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$2500 for sneakers??? Are you kidding me?
Mobs have to be controlled at Footlocker in Orlando??? because they cancelled the release of these shoes!
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There was huge police presence and wall to wall police cars there according to the news last night. Where do people get the money to pay that amount for athletic shoes for their kids?
However there were maybe three who were gonna buy 'em and several hundred who were thinking to take them from the people who were gonna buy 'em. I am glad I live here. |
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You can be sure that the vast majority of those waiting for these shoes would tell you about how unfair it is that the wealthy 1% of the people.... blah... blah... blah...
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How about $15-$20,000 for a customized "golf cart"?
I guess that makes sense? |
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Here is my argument for that golf cart...which by the way we don't have. We have a nice used one that cost far less. But...if a person has worked hard all of their lives and saved and sacrificed and didn't take money from others and that is what they want...then good for them. I think that is how many of the villagers I see driving a fancy golf cart payed for it. It is the same thing for jewelry, that I don't have...and the same for bigger houses. Most of those folks went without something, and lived well inside their incomes and worked far more than eight hours a day to be able to have some nice stuff now. There is no shame to have money if you earned it. One of the ways people would have money for that golf cart is that they didn't fling out all that money for their kids sneakers. |
I doubrt if I've spent that much for (my) shoes in my entire life.
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I found the report this morning on Fox News interesting in that one guy waiting to buy was emphatically stating how he was going to be able to resell the sneakers for a figure somewhat in the 5 figures, yes 5 figures! Sure sounds like there's a good chance that Walt was pretty much on spot in his comment. I can't help but wonder if any of the sneakers are they being bought on stimulus money? Wouldn't surprise me if any were! |
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Parents of the group (who's ages etc are unknown) are actually paying for the shoes. Only 3 people were going to buy the shoes for themselves, the rest were there to rob the people who bought them. None of the people who were there worked or sacrificed for the money to buy the shoes and some even took money from others in order to buy them. Most of the folks living here went without something, lived within their incomes and worked more than 8 hours a day to have nice stuff. And the parents of these kids could buy nice golf carts if they didn't give them money for sneakers. WOW!!!! |
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I worked hard all my life...I think I will go get myself a pair of those shoes! All kidding aside, Nike and/or the retail stores should sell their expensive shoes online only. Then you wouldn't have these mob scenes! Or maybe, just maybe it was a marketing or publicity ploy!
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My point on the golf cart vs shoes issue was merely that things that are important to one group may seem silly to another. So while some younger people will stand in line overnight for the latest version of some video game, or shoes, others may stand in line outside a new Sweet Bay at 3 AM to get a free pineapple 4 hours later or make a plain old golf cart look like a fire truck or Ferrari.
As correctly pointed out by Graytop, I am frequently amazed by the profound posts on this site. |
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$2500 sneakers or used golf cart, $2500 sneakers or used golf cart.
Hmm............................................... ........... My decision is, drum roll please. "Used Golf Cart". :) |
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That's right. He said he could buy them for $250 and sell them next week for $20,000.
Graciegirl, you are so right! And don't you hate it when people change the subject instead of sticking with the topic. Wonder why some love to do that?:mad: |
From the media, it looks like the shoes start at $220
Foot Locker halts events after riot over Nike sneaker
The article does say "One seller on eBay advertised a 'buy it now' price for the shoe of $2,499.99". The crowd looks like it was made up of zealot basketball fans. Fans do get really crazy at times especially when crowds are invovled. Just look at all the soccer riots in various parts of the world and the casualties they have caused. Rabid soccer fans come from all races, classes, and sexes. |
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What is sad about this topic is that the sneakers and/or ladies' six inch designer heels are status symbols for people with low self esteem. Why on earth would a woman hobble along, their feet twisted in an unnatural position if they didn't believe that they were making a statement about their person.
The same is true for nike sneakers. We are all the willing victims of Madison Avenue. Go figure....:loco: |
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This is such a judge mental statement that I'm almost speechless. Who are you to decide people wearing high heels and tennis shoes have low self esteem? Perhaps you should get to know some of the people your so quick to judge. You might discover us high heeled, sneakers wearing folks do in fact have lots of self esteem. |
Duffysmom is a nice person.
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http://theblackedition.hubpages.com/...h-Heeled-Shoes Maybe, someone should write a little ditty based on pants on the ground song by General Larry Platt (from American Idol Season 9) but adapt it to butt in the air. Butt in the air. Butt in the air. Looking like a fool with your butt in the air. While your spine misaligns. You give people signs. So you can eggsplain things with your leg. So your kids do not have to beg. Just by showing a lot of leg. So you can catch a beau. Or, maybe some blow. Or, go to the show. But, you sure do run slow. When you really gotto go. Butt in the air. Butt in the air. Looking like a fool with your butt in the air. Anyway, you get the idea. Heh, I should have been an English major. |
Where are the English majors when you need a critique?
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This poem is written by a man, me, but I worked or volunteered in a profession that is still predominately female--librarianship. So, I have been around women in working environments quite a bit. Almost none though working in a library with high heels on unless they were on their way out to some formal function or a hot date. |
I just want my $10.00 Jack Purcell canvas sneakers.....remember how your feet would overheat in them, and the bottoms were smooth so when you wore them in wet weather you could fall?:wave:
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Mine works on the song from American Idol Season 9's Larry Platt's audition. He looked like he was about 50 though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Platt Butt in the air. Butt in the air. Looking like a fool with your butt in the air. While your spine misaligns. You give people signs. So you can eggsplain things with your leg. So your kids do not have to beg. Just by showing a lot of leg. So you can catch a beau. Or, maybe some blow. Or, go to the show. But, you sure do run slow. When you really gotto go. Butt in the air. Butt in the air. Looking like a fool with your butt in the air. |
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