Did y'all know there was a "SneakerCon?" Guess who got cheered there?

[Bill]

https://videy.co/v?id=QnnGwFfu


What demographic goes to a sneaker convention?

[GTOguy]

Under 50 hipsters.

[Bill]

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1758955203728986582?s=46&t=zY8WKBoihhX92t03NMXixg

[The_Dude]

Who will be the first on their block to buy a pair?

[gs568]

So much awesomeness.

[Bill]

https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/1758980843526127977?s=46&t=hJWUPgpOkRBzd3vo56ATfQ

[Bill]

https://media.scored.co/post/RXk32DNHUWci.jpeg

[Capt Van]

WINNING I was able to pre order 2 pair in my size. I went to his site as he was announcing them, all sold out about 5 minutes later.

[LATB]

I didn't know anything about these Trump sneakers so I did a search...

Holy crap, the media handled this as if Trump manufactured these shoes with the skin of murdered illegals and each pair comes with a bag of fentanyl.

These people are sick.

[Frankie the Fink]

I have a nephew who runs internet "bots" on web sites offering premium stuff like sneakers, trading cards and computer gear; he (at age 17) snap up the stuff and resell it online and the kid made $40K last year doing it after high school in the afternoons.

His parents are giddy over it, but although prob legal, its scalping IMO and pretty smarmy.

[LATB]

I have a nephew who runs internet "bots" on web sites offering premium stuff like sneakers, trading cards and computer gear; he (at age 17) snap up the stuff and resell it online and the kid made $40K last year doing it after high school in the afternoons.

His parents are giddy over it, but although prob legal, its scalping IMO and pretty smarmy.

I don't think it is smarmy. I know a young man who does the same thing. He also goes to flea markets and spends plenty of time on Ebay, CL and FM. He does 6 figures a year.

[Frankie the Fink]

Not illegal but smarmy as all hell.... Preventing normal kids or gift-giving parents from buying shoes for a basketball team or sports event without paying the butcher's bill in illicit profits to some yokel too lazy to do real work. But, maybe its just me...

[LATB]

Not illegal but smarmy as all hell.... Preventing normal kids or gift-giving parents from buying shoes for a basketball team or sports event without paying the butcher's bill in illicit profits to some yokel too lazy to do real work. But, maybe its just me...

How does someone who "flips" merchandise on the internet prevent parents from purchasing shoes?

[Bill]

I didn't know anything about these Trump sneakers so I did a search...

Holy crap, the media handled this as if Trump manufactured these shoes with the skin of murdered illegals and each pair comes with a bag of fentanyl.

These people are sick.

:nono:

The Never Surrender II's will use the skin of illegals....those will be coming out mid '2025.

As to the fentanyl....WTF? Seriously, WTF? Trump is very anti-drug. You must have these confused with the shoes Hunter is designing now, made from the skins of random hookers, with secret pockets to hide fentanyl and coke.

Hunter's shoes won't be available in yellow, sorry.

[Vandelay Industries]

I didn't know anything about these Trump sneakers so I did a search...

Holy crap, the media handled this as if Trump manufactured these shoes with the skin of murdered illegals and each pair comes with a bag of fentanyl.

These people are sick.

News to me too.

It's kind of hard to believe the TDS Triplets didn't start multiple threads here about them. :funnier:

[mrvette]

https://twitter.com/jackposobiec/status/1758980843526127977?s=46&t=hJWUPgpOkRBzd3vo56ATfQ

NOW it's printed......

[LATB]

News to me too.

It's kind of hard to believe the TDS Triplets didn't start multiple threads here about them. :funnier:

"the TDS Triplets" :funniest::funniest:

[Bill]

NOW it's printed......

Gene, you need to reset a setting on your adblocking software. I can't help you with that. PM a mod or admin and ask for help.

You: I'm surfing with [insert browser here], and I am using [insert list of adblocking, anti-tracking, etc. extensions].

Awesome admin/mod: OK, here's how you fix the problem, by doing [insert steps here].

You: [follow easy directions] Oh, OK, great! Thanks, it works fine now!


Or, you could not reach out and continue to not see twatter links until you quote the post. Either way, you do you.

[Bill]

Hard to tell, but it looks like they're made in China

If true, and for that price, disappointing. I would have subbed them out to NB, to manufacture here in the US.

[IB4TL]

A signed pair sold in auction for $9k

[LATB]

96760

[IB4TL]

They're currently going for $5k+ on eBay

[LATB]

They're currently going for $5k+ on eBay

17K here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235436390941?itmmeta=01HPYPQM4V46E2K0YBCDP45VMW&hash=item36d11a3a1d:g:5j4AAOSwTCZl0Tiu&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0EBrIIs2uZ7wxF2tfxU64xanqTGhI%2BfaJMoEra%2BwUJ9PxRv5tQUXT%2F4dVdqOgPmdr490bre1GpWOXO%2FbTR3PbUIZVbqtIrhRTvf1P1EIkeSWJxsaDtTVdEuL0d%2Fel%2BcC1qCKP4ZIt7UjUUgHL%2B6tF%2BOhO82X6KTxwinjO5d7CDmoHHuKeI%2FJ7ICzzSC5bZrRAvKkni5VDLCiiPKGZroQCsawucf%2FSQpbrhZ%2FdONDDLeTkmtcGv7ffjJxLtllS0gzkLIeYyv3ec%2BuI4tZn%2FLhTxI%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8LC3ta3Yw

[IB4TL]

17K here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235436390941?itmmeta=01HPYPQM4V46E2K0YBCDP45VMW&hash=item36d11a3a1d:g:5j4AAOSwTCZl0Tiu&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0EBrIIs2uZ7wxF2tfxU64xanqTGhI%2BfaJMoEra%2BwUJ9PxRv5tQUXT%2F4dVdqOgPmdr490bre1GpWOXO%2FbTR3PbUIZVbqtIrhRTvf1P1EIkeSWJxsaDtTVdEuL0d%2Fel%2BcC1qCKP4ZIt7UjUUgHL%2B6tF%2BOhO82X6KTxwinjO5d7CDmoHHuKeI%2FJ7ICzzSC5bZrRAvKkni5VDLCiiPKGZroQCsawucf%2FSQpbrhZ%2FdONDDLeTkmtcGv7ffjJxLtllS0gzkLIeYyv3ec%2BuI4tZn%2FLhTxI%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8LC3ta3Yw

I saw that. That's just what someone's asking, doesn't mean it will sell for that.

[IB4TL]

I don't think it is smarmy. I know a young man who does the same thing. He also goes to flea markets and spends plenty of time on Ebay, CL and FM. He does 6 figures a year.

When I was a teenager I had a job working at Macy's in the evening. My job dealt with unloading delivery trucks & tracking inventory.

I found tons of stuff that was lost in the system because of slacker employees before me. Since the store had already claimed it as a loss, I was able to buy it for less than 10% of retail.
I made more selling the items on eBay than I did working there :funnier:

The company was bought by another company & we were no longer allowed to buy that merchandise :spdchk: So I quit & got a better job :Jeff '79:

[Vandelay Industries]

If true, and for that price, disappointing. I would have subbed them out to NB, to manufacture here in the US.

The NB my wife wears used to be made in the USA, but the last pair she ordered (always the same model #) were made in Vietnam. :(

[Bill]

The NB my wife wears used to be made in the USA, but the last pair she ordered (always the same model #) were made in Vietnam. :(

It looks like the shoes they manufacture in America are getting very slim:

https://www.newbalance.com/made-in-the-usa/

I bought an earlier version of the 990, made in America no longer made.

Now, it looks like, even if you buy a new version of the 990, you STILL have to make sure you're getting made in America, and even if you do, yeah, it looks like some of the materials are coming from Vietnam.

[Bill]

The NB my wife wears used to be made in the USA, but the last pair she ordered (always the same model #) were made in Vietnam. :(

It looks like the shoes they manufacture in America are getting very slim:

https://www.newbalance.com/made-in-the-usa/

I bought an earlier version of the 990, made in America no longer made.

Now, it looks like, even if you buy a new version of the 990, you STILL have to make sure you're getting made in America, and even if you do, yeah, it looks like some of the materials are coming from Vietnam.

In men's sizes, it looks like the 990v6 and the 993 are the only made in America offerings left, and those are advertised as having a minimum of 70% American content.

[The_Dude]

If true, and for that price, disappointing. I would have subbed them out to NB, to manufacture here in the US.

The image was a fake. I deleted it.

[cptlo306]

96812

[Tikiman]

96812

You would crawl two miles through rusty barbed wire just to drink her bath water and you know it. :rofl:

[LATB]

96819

[Tikiman]

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[Tikiman]

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[Onebadcad]

fjb will have these on ebay today, one pair is $0.50, three pairs for $0.25
A free t-shirt with every order

https://i.etsystatic.com/18181146/r/il/471f32/3480272475/il_570xN.3480272475_e1ya.jpg

https://i.etsystatic.com/30214324/r/il/303631/3335025772/il_fullxfull.3335025772_hilu.jpg

[Bill]

https://media.scored.co/post/MQzkv0PTl6IK.png

[Aerovette]

$355,000,000/$399

He only has to sell 890,000 pairs to cover his loss.