Reseller Report: “Marty McFly” Nike Hyperdunk

1306 days ago - by Matt Halfhill - 89 comments

Not surprisingly over the weekend lineups were long and crowds were packed for the limited release of the “Marty McFly” Nike Hyperdunks at the House of Hoops and Niketowns in New York and Los Angeles. Like with many limited releases, hype and buzz is generated for the product, but controversy seems to also follow.

Nike and Foot Locker instituted a “1 pair per customer” policy for this release of the Hyperdunks that led to clever line stuff tactics including one individual bringing their 4 year old child to be a “customer” for the shoes. Not surprisingly, a few days after the big release, many pairs are listed on eBay for sale fetching prices much higher than the $200 sticker price.

Keeping in mind that we live in a free country with a free market, what are your thoughts of reselling? What do you think could be done to help curb it? Is there anything wrong with it at all? Speak your mind after the jump.

gank
i hate fakes but price gouging resellers are the lowest of the low they ought to be castrated and in my eyes if you buy a pair of kicks and sell them for $$$ then you aint got no real love of kicks.
Williamfinpatch
this is the reason why people like myself who honestly love shoes have to buy fake shoes…also doesn’t help that I’m in Iraq for the next 12 months
princeofthecity
the thing is if the sneaker if reselling on ebay for 2000, right, and people aren’t willing to pay then the price will come down because if someone bought the sneakers for the sole purpose of reselling them, they aren’t going to hold onto them because that is 200 they are out now. i saw the “what the dunks” come down quite a bit in price since they dropped, at least by 500. that is just an example. but it proves that resellers will eventually have to drop their price if the richies don’t pay what they are asking. the problem is, the richies will almost always pay, and the investment made by a reseller is only 200 so he/she can probably afford to have that tied up for an indefinite amount of time, even if they bought 2 or 3.
yeah i am a little disappointed that these are reselling for so much but oh well, there are plenty of other kicks out there that i will be happy to get in the future. there is also fire that i am hunting around for being resold for reasonable prices too.
Marky Mark
Personally, I don’t care about re-sellers much. If you missed em, then you should have been quicker. Maybe they wanted their $2,000 more than you wanted to feed your sneaker collection? I figure, whoever wants it more, will be in line earlier. Maybe I’m just a lil weird, but I’d rather have that two stacks rather than some sneakers; this is just my opinion from the outside looking in. I am not a re-seller; I love shoes, but if I miss out, I’m not gonna die and I’m not gonna go online to throw a hissy fit. Be cool y’all
villebilly
What i would like to see is nike stop short running shoes,they are the one”s that start alot of this madness.stop bringing out shoe”s and only putting them in certain locations were other shoe heads can not buy them.I like limited shoes like every one else.But NIKE you can make a shoe limited by saying we are only going to make no more then 20.000 worldwide and have them shipped to all of the sneaker chains.What the majority of shoe chains need to do is hold the store management responsible for selling people more then one pair of a hot shoe.I know that puts the manager on the spot and i know it is only going to slow some of the ebayers down a little bit.I also know people will still find away to get more then one pair of shoes.
villebilly
This shout out goes to Gank about his comment on boycott on the next hot release.Man before i read your comment i just told a friend the same thing,if we all ban together and not buy the next hot release then NIKE and all of the shoe CHAINS will have to eat the shoes.The majority of the shoe chains will be piss off at nike for happening to eat potential profit on the shoe.I say we all need to boycott the next several release including the JORDANS to.Don”t get me wrong i wear alot of nike products to,but if this will get NIKE to stop short changeing all of the shoe heads around the world,then i will be the first to boycott.
http://www.bigtimetattoo.com echo
i never sold a pair of kicks ever.i have 4 pairs of cool gray spizikes and my friends beg me to sell them 1.i cant part with any.all you scumbags that buy up every pair to resell and make it harder for true collectors..i hope you all get sick and die so that there is less jerkoffs in the world running to ebay the second they leave the store.case in point,the carmine pack.i hate you all.thank you.
shoe_man
i dont knock anyone for trying to make a dollar. we all need to eat one way or another. Sneaker heads are not what htey use to be. (the long hours of waiting for kicks.) listen if someone came to my house and offered me $2000.00 for a pair of kicks i would sell them (pending which pair they wanted) so dont be mad at someone who would re-sell htem. as far as store workers getting 5 and 6 pairs that sucks because we are only aloud 1 pair. same rules for everyone. and for the 4 year old child, man i just gotta laugh. its a great idea and it worked so you cant be mad at that. someone is using there head. hahaha peace
ofilthesheep
Ppl now n days dnt buy what they like…..yall can’t b mad about the price cause I’m sure if was an auction and not a buy it now item on ebay they would still sell for like 1500…..the way I c it is if u really wanted them u would do anything 2 get them even pay the 2000 for them…..there r some ppl in the world like that….yall remember the levi pack or the titanium 23s?…..any thing that is rare will always b sold at a high price…….some one is always going 2 b willing 2 pay what every for some shoes….I baught the levi pack for 740 the day they came out……I only paid like 300 more then I would have any ways….which isn’t that much if u really think bout it…I juss stashed some money away 2 months b4 they come out so I can have em because I really wanted them…..what about the dmps?…..y do u think they go for so much?…..a lot of ppl want them and are willing 2 pay for em……..I had a g ready the day they came out because I was gunna have them no matter what….that’s just me….I’m willing 2 give what ever for what I want if u wouldn’t then that’s u….there is no shoe that is liked that will b able 2 b baught for retail
TheKid
Resellers have actually been keeping sneakers floating. There are always avid fans that NEEEEED certain shoes, and by resellers essentially making it harder, it makes the shoe that much more worth it. I know some people are going to say, you shouldn’t care about hype, but it is what it is. I definaetly prefer a pair of sneakers that look as nice as the McFly’s and are limited as hell, over some regular shoes that look slightly better. And with resellers around, this will continue to occur. I mean, this is what collecting is about. Having valuable items, and resllers just add more value. And this is what style is about, being unique – and resellers definately make shoes more unique.
http://none Gman
all of you guys who are MAD at nike for releasing mad limited stuff worldwide prolly bcoz u cant get em. If you were lucky enuf to be in the area to be released and then your super happy. People can’t be satisfied bcoz people are GREEDY. I hate resellers when they SCOOP UP all the shoes just as you were behind the line going to buy em as well. But pricing the shoes at 2000 US is simply STUPID, furthermore those who fall prey to the HYPE of the reseller prices are the DUMBEST of all collectors. the reseller just conned you to pay 2000g’s for a 200++ dollar shoe.
JbLeSs
you can’t knock a legal hustle…this is literally these people’s way of makin $$$…they probably have no jobs, which means they have the time to line up for 1-3 days straight to cop a pair of quick or hyper strikes and bump for profit……but on the flipside, these are the same no-job havin people are the ones who ruin things for the REAL sneaker society who actually would cop a pair of kicks to rock proudly without having to spend 2-3 paychecks on them……good job “kick-dealers”…get that money…i aint mad…i guess we TRUE sneakerheads will have to try to keep up and get our fire best we can on our days off of WORK…nuff sed.
http://makindatdoe speedie
all i have to say is first come first serve , if you cant get a pair, don’t hate that someone is going to profit on makin a little money to let you have that shoe u missed out on. tuff luck if u mad!
Pskila
Mayne…them shoes cost 30 Bucks to make…lol..Nike is getting ridiculous with the shoe prices; as I said before there is so many different styles of shoes at reasonable prices to be bought…You are fool if you paid 2000 bucks for a pair of sneakers period…Forget player hatin’ knocking a hustle or whatever…Real players and hustlers don’t get taken for a ride and they don’t spend money on foolish endeavors…

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