Who buys $2000 pairs of sneakers, have people lost their ever-lovin mind?

If they reduce their travel, auto or home buying expenses by a similar amount; I see no problem with this. There's also always been a separate economy of individuals placing non-utilitarian prices for wines, paintings and other pre-owned collectible items, they're every bit as irrationally valued although it's a little more jarring to see the sneaker culture come into being right before our eyes.

 

Most wealth people don’t give money away by buying a lot of extracurricular extravagant items. Most invest money over and over compounding their wealth. Buying depreciating asset ends the cycle. Buying things that last that only have to buy once. Get your very nice classic style shoes resoled for the third time before buying a pair. (They are completely comfortable already) Pay cash for a car and keep it till the repairs are more than the car’s value. (Routine maintenance is key in getting the value out of a depreciating asset)

 

Prove it. Good luck.

 

Even if you can afford yeezys, it’s a stupid purchase. They look dumb.

 

who gives a ****, most things are "overpriced", especially in fashion.

why do people buy Hermes bags for 12 thousand dollars each.

 

Interestingly, if a person pays $12K retail for an Hermes bag and takes good care of it, that is not a depreciating asset. They can often sell it for as much as they paid for it or even more. (If its the RIGHT Hermes bag, a Kelly or Birkin)

 

It's a culture of stupidity, people these days buy houses, cars, technology, and other crap they can't necessarily afford. This mindset of it making you happy is bullsh**t, you are lying to yourself and causing resoures to be used from this planet that we don't really have. My rant is finished, this will probably fly over everyones heads cause its stuck in the ground. I do have a sense that the new generation coming up will have a arder life maybe this will turns thing around......carry on greedy generation.

 

I'm 28 and I've never heard of "Hermes" until today.

Googled it, went on their site, sorted their women's "bags and small leather goods" by price. Most expensive bag is 30k.

Wow.

 

Shiiiieet I just bought me 2 pairs of Adidas for $100 total at the outlets yesterday.

 

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fa...rkin-handbag-break-records-christies-auction/

 

fashion is subjective, many people don't agree with your opinion on how Yeezys look

 

Their opinions are wrong

 

That's awesome! Really good job and idea from the wife (on Converse before you switching to leather etc.).And yes, I've seen the airbrush work and it's pretty damn amazing, again your job here on these looks really great!

Thanks for sharing.

Edited for typo..

 

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...-ventures-and-battery-ventures-300712092.html

 

Complicated answer. Between $2000 sneakies and a helicopter.

 

With an Au Pair. So, Id say roughly about $13/hr

 

HYPE

 

You don't understand that those shoes have limited runs. Supply and demand just like those Baseball cards. If the shoes were easy to find they wouldn't be $2000.

There's a pair of Jordan 4's that only have about 10 pairs in public hands that go for over $10K. https://stockx.com/jordan-4-retro-e...JXDW0IZUnoQYEoEzXYzmDiPDi_8GhC70aArvMEALw_wcB

 

Yeah. That guy is unaware of Verlander's Beverley Hills dining receipts.

Wealthy people have houses full of expensive, extravagant things... fly First Class... and stay at the finest hotels. News Flash.. You can't re-sole a cheap pair of shoes 3x.

They're usually bad tippers though.

 

You're looking at the wrong site.

These shoes can be had for around $900 on StockX currently via the bidding process.


I've been wanting the Frozen Yellow's and Zebra's but didn't want to break the bank (about $450-$500) so I'm excited that they're re-releasing those exact ones in December. Just got to make sure I get my hands on both.