TMB Sneakerthread: Quick Someone Post about Shoes

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Druce, Mar 14, 2020.

  1. portlandspartan

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    I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy for idiots who were spending thousands to hundreds of thousands with this guy. It was very clearly a case of it’s too good to be true.
     
  2. Nole96SC

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    Yeah thats what i was talking about with the pairs. Some of them had to be the high quality reps. Id watch his IG videos and he’d have thousands of pairs each of 4 or 5 different styles in the warehouse at any one time.
     
  3. mc415

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    I checked out his site one time and knew it was either fakes or some shady shit
     
  4. Nole96SC

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    I mean hes been delivering for years and years without problems.
     
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  5. dblplay1212

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    The first year, I agree. But after a year or two, I totally understand someone doing it. Hell I almost did a few times.
     
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  6. Nole96SC

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    I do agree about people spending tens or hundreds of thousands buying bulk pairs from him to try and resell them. Thats a lot different than people just trying to secure personal pairs that they really want.
     
  7. portlandspartan

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    I’m with you - only talking about the double resellers.
     
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  8. Simon Templar

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    I feel bad for the people that got burnt on this but I always felt it was too good to be true. The rumors with the crypto and the just general gut feeling I had always made me stay away when people would bring it up. Just rang too close to home with a wire fraud deal my wife got caught up in years ago with her employer at the time. The shit is people rarely know what’s happening behind closed doors.
     
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  9. Pharm

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  10. Druce

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    It's just a long ass con. Feed people enough line to let them hang themselves. Take me for example, I started with 2 pair: UNC 4 and Obsidian 13, got them just fine, ordered a couple more, got them just fine, ok this is legit so now anything that I want that pops up for pre-order I'm ok with waiting as long as I get them eventually, and now I'm bit for $2,400.
     
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  11. Lawnole23

    Lawnole23 FSU Seminoles 2020 National Champions
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  12. mp_22

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    W on the 1’s today
     
  13. pearl

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  14. Fusiontegra

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    W

    Must be a large drop. They're slightly above retail on stockx
     
  15. Fusiontegra

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    And another shoe that goes directly into my closet until it starts cooling down. Wearing highs with shorts just doesn't work for me - I know some people can pull it off.
     
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  16. ButchCassidy

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    Same
     
  17. Kylebw1

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    Excuse my pasty legs but not usually in shorts. Like these a lot but they’re definitely spring shoes
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  18. DDB

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    Any of you guys a member of secret sauce? If so is the membership worth it?
     
  19. dblplay1212

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    I assume that's a cook group? If so, you get out of them what you put in. If you're a big tech guy and want to teach yourself how to run bots, then those groups can be useful. Not bc they'll teach you, they won't, but you'll get early links to feed into your bots. But even with bots, it's very competitive. It's not just hit a button and the bot does all the work. You have groups like that with hundreds or thousands I them and everyone is going for the same pairs. There's not enough to go around. The same top tier bot guys eat every release. The lesser guys get nothing. So yea if you're very tech savvy and have a ton of time to devote to it, go for it. If you're trying to do it part time, don't waste your time.
     
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  20. EMAW FC

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    major key is wearing mid-cut socks. Looks weird with just shoe and leg when wearing no-shows.
     
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  21. Nole96SC

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    He apparently has a weed shop in Oregon too. I wonder whats going on with that.
     
  22. Kylebw1

    Kylebw1 UNC ACC Champs
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    I could never pay for shoes and wait that long.
     
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  23. Nole96SC

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    For me the wait was fine. 6-8 weeks after release for a pair at retail or close to it > never getting them because im not paying $400-500 resell after they drop.
     
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  24. Bishop

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    Planning a lace swap when they arrive. Saw them with white laces and they looked good.
     
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  25. dblplay1212

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    I'm way too interested in this lol

     
  26. Daniel Ocean

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    cliffs?
     
  27. dblplay1212

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    It seems very very likely that his wife was the #1 account on stockx with over 100k purchases for $36m.
     
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  28. Fusiontegra

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    Then, sorry for everyone who lost money, but glad he got busted and is out of this shit.
     
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  29. Lawnole23

    Lawnole23 FSU Seminoles 2020 National Champions
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    So he would take orders and if he could not fulfill them he would just have his wife make purchases on stock x?
     
  30. dblplay1212

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    The more that comes out, it seems like a classic ponzie scheme. Do pre-orders in January for a June release. Collect $500k in January. $600k in February for a July release. $700k in March for an August release. $800k in March for a September release. $900k in April for an October release. $1m in May for November release. Then by June you have $4.5m to pay out the people that bought pairs in January for a June release. Even if those pairs now cost you $600k, you're up. Just a guess, but that seems most likely at this point.
     
  31. dblplay1212

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    Seems that way :idk:
     
  32. Pharm

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    Which one are those.

    I’m really thinking about grabbing some am1. They have grown on me.
     
  33. Kylebw1

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    I buy a lot of mine lately for 30-60 above retail from stockx before release. I just like knowing I’m going to get them. Before fees I paid $10 over for the last two am1 that way
     
  34. Kylebw1

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    They are the most recent pair to release. Can’t remember the name and don’t have stockx on this iPad. Best silhouette in my opinion so you can’t go wrong with any of them
     
  35. dblplay1212

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    Madder Root
     
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  36. Tug

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    I really don’t want to do this here but I still don’t understand how this is a Ponzi scheme. People believe they’re purchasing shoes right? Just guaranteed at a price?
     
  37. Druce

    Druce Fuck football.
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    If you’re 11.5 I’ve got a pair coming that you can have for retail + shipping
     
  38. Daniel Ocean

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    you take money and orders from group a. Then take money and orders from groups b&c to fulfill a and so in and so on. So d,e,f pays for b&c until you don’t have a group to pay off the last group? Maybe I’m mistaken on what a Ponzi scheme is but essentially you’re take money from one group to pay off (in this case buy shoes) for another group.
     
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  39. Lawnole23

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    He was taking money for pre-orders to fund other business ventures and moving it around and then trying to move the money back later. If he couldn’t get what he promised to begin with he was also just buying it for more money off stock x to coverup what he was doing. He eventually lost all of it in crypto apparently and could not longer buy the sneakers he promised.
     
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  40. dblplay1212

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    Correct. It's a pre-order. You buy today and you get your shoes in 2-12 months. Normally the pre-order price was lower than what the shoe was worth after release.

    We can use a recent one that now looks like a clear money grab. Chicago Jordan 1s release later this year. He did a pre-order for $224. I guarantee you he got millions of dollars in pre-orders at that price. If the shoe releases in November, people would normally get pairs in January-April. When the shoe releases in November, it'll retail for $200 and it'll resell for $400+. Probably closer to $500. So buying it today for $224 is a great deal, even if you don't get it until 2-6 months after release. That's an extreme example, normally a pre-order would be like $220 on a shoe that was worth $300 at release or something like that. I think the too good to be true price on the Chicago aj1 was him getting as much money as he could before he folded shop.
     
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  41. Lawnole23

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    My Creme Madder Root's are out for delivery. That was fast.
     
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  42. Bishop

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    Should be with the $20 expedite shipping.
     
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  43. Nole96SC

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    I went to join the draw for the Unions only to find out my SNKRS/Nike account was apparently hacked. Really weird. All my info was still there the same but my payment stuff was deleted and two different ones were added.
     
  44. Bishop

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  45. Lawnole23

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    Did the Travis Scott releases on SNKRS get moved again? Don’t see them on there for tomorrow anymore.
     
  46. Bishop

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    Noticed that also. It is still on the Feed but removed from the Upcoming.
     
  47. Pharm

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    Has anyone purchased the pre day air maxes?
     
  48. Nole96SC

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    Theyre back up on the upcoming now.
     
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  49. Kylebw1

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    Received there by you blazers today. I went a little too wild with them
     
  50. Fusiontegra

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    Let's see em!
     
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