Stephon Marbury Calls Out Jordan: "You're Paying $200 for Jordans and They Make Them for $5"
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They actually have Performance and luxury as well ...
but keep in mind, its footwear. Remember Louie Vuttons , Prada , Balenciaga ect sell a lifestyle and thats pretty much it.
Jordans are the only shoes that:
•have a rich heritage (greatest player of all time)
•Greatest single collection of shoes of all time
•They tend to perform well according to most performance test reports (imo I think they've been slacking a little on performance innovation but all in all the 29's with flight plate is an excellent shoe to play in.)
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the shoes im rockin, check my profile pic
Air Ronalds -
I just came here to see the Jordan Gifs
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There are certain debates that make a lot of sense when you're say, 20
Then you hit 30 and its like....wait, that doesnt make ANY ? sense
Did that 30k car you got cost 30k to make?
You buy a 200k house and put 50k of sweat equity into it turn it into a gem...you sellin it for 250k? Lls
Big examples to small. Was just in Vegas dude sellin water for $1. He probably bought a pack of 20 for $5. Should he be sellin em for 25 cents bc 'thats what it cost to get/make'?
Cmon people. Smarten up. This is a child's argument
u really compare buying a house to sneakers?
once u buy a sneaker n wear it, the value goes down.. a house is an investment and can be passed down..
a car is also an investment... in terms of what it means of getting from point a to b... if u wear a sneaker everday for a year , your gonna have to replace it... cause of how worn it will become.. some investment.
ppl are buying 300 sneakers just for the name n logo. -
i remember at the height of the starburys success a lot of people respected him for this and brought them to play ball in it was almost odd it was like the only cheap sneaker you could buy and not get your ass cut for having them
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Wack! Go at Jordan for investing in private prisons, not selling his shoe for whatever price point he feels is best. If the people will buy it at $200+, why not sell it for that much? It's called supply and demand.
And the argument about kids killing each other over Jordans is trash. If not Jordans, it would be something else. They're "killing each other" over valuable items, so to single out Jordans is ridiculous.
Let's talk about the mind state these people are in, who commit such silly crimes. Let's work on fixing the root cause, not some surface ? . -
There are certain debates that make a lot of sense when you're say, 20
Then you hit 30 and its like....wait, that doesnt make ANY ? sense
Did that 30k car you got cost 30k to make?
You buy a 200k house and put 50k of sweat equity into it turn it into a gem...you sellin it for 250k? Lls
Big examples to small. Was just in Vegas dude sellin water for $1. He probably bought a pack of 20 for $5. Should he be sellin em for 25 cents bc 'thats what it cost to get/make'?
Cmon people. Smarten up. This is a child's argument
u really compare buying a house to sneakers?
once u buy a sneaker n wear it, the value goes down.. a house is an investment and can be passed down..
a car is also an investment... in terms of what it means of getting from point a to b... if u wear a sneaker everday for a year , your gonna have to replace it... cause of how worn it will become.. some investment.
ppl are buying 300 sneakers just for the name n logo.
Buying a car is NOT an investment llls So sad. Anyone with a brain would tell you a car depreciates in value the second you drive it off the lot
And Im a lil disappointed and quite frankly embarrassed that you couldn't digest that vey straight forward example: Nothing IN LIFE, in business, do you sell for the same cost you make it. Thats pretty ? straight forward.
The easiest way for you to digest that is examples of other clothes, handbags, jewelry, but it works for ANYTHING. The ? sellin ribs on the side of the road, those ribs didnt cost him $10 per plate to make. I mean how do you not understand that point, are you slow? -
Oh, and the FUNNIEST angle to all this is them sneakerheads have gotten the last laugh, because Jordans DO appreciate with value now
If you were a forward thibker a few years back and kept your OG's locked up, those $150 XI's go for $600 now
If u a newbie to it, you buy a $200 pair of OG Jordans and at worst you can resell em for 300-400 in a year or so
That's SHORT term. What happens if Jordan decides to chill on dropping retros evry year. Hell what if they stop makin retros all together. You now have a $1,000 collectible
I have a degree in marketing. Its CRIMINAL, COMICAL, how people have this conversation without acknowledging DEMAND. Its supply AND DEMAND.
If you buy a $100 steak at Ruth Cris you dont say 'it didnt cost $100 to make that' smh -
Isn't he killin the shoe game in China?
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NothingButTheTruth wrote: »Wack! Go at Jordan for investing in private prisons,
he does? -
I don't buy jordans, so most I buy are shoes 65 and below.
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If jordans were cheaper ? wouldn't want them
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? marbury hating ass I look fly in my jays ?
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Them J's could very well cost you more than $200 if you venture into the wrong parts wearing em......
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ghostdog56 wrote: »If jordans were cheaper ? wouldn't want them
yeah no jordan got some sexy ass sneakers no matter the price -
numbaz...80's baby wrote: »I thought ppl already knew this.
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ghostdog56 wrote: »If jordans were cheaper ? wouldn't want them
We really dont know that. Chuck Taylors are probably the most iconic sneakers in the world and they still sell fairly well despite being $50.
I think there are a lot of factors that go into why people buy Jordans and its not just us who purchase them.
We can talk about price all day (I think they are expensive) but I have rarely seen an argument made against these European brands that overcharge for their products. No point in tearing Jordan down for this when there are other JB products that are sold at more reasonable prices. -
We all knew this
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NO...it's this dude and he is a governor in OregonNothingButTheTruth wrote: »Wack! Go at Jordan for investing in private prisons,
he does?
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Rockin my Oreo 5s right nah
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I can't wait until Michael Jordan speak out against killing over his shoes. Maybe then crime in our community will disappear. That's the only thing that's holding us back
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he's right...
To a degree. -
I got some leather vans for 65 dollars and I usually buy them.
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did he eat the vaseline during this rant too or nah?
but...? some J's. I buy nike stock. yall keep buying them and keep making me money *evil laugh* -
Sounds alot like "black lives matter? We SHOULD be talking about black on black crime". ? just change the subject as if what they about to say is so importantNothingButTheTruth wrote: »Wack! Go at Jordan for investing in private prisons, not selling his shoe for whatever price point he feels is best. If the people will buy it at $200+, why not sell it for that much? It's called supply and demand.
And the argument about kids killing each other over Jordans is trash. If not Jordans, it would be something else. They're "killing each other" over valuable items, so to single out Jordans is ridiculous.
Let's talk about the mind state these people are in, who commit such silly crimes. Let's work on fixing the root cause, not some surface ? .
The #1 consumer of Air Jordan's shoes is BLACK PEOPLE. If you selling shoes to the black community & see them murdering each other over YOUR product, the least a ? could do is release a statement saying "we don't condone any senseless acts of violence over our product". That's it. But he won't because a) Jordan only sees $$$ and b) doesn't give 2 ? about his ppl anyway. So in other words "let them ? keep killing each other".
