Now this was an unexpected wrinkle, an online shoe purchase from Nordstrom Rack came without the box. So far, all purchases had come with the original shoe box. But this time around, a polymailer bag had the purchased shoes and this card inside.
Passing the Rona times watching The Last Dance featuring Michael Jordan and his Air Jordan 5 Fire Red.
So that’s that social distancing looks like online.
The sale stops and is put on hold when there’s too many customers in the digital store it seems.
Following the passive aggressive flex comes the sheepish flex. So today at work while closing out an issue with a coworker, the Angry Asian Girl walked by trying not to be noticed. Why? Because she was rocking these today!
These being the Nike Air Force 1 07 Limited Edition that’s decorated with Japanese cherry blossoms on the tongue, heel tab, and the insole. If you’re keeping score, that’s two days, two shoes, two flexes.
How’s this for a passive aggressive flex? At work yesterday, I was talking to a coworker when the Angry Asian Girl rounds the corner. After a few short pleasantries, she non-chalantly complains that her shoes are not comfortable. So of course, I look down to her shoes and BLAM! I was blinded by the Diamonds.
The Angry Asian Girl was blinged out with the re-released Nike Diamond Dunks and even had mismatched laces for full effect. And I’ll take her word that the shoes are not that comfortable because that passive aggressie flex was smooth.
Although not yet the Ides of March, I have been betrayed disappointed by yet another Footsite. Historically, any purchase of in-demand sneakers from Footaction online led to cancelled orders. Last month, it was the same with Champs Sports, failing to deliver a Yeezy 350 Yeshaya colorway.
But this week, the mighty Foot Locker didn’t come through with an order of the Air Jordan 1 UNC to Chicago. I managed to get my size (US10 Men or 11.5 Women) and got a confirmation email. Cool.
Then a few days later the downfall began with this email. From my past experience, this delay is how Footaction cancellations started. Not a good sign.
Not hearing anything for the next few days was somewhat promising (I think) so I checked my online order and saw that the shoe had a status of “SHIP FROM STORE.” That was definitely a red flag since all cancelled Footaction orders had the same status. You see, the Footsites ordering system is flawed for Hawaii (and Alaska I take it). Their system will allow consumers to buy products including in-demand sneakers. However, as inventory in their shared main warehouse is depleted, the orders are farmed out to a secondary warehouse or retail stores to fulfill using their stock. Now here’s the flaw. These other locations cannot ship to Hawaii (for whatever reason). So while the shoe may be availalbe, they simply cannot ship it to the Aloha State. And if they try to reroute order fulfillment back to the main warehouse, odds are the hyped shoe will be out of stock.
This morning Brutus (aka Foot Locker Customer Care) delievered the lethal strike:
Thank you for your recent order. We regret to inform you we were unable to fulfill some or all items from your recent order number ####### due to lack of product availability.
So Footaction, Champs Sports, and now Foot Locker betrayed me with confirmed then cancelled orders, seemingly because I’m in Hawaii and their ordering system cannot accommodate this location.
The 2019-2020 NBA All Star Week is now officially over and what a week of sneaker releases it was… if you were in Chicago. Since I wasn’t, I have to watch YouTube videos to live vicariously through Seth and Tom as they pick up their pairs and preview the new Yeezy Quantum shoes.
Here is Seth’s review.
What can I say but I was jealous of Chicago this past week. Sure, the weather was frigid, the snow was falling, and the crowds were crowding, but the wealth of sneakers, streetwear, and culture was over the top for Chitown. Take a look…
My latest YouTube guilty pleasure, strike that, no guilt, all pleasure is Unbreakable Kicks. I’m not sure how I found him, must be a YT recommendation, but it’s been a great find of new content with an easy and fun delivery. And let’s not forget the Unbreakable Vault with all them Air Jordans. Crazy.
Break likes to share his scoops and rumors with his viewers, not hoarding any valuable intel. Though not necessarily the most accurate, he does have good sources. Anyways, be part of the Unbreakable Army and like and hit that subscribe button!
https://youtu.be/ujWf2qXUjcY
My first post of 2020 is one of bad news. Nike has a new policy where retailers are no longer allowed to ship Nike products, namely shoes, internationally. These retailers must keep their products local. So you can no longer get Nikes from stores like FootPatrol who does offer world wide shipping.
Adidas played a mean trick with this app reminder from awhile ago.
It’s now past 10:00PM HST on December 29, and these Yeezy 700 Waverunners are not available. 🙁
While I personally don’t know enough about the K-pop band BTS, I know their legions of fans aka ARMY (Adorable Representative MC for Youth) are fanatics. So getting a gift for a BTS ARMY member may be a challenge since she probably already has any and all BTS merch. Instead get a head start on the wave and gift a pair of FILA shoes. FILA? Yep, RM, Suga, Jimin, V, Jungkook, J-Hope, and Jin will be repping FILA as the company’s new brand ambassadors.
I know for a fact that you can head to your local Nordstrom Rack and load up on FILAs of a variety of styles. These, of course, are not BTS-branded, but they are FILA on the cheap. Now, I hope this BTS x FILA collaboration will bring new shoe silhouettes, but I can easily see the Disruptor making a huge comeback for the female fans. However, I can’t see the dudes rocking the Disruptors. Rather, I see the male ARMY members paying homage to Grant Hill with the 96.
