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Air Jordan 1s

9 replies

Garysmum · 04/02/2022 22:08

I have failed repeatedly to buy DD mid Air Jordan 1s for over a year now. Two missed Christmases and a birthday.

I have no idea how to get hold of them - as it seems they sell out in seconds even in plain white. With size 8 feet nothing hangs round for long.

How do I achieve the impossible? I hate Nike for this - there is clearly the demand if they released 5x the amount of shoes and they could line their pockets more but no they like to try and make their products exclusive such that the average consumer has to pay 2x face value to buy a second hand pair - so not a company that supports the family or the average person.

I have tried ebay - the majority could be fake or sold by sellers with suspiously low feedback etc.

What about Laced or StockX - again could be hiding dodgy scammers.

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Bringonsummer19 · 04/02/2022 22:10

This is such a nightmare, have you thought about appealing to them on Twitter? Some companies are very good at responding as they can’t bare negative feedback.

EllaPaella · 04/02/2022 22:18

They have them on Laced at the moment. I've used Laced before without any issues.

EllaPaella · 04/02/2022 22:20

Totally agree with you though. It's all part of their masterplan to only ever release a certain amount of stock knowing that it'll drive up prices elsewhere. You'd think they would just sell more themselves at a slightly higher price rather than let so many other people profit.
Very frustrating.

Fiddlersgreen · 04/02/2022 22:21

I think StockX have the shoes sent to them by the seller for verification before they are then sent to the buyer.
However they can be a lot more expensive than the RRP

blacc · 04/02/2022 22:23

StockX have a very strict policy that sellers have to go through, which includes sending the shoes to them to be validated as genuine before they will list and sell the item. It is the safest way to buy sold out shoes, however, not the cheapest.

up1978 · 04/02/2022 22:43

Ebay authenticate their trainers. I have a few for sale and have to send them to get authenticated before they are sent to the buyer.

notanicepersonapparently · 05/02/2022 08:06

I bought mine from net a porter. I don't know if they are the kind your DD is after as I'm a trainer ignoramus Smilebut at least you know they are a trustworthy company.

fairys1 · 05/02/2022 09:01

Try ProDirect Soccer, I got my daughters from them.

tiktokontheclock · 05/02/2022 21:35

I would be careful with stock X - some Chinese sellers are now creating the green Stock x tags so you can't tell.

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