When I saw that @pgknows pic I did a quick double take.
Not all that surprising as I’ve seen stuff like this a few times, but it was interesting nonetheless. Shortly after the pic hit @complex, I got a bunch of DMs of people asking me ‘how’? I’ll start off by saying ‘I really don’t know.’ And I feel mad corny speculating on this, but it is an interesting topic of discussion. I don’t know @pgknows personally, but I have been following him for a few years and I see that we have a few of the same (actual) friends from the NY sneaker scene.
In my opinion, there are multiple ways someone can get their hands on this many pairs of coveted shoes...this is generally how I think it can go down...
First theory - reseller buys them straight up from any of the countless sneaker consignment stores in the area or even on @stockx (remember @stockx has been selling them for several weeks now).
Second theory - reseller pays people to wait in line. He has a plug at Nike who gives him stock & release numbers at the various boutiques in and around the area who are purchasing at retail.
Third theory - reseller is doing straight inventory buyouts. Just hit up the manager of a store with one of these accounts, offer to pay double retail (which the manager pockets as it’s not something he has to account for) and then manager can simply say all pairs have been ‘raffled’ off and sold out.
Fourth theory - reseller can use any combination of the above and/or it was a team effort of multiple people using multiple methods.
Fifth theory - I’m completely wrong and am way off base. Remember - this is ENTIRELY possible.
I know there are a million different ways to get something like this done, but it really depends on how determined you are and how much money you’re holding. I’ve only had an experience like this ONCE in my life and I completely lucked into it (I’ll post about it tomorrow). What do y’all think?