually were one of the people who GOT it (whatever it was) you feel like a winner, even if it's just temporary. But there is nothing that was so special and I won't do it anymore because it's not fun anymore.
I don't think anyone is disputing that but folks camp out for things all the time without gunfire, punches and stampedes.
I think the last time I had a pair was in 1992, and my mother paid $112 if I remember correctly.
Either way, I personally would buy them just to sell them on Ebay. You could probably get triple the price for them if you sold them and offered overnight shipping for them over the next 3 days.
Those cool grey's were actually a re-release from the original jordan XI from 1996. I remember kids in elementary school wearing them. I was 11 and thoroughly jealous of kids who had them.
They're just shoes for god's sake. Don't these people have anything of value in their lives? I think not if shoes take such a high priority for them. Their malleable little minds proved perfect for the marketing string-pullers.
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And, what about those that pay $500-$600 bucks for Chinese Ipads made for $50 dollars. Are they also idiots?
How the hell are you going to run to spend $200 on shoes?
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