This type of post won’t be an ongoing thing but I have been asked about the ‘Earned Not Given’ T-Shirt ever since I made the post so I decided to look around to see if I could find an online store that still had stock available.
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Not to my surprise I found a few of these shirts on eBay, however, I was VERY surprised when I saw that one seller was taking pre-orders for each colorway – which were all listed as having 10 or more available – for the buy it now price of $79.99.
This is a cotton shirt with a simple screen printed image on the front. You can create your own replica of this image and make your own shirt for $10 if you really wanted it that badly… why the hell would anyone pay $80 for a damn shirt?!?!? The worst part is that there have been offers made by potential buyers and the seller has declined them all… ALL of them! Unless they were some wild “I’ll give you $25 bucks for it shipped” type of offer then this person has me literally shaking my damn head right now.
My main question is this; how did you get your hands on – or at least secure – a quantity of 10 shirts for each of the three colorways released? The only thing that I can think of is that you either know someone that works at the store where they were to be sold or you ARE the one that works at the store where they were to be sold. If you think that store managers at various Foot Lockers, Finish Lines, Champs etc. aren’t behind some of the stuff that goes on with aftermarket sales then you are blind to see what is directly in front of you…
I don’t hate resellers. They are typically how I’m able to obtain certain Retro sneakers that I want nowadays with the way things have been going recently. As long as the price is within my personal budget that I’m willing to spend and they offer 100% authentic products with fast shipping then I’m usually fine with it. But to deliberately clean out a full run of merchandise just to flip for over double the original retail value is ridiculous.
Flipping shoes was one thing but flipping socks and now T-Shirts?!?
C’mon son…
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Not as bad as paying 200 for some galaxy socks.
This shirt is lame anyway. Congratulations to lebron and the heat for going all the way, but let’s keep it in perspective. They didn’t win a war, invent the computer, or split the atom.
Nike’s once again at it’s best, overhyping everything.
Why would anyone even pay $25 or whatever nike’s charging for these when you can just buy a plain tshirt for $5? The only difference being that it doesn’t have a stupid slogan branded on it.
Def not as bad as paying $200 for socks but its still bad. I dont blame Nike… I blame greed and our culture’s lack of morals. By culture I mean American culture not the sneaker culture.
Yeah, western culture in general is in a downwards spiral.
When sluts like Paris Hilton, Lyndsey Lohan, and Kim Kardashian are idolized by women you realize we have bigger issues than $80 tshirts.
What has Paris Hilton ever accomplished? Besides spreading her legs on camera and being born with a silver spoon?
i just think its highly illegal for store owners to be handing out these under-the-table deals. this is ridiculous
They need to do a better job at managing managers… which is very hard to do. How would the corrupt control the corrupt?
age old question my friend. it’s just disappointing to see it such a local level, where i can’t even trust my neighborhood footlocker…
this made my day.. 80 bucks for a shirt. its sad now how a cotton shirt can cost 80 bucks. and my most expensive shirt in my closet is 20 bucks (justin bieber shirt) lol
Agreed, 80 bucks for a shirt is crazy.
Plus a shirt that celebrates LeBron for winning just one ring, come on (I still don’t agree how he left the Cavs and “took his talents to South Beach”).
Besides the silly “decision” nonsense, where would you rather live: Cleveland or south beach?
I could probably buy 2 fresh pairs of sneakers for $80. The sneaker “game” is way wack right now. And it’s not just the shoes anymore. In the Philippines, people are reselling Nike Elite Socks, any colorway mind you, for twice the price and sometimes more. These fuckers clear the racks at every store and resell ’em. The fucked up thing is that people actually pay whatever the seller demands. Fucking socks, man.