Posted on 01/25/2008 7:48:26 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
ATLANTA -- People began lining up Wednesday outside Walter's clothing store in downtown Atlanta for Nike's new Air Jordans that go on sale Friday.
"It's cold out here, really cold," Reggie Roberts told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as he waited to plunk down $230 for the shoes. "But I want these shoes. I gotta have these shoes."
(Excerpt) Read more at wsbtv.com ...
The same folks are asking for a government bailout for their home loans.
Nice.
Air heads
Nike Marketing is smiling.
I was playing ball when the original Airs came out. Thought that they were ugly+overpriced, then. Still do.
This is exactly why I love capitalism. Paging P.T. Barnum...
Holy cow!
Economy can't be that bad. I rarely consider $49 or $59 for a new pair of tennis shoes reasonable.
I haven’t seen a more poorly written article in a long time.
As for the contents, who cares?
It is all about priorities. People will spend $230 on a butt-ugly shoe but could care less about right and wrong, personal responsibility, and hard work.
Walk through a graffiti ridden, bombed-out boarded-up ghetto in any big city, abandoned houses and junk cars everywhere, and you’ll see the shiftless residents, every one of them in an expensive pair of sneakers or boots.
And their nails and hair will be done also.
No different than the shmucks who line up hours before the new Apple store opens in their area. Or for 12 hours for day-after-Thanksgiving sales. Or days on end for the new iPhone. Or the latest Harry Potter book. Or Hannah Montana tickets. Or..........
Our economy depends largely on people being stupid.
And that's an understatement.
Michael Jordan – Keeping young urban youths poor AND stupid.
I remember a few months back when some pair of sneakers was released, the line around the block at a Manhattan shoe store was entirely black and hispanic, with the white folks who walked by smirking to themselves. One guy on line noticed this and said “That’s right! All of us (censored) spend all our money on shoes!”
“Nobody ever lost money betting on the stupidity of the average person” -— HL Mencken
The only difference is that you haven’t heard of anyone committing a murder to get their hands on an iPhone...
...or have we?
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/28/ny-daily-news-declares-ipod-public-enemy-1/
Yep, and an enterprising individual can get rich off that. If you have needless shiny or colorful wares to hock, there’s your market.
Interestingly enough, this story also shows what’s wrong with American politics. It’s the same idiotic behavior, except it’s people, rather than shoes, that are being marketed.
I can remember idiot suburban mothers beating each other up in the 1980s for Cabbage Patch dolls.
And local news somewhere is always full of people getting trampled at some store opening or the day after Thanksgiving.
What’s the current over/under on how long before some poor bass turd gets shot over his new MJ shoes?
I go in for one week
We end up spending $350 to $2,000 for $63 Hannah Montana concert tickets.
I heard those new shoes have insoles that make the wearer sterile
Geez, who would spend that much for a show? I mean, it's not like it's the Rolling Stones or the SuperBowl! Get your priorities.... oh, wait.... nevermind :)
Please God, were that but true. So many problems solved.
No your wrong, they get a free bottle of Tropical Fantasy soda, bottled by the C.I.A.. In there choice of fruit punch or grape. LOL
But they were worth every penny to be able to run faster and jump higher... :)
Are those shoes big enough to be hiding Saddam’s WMD?
Anything else is under $100, especially dress shoes.
Indeed, they were! ($6 was probably = five hrs of work then)
And their kids wear Tommy Hilfiger clothes, but they’ll be the first ones in line for “free school uniforms for the needy.”
The originals were too damn heavy.
I pay $100 for my Cole Hahn dress shoes. Anything less wears out too fast and looks like crap too quickly.
Anything more and the shoes tend to be ugly to begin with.
Didja ever notice that the price of a pair of sneaks seems to vary inversely with their attractiveness?
I’ll stick with my $40 New Balances, thank you.
I don’t wear them enough to make an issue of it. They are like suits for me. Weddings, funerals and interviews.
You forgot the Star Wars trilogy and Harry Potter, but said items are cheap.
You are largely right about the iPhone, although the black former Mayor of Philadelphia took the day off to wait in line for one.
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