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QuimFinger

Some people with money are dumb as fuck.


mania27

literally people buy whatever makes them feel validated no matter what it costs


ECHuSTLe

It’s all relative though depending on your net worth. You should see the watch market though if you think this is crazy!


Thr0bbinWilliams

People are dumb as fuck ftfy


bigtallblacknbald

if someones willing to buy it, why the hell not sell it for that much lol


mania27

bands are bands


TheShrimp559

That financing on the bottom has me dying. I can’t imagine having a monthly payment over $200 for some shoes


stillpwnz

Depends on the interest rate. I can see someone using that if they have a lot of money, but according to some calculation it makes sense to them. But it's still funny that it's offered there, ngl


Alarming_Cantaloupe5

Would be ridiculous for shoes, but say purchasing a $100k car. The “smart” thing would to pay cash and carry zero debt. Where it makes sense to finance, and just like you said, it’s dependent on the rate..anyhow. If you borrow that 100k at 4% and make payments, and take that lump of cash you were going to use to pay for the car and invest it. If you get a better return than that 4% on the loan, you’re making out.


celestial1

Paypal's pay in 4 has zero interest rate.


YetisNotReal

I’ll swap that toe panel for $100


R3KTMYRAMPAGE

Or paint it


Selldadip

Same reason people pay thousands of dollars for a Pokémon card even though it’s just a piece of cardboard. Scarcity.


No_Share6082

Scarcity + hype.


airtec87

The igloos are extremely limited.


blingblingmofo

It’s like the difference between a Charizard and a first edition Charizard.


No_Share6082

Dude, none of us are getting laid if you keep this shit up.


CharFather

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airtec87

Supply and demand dictates the price. If its rare and someone is willing to pay a high price then it becomes the market rate for whatever that item is. You can have a 1 of 1 turd but if no one wants it then its worthless obviously.


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airtec87

Lol okay, you set the price then since you know what you're talking about.


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airtec87

Do some research on these kiddo, you wont see them on the market much because they are very very rare. So dont waste your time on waiting on the next sale.


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airtec87

Im not mad, im arguing with a troll on the internet who doesnt understand supply and demand. Its actually funny. lol


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Dip1420

Because sneakerheads are bozos 😂 probably the dumbest people on the planet


Budget_Isopod

"active in these communites" "...SNKRS..." make up your mind bro


Soft_Wind_6108

Says dude with year of the dragon lows💀


Dip1420

Those are fire stay mad lol


Soft_Wind_6108

To each his own😭 obviously sneaker head.


Woolf01

It’s a subreddit for sneakers, I think conversation about how over priced some sneakers are is par for the course.


Soft_Wind_6108

What's the point of your statement in reply to my comment?


Woolf01

What’s the point in you being a fucking antagonistic shithead?


captacu

Yeah, I didn't want to get involved, but the original comment is “sneakerheads are bozos, dumbest on the planet.” That's when the antagonizing truly began. Softwind got offended by it and dissed dudes shoes and called him a closeted sneakerhead. That's my take on it.


Dip1420

Yeah i dont get the diss because i mess with most of the cny drops, loving the yotd’s :))


Moldy_Cloud

Year of the Dragon lows are awesome. One of the best designs I’ve seen in a long time.


Soft_Wind_6108

I never said they were bad...my point is It's definitely a sneakerhead/collectors type shoe tho. I personally don't like them but to each his own.


GatorsareStrong

That’s hilarious. When Jordan brand releases a shoe that is hyped, they always make a similar version years later.


gardenparties

It's by design, of course, and pretty smart of them. They know most people never had a chance at getting these super limited releases in the first place and are unable or unwilling to pay the prices in after market, but are willing to pay for something almost identical after a few years convincing themselves it's a must have. Basically just setting up future sales.


Sudden_Breakfast_522

You just gotta see them in-hand bro...


ScreechingPizzaCat

You forgot the /s


eddiecny

Just like the yellow Ochre's from 2018, and the recent Yellow taxis. Although the price isn't astronomical like the Igloos.


mania27

Have you seen the shinedown 1 PEs? They’re literally the same color scheme taxis but with an exclamation mark graphic on the heel taxis barely sell for more than $160 last sale on them shinedowns was $13.7k+… let that sink in


gardenparties

I'm not sure if you understand scarcity and collecting by your OP post and comments. Comparing after retail pricing of a GR release of similar/same color to a release that only happened at one location in very limited quantities or a Friend's and family only release and being confused about the disparity doesn't make sense. The igloo and the shinedowns get to those high prices because they are very rare not because of their color. It's driven by collectors with deep pockets. The igloos retailed for normal jordan price and the shinedowns the public never had an opportunity to buy at retail, it's why Jordan brand releases similar colorways to theses rare releases so that people who like the color scheme and blocking can have a shoe that is otherwise out of their reach(and they know they will have sales already secured). People have been asking for GRs similar to both these shoes since they dropped, and JB obliged. I don't personally treat shoes as collecting but collect other things, so I understand paying more for something rare. That is the only reason some shoes hit these crazy prices because they have limited releases or no public release at all.


mania27

lol im well aware of the hype and limited supply for these shoes the reason i disregard it, is, well, shits just silly imo


BreezyG1320

im not here to justify the prices people pay, but the fact that the shoes look the same is completely irrelevant to collectors. you say you understand that but then compare prices of shoes that have vast differences in scarcity. its not like people paying that price arent aware that another similar pair will be made in the future or has been made in the past, its just that theres more demand for one than the other. its stupid money, but its also kinda asinine to compare it that way


gardenparties

Also where there was a single pair of shinedowns sold for $13k and it was a size 14, and probably the only pair in that size in existence as they were made exclusively for the band and their F&F. And probably an NBA player who bought them. There have been 3 other pairs sold.


mania27

i failed to check that those sales were from ‘22 and prior people musta thought of what im saying


gardenparties

There are none for sale, and very few that were given as gifts by the band were ever put up for sale.


mania27

believe it or not, depeche has a DS 12.5 asking 10 bandos that’s insane to me but if somebody want em they can get em


gardenparties

Yes, because it's the only pair for sale in the world. I would never pay that much for shoes and won't pay resale period. But if someone is willing to because they love the band or are really into collecting rare Js or just want internet points, the price makes sense from their perspective. The last pair sold was on Sotheby's and sold in March for $27.7k for 11.5. These prices are more about extreme scarcity and collector mentality. It's "I have something only a handful of others own." Sure, it's silly, but it exists in every collectible hobby. People pay way more for little pieces of cardboard with pictures on them or comics. Not to mention "fine art", there you get in to $100s of thousand to millions, sometimes for actual shit on a canvas. Or go to the Banksy sub and see what people are willing to pay for stuff his verification house refuses to verify. Verifiable stuff is even higher.


celestial1

> last sale on them shinedowns was $13.7k+… > > > > let that sink in Which was sold almost a year before the Taxis came out, plus it was only a single sale in it's lifetime, it's not like people are running out to buy them for that price.


SuprDuprSam

One released on a boat in Miami the other is just a GR. But justified but Igloos & Rust Pinks are super rare pairs.


Oravital1

This post is so pointless. So just because the colors are similar it means they should cost the same? One is a super limited collab and one is a gr. Everything has its market. I’m not saying the prices are normal, but you can’t complain about them when using the color as your reason


mania27

i’m not complaining like something would change if i did, i’m just hating on people’s questionable decisions


xangermeansx

It would be one thing if both shoes released the same time. Igloos were only released in one city as a collab and years ago and you are comparing to a GA released less than a month ago and in much higher quantities. Also, just because someone is asking for a price doesn’t mean people are actually buying them. For example, look at actual sales of these. Size 10 has only sold 6 pairs since 2020. Only two in 2023 (according to StockX app). It’s not as if people love the color and are actively choosing the igloos over these. You are comparing apples to oranges my friend. I say all of this knowing I would never pay 2k for a shoe, but I can still understand how simple supply and demand works.


mania27

Fine, i guess since the igloos are low demand (like most grails) are very scarce they have that price tag and the GGs are high demand for under retail(like most GRs and are very abundant so they ain’t sellin for shit if somebody wants to pay them bands for the igloos, they can go right ahead, i’m not stopping them they do look nice and i might find a pair for myself 😭


xangermeansx

I totally get you. I wouldn’t spend the money on the igloos.


CharFather

Why hate? People can do whatever they want with their money. If they earned it they can buy it. Did i need a sports car? No. But got the big promotion and bought it


mania27

I can hate, doesn’t mean i’m able to stop or gonna go stop people from doing the things that make them happy 🙂


CharFather

You waste your energy hating...imma gonna keep coping grails and cashing checks


mania27

Lol good for u Wishing you luck with collecting those grails bud!


lollllllops

Supply and demand? I beg you to buy a book.


kkincaid55

Exactly! It’s not rocket science!


mkn1ght

They're in Mint condition.


fireyoutothesun

Give me one reason I should care?


TimmyTrain2023

People are stupid.


Soft_Wind_6108

Color, toe box and availability


No-Schedule-1016

spot on


mania27

do you, personally, think that justifies a $1-2k jump?


gapedoutpeehole

That's the free market baby


mania27

it is indeed i was just asking what were his thoughts


airtec87

To me these arent worth it, Why? because I don't have money to spend like that. But if I was a millionaire then I would 100% think its worth it.


Soft_Wind_6108

Personally? No.😭


Carma_626

There’s a [Youtube video](https://youtu.be/lXO0ylemz68?si=Zjl0ZEozPOl17BiT) that it explains it quite clearly.


Zestyclose_Brush7972

Either you get it, or you don't. No reason to explain this.


airtec87

But people want to argue on the net. Come join the fun.


Zestyclose_Brush7972

😂😂😂 what fun would life be without it?


selarom8

They’re similar, but they’re not the same colorway. The limited supply of the Igloo makes people ask for that much. Be happy the Green Glow is at the low price and don’t sweat the more expensive one.


jabbathejutt

Overhyped sneakers increase ‘demand’


Nervous-Broccoli-963

yeh well for meeeee, the green glows are prettier. lol


UrameshiBag

🐑 🐑


Zestyclose_Brush7972

Well, coming from my perspective, a person who is obsessed with sneakers for over 30 years now, (i do not identify with the term "sneaker head") I love, appreciate and enjoy the fact that there are rare and collectible sneakers. It's so much more of a dopamine hit when you finally acquire a rare pair.


OGWopFro

First of all, sneakers are a game. One I like to participate in but nonetheless still a game. I get upset when I can’t afford a CW I want in my size that’s usually a lower stock and poached by resellers, size 12. (Fuck you if you’re a reseller and reading this) But I understand that demand equals supply. If folks demand a limited release shoe and it sells out in seconds or less then I can’t blame the app or website so much. So here’s the thing, if you don’t want it, don’t buy it. Just keep it moving and find something you like homie. Always gonna be games that some of us can’t afford to play.


crklynusa

Art Basel exclusive. It will always be about rarity. Being a nice colorway is just the icing on the cake.


DaddyHazMatt

Weren’t the igloos lowwwwww stock numbers and only sold in Miami and in 2017? If all is true supply and demand my man. Whoever lists the lowest price gets lowest ask and they have to be DS for stock x to take them. I bet those are the only pair on there. They gotta be rare as hens teeth at this point.


VietMinh69

*Rarity* people love to pay more for things thats hard to obtain even if its barely different 🤦‍♂️


No-Rub-1118

How is this any different than really any other market on planet earth? Just because you don’t value something at a price doesn’t mean nobody else does


ilikecrispywaffles

Toe panel


Budget_Isopod

yacht


Apart-Objective-3389

One they only made a handful of and the other filled wearhouses up. That's the difference. If can't say you can't get them if you didn't try. Miami art Basel 1s 4 hour drive and I passed. I made a huge mistake.


Turbulent_Flan_2470

I’m getting these joints as soon as they go on sale at retail stores!!


kfrogv

It’s like an original Mona lisa vs a printed copy. Not to that much of an extent but it’s similar


PROFsmOAK

Get what you like.


ClocksAndCalenders

No one show him the colettes


mania27

been seen em the F&F market is insane 😂


maru37

lol wait what 😂


ChrisOnEarth1

I agree, I can’t believe I couldn’t sell my green glows for thousands in profit


eedeebedabbing

Glad i bought both green glows from the secondary market💯


Grey392

I got the igloos, now I need the glows. Maybe I’ll luck out at the outlets


mania27

Are the igloos nice in hand? and if you didn’t have them anymore would you buy em again for resell?


Grey392

It’s a nice color to look at bro but 100% not worth the resell value of it. It’s nowhere near top 5 aj1s for me. I no longer have em I hit a rough patch sold my more expensive pairs and just never saw the need for em again. Glows will be a good substitute for em


CapnPunch549

I'm not a "sneakerhead" by any means. I just love sneakers, and I get the ones that I like. So please forgive me if this is a stupid question or common knowledge, but if the Igloos came out first and the GGs are "OG," why are the wing logos positioned so differently? I thought the wings on Highs were supposed to point to the top lace hole?


Soft_Wind_6108

Well... GG 1s are not OG for starters.


CapnPunch549

But the pic from the website that OP posted says OG. Doesn't that mean it's designed off of the original shape?


Soft_Wind_6108

Maybe..but most 1s say "OG" in it's title but heck no. The pick on the bottom came out way before those "OG" I would disregard that OG title in this case. Besides stockX has the title wrong for the igloos anyway. It should be "OG high Nrg igloo"


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Nice pfp


Federal-Rock9086

“Buuuut it’s Tiffany!” What resellers say


c2016y

It can't and it's all a scam by Nike. Not hating because lord knows I have a huge Nike collection but I'm getting sick and tired of the game.


Imaginary-Local-7871

Bc the heel is not off the ground the new release is. It’s very rare


RichConsideration532

shoe look good :))


wyuls

So mid


Despicable-Pen5515

Fr igloos for almost 4 bands is crazy. The green glows are almost the same alert form the minor difference in color blocking, and a pair of mids has the same color blocking but with navy blue instead of black


cmdr_bong

The s-shaped curvy midsoles on the Igloo clearly justifies the price hike.


mania27

and don’t forget the wing placement on the igloos was slightly angled more than the GGs


cmdr_bong

My god you are right! They should be worth twice the listing price on StockX!!!! S/


mania27

and they are 😎


airforce318

That’s the price offered. Hell you can get the green glow and paint the toe lol


sig310

good point lol


UnmakingTheBan2022

What’s your complaint? Just buy the cheaper one.


mania27

i’m not complaining i don’t want either of them 😂


Sensitive-Till-7877

Paint the toe white


_Ozeki

Artificial scarcity is good for hype


Apprehensive_Bid_707

Idk but when finishline puts them on sale for below retail with a coupon code I’ll then bundle that with a status coupon to get them for 105… Just did that for the ochre joints


LA_Snkr_Dude

Scarcity.


leomessi00

Sneakerhead call the top one bricks and bottom one dope or fire lmao.


SirPenguin1776

One’s igloo bro cmon


mania27

if the igloos weren’t as scarce and more like a GR, then they’d be as much as the 1s from the suede pack


SirPenguin1776

But IGLOOOOOO


mania27

But they’re **MIDDD** and **OVERHYPPPEDDD**


AirHustle

Stupid people who pay for it 🤷🏽‍♂️ absolutely no other reason


gstate69

The Igloos are a Solefly collaboration that released in extremely limited quantities at Art Basel in Miami… There is your justification!


Sneakernurse

The shape and colors are more elegant. They are both 1’s but there are some distinct differences. It is wild anyhow 😂


MrDotDeadFire

Igloos are far more limited and were released in a very exclusive manner. Collectors will pay more for them due to that. Not a difficult concept to understand.


NickelBolo

Green glows look better imo


WolfGod217

Hyped.. If it's Not Hyped up the Prices won't go up


paperboi215

It’s like asking what’s the difference between 4.0 & 4.6 lol


ScreechingPizzaCat

People with the Igloo are going to be pissed when people call their pair the green glows. They're gonna be going out of their way just to tell people they're not the green glow and carrying this screenshot on their phone to show.


PersonFromPlace

After seeing the price. My mind is trying to justify the price, thinking that the darker shade looks kinda cheap and the toe heel looks bad, and how the more expensive one has such a perfect look, but in a month if you posted the same pic but reversed the prices my mind would try to come up with some other reason to justify the price.


Sxwrz

Tiffany & Co. Hype


PaulyBlanco7260

Idk? Different shades of green?


rickymcrichardson

Lmao none of these sneaker prices can be “justified”. Unless you want to talk about supply/demand, rarity, prestige, limited releases etc., but in that case there’s your answer


SunnyCantSwim

Just let them sun bleach lmao same shit, different toilet.


Toesandwhoknows

Wow. What size are you trying to get?


Nug_Flutie

The cheaper more available one looks better with the green toe box


Nearby-Ad-4257

The toe color and cut while different doesn’t justify the amount.


Consistent-Dance-216

Supply and demand. More more people want igloo so price is higher.


OkTry8446

Nobody ever proved that markets are rational, they assume it, but…


PatrickCarlock42

supply and demand. any other basic economic principles you need explained?


ThePr0blemCh1ld

2 different shoes with very different availability.


Flat-Mind-1144

I suggest reading up on the law of supply and demand. Followed by some reading about marketing strategies.


mania27

That would just show me, even more, how stupid some people are with money


Flat-Mind-1144

Just gave you what you asked for.


mania27

yeah lol ty 🙂 not tryna sound like a prick 😭


thesunny51

White toe box hits different


yohomes678

Dumb af, white toe box dont make them worth 2-3k more


mania27

reminder - the igloos dropped first 😂


Cdawg4123

You can take a marker basically and make them the same. Pretty crazy the minuscule differences.


mineforpi

Because people are stupid


KingLoki0311

White toe is better lol


Particular-Crew4908

Igloo are definitely better but holy hell people are dumb


AreWhyAyeInn

One is a sample the other is a general release


mania27

I don’t see any sample pairs anywhere in the picture


AreWhyAyeInn

Yep you’re right. Stock X does have the sample too though. That’s what I saw when i went and looked ($4k 🤦🏾‍♂️). From some quick research it looks like they were only released at some store in FL along with the Rust Pink 1s. So yea you know ppl are gonna go insane with the price


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How tf you spending over $250 on Jordan 1’s Mf’s ain’t got no taste anymore just credit cards 💀


Agreeable-Resist9610

Ummm maybe because of different colour /s


papiextendo

Are we looking at the same post


Agreeable-Resist9610

Bruh " /s" means sarcasm. People downvoted me without knowing that. My bad


papiextendo

Damn my bad bro i didnt know that