Just scanning through ebay and I see these

Up for auction is a single pair of Adidas x Bathing Ape Bapestars. These are an extremely rare variant of the classic Adidas Superstar. They're the military-camouflaged style with the yellowed rubber toe cap (to give them that original retro look).

Current price is $720.

How do people justify spending that sort of money on a shoe ffs. What is the significance of it ?? It isn't like it is a work of art from some famous and dead artist... it is just a commercailly made farking shoe. god people are stupid.

those werent available to adidas original accounts.

they were sold in very limited qtys at the adidas originals store in NYC and thats it. they are the Bapestars.

only place "online" would be.... ebay. good luck.

anything in short supply can have its price set as high as people are willing to pay, and it looks like they are indeed willing to pay $720.

I understand that they are rare, but why does it make them valuble...

Like maens, there are starving people and $700 shoes and the corportations and the capitalists maens...

those shoes are pretty damn cool though!

as the saying goes.... a fool and his money are easily parted :P

zomg ! i can't wait till my superstars are worth $700. plus selling stuff on ebay rox. unfortunately i dont have any pants that goes with those ones :(

scuzzy is obviously the high bidder

ADIDAS = All Day I Dream About Sex

Wow, thats pretty funny hermitech, hadn't heard that before...







year 5 i mean.

You made it to year 5? I'm impressed

^^

take it ez mate alright



last edited by maxe at 12:43:28 26/Feb/05

those are some cool looking shoes

I just bought new $230 running shoes on thursday arvo... nicest pair of shoes ive worn - extremely well padded etc.

Nike all the way.

I think you mean cushioned... padding is what your gf uses in her bra.

b j p

They are pretty cool shoes, however for $700 you can own many pairs of shoes. I'd prefer that option.

Nike are shocking for running shoes. They'll be comfy to start with but then the support dies (compresses). By using foam cushioning, shoes feel awesome when you first get them but it just doesn't last. Nike are starting to get a pretty poor reputation, moving more towards looks over functionality.

Personally I just got a pair of $210 Brooks Adrenaline; now they rock

Asics Gel X-trainers - $210 for the win, best running/sport/training/comfort shoe i own.

adidas4lyf3 brah

I have adidas martial arts shoes :D

have been linked to before.

cost me $120 from footlocker, and they're not too bad shoes... Quite comfy and they have the look happening. But I would never pay anything like $700 for shoes... unless they were made of gold or were similarly awesome.

Added Advantage is, I'm a ninja whenever i wear them (which is all the time)

last edited by mongie at 14:31:30 26/Feb/05

for serious sports shoes brooks and nike are s***

i used to go through shoes like no ones business (using both brands mentioned, in particular nike)
(playin tennis,squash,cricket,netball,basketball)

for serious sport shoes new balance are the s***
i get shoes with warranty, so now when i blow the sole out of them, they replace them for me for free

my sport shoes (nb 651s) are on their third incarnation
i only paid for them once

Its just like, why would someone buy a rolex when they can spend a couple of hundred on a decent watch, some people have a lot of money to part with

just bid 750.

take it ez mate alright

ahaha dude, seriously, the day I take anything said on here to heart is the day I burn down the intardweb

Nike are shocking for running shoes. They'll be comfy to start with but then the support dies (compresses). By using foam cushioning, shoes feel awesome when you first get them but it just doesn't last. Nike are starting to get a pretty poor reputation, moving more towards looks over functionality.

I just parted with my last pair of nikes (for the new pair) after 2 and a 1/2 years of faithful service. Bad luck to your getting s***ty shoes =P

You cannot expect to get good nikes for less than ~$180 - if you do then your cheap.

last edited by randy at 16:20:24 26/Feb/05

ahaha dude, seriously, the day I take anything said on here to heart is the day I burn down the intardweb

thats a tiny bit of a contradiction by yourself there

and the plot thickens =)

Like maens, there are starving people and $700 shoes and the corportations and the capitalists maens...

So f***ing what. See your house already and help some starving people.

probably the only time i'd pay $700 for a pair of shoes if it was some super stylish one-of-a-kind dress shoe made from the leather for a sacred cow or something...

asics are by far the best running shoes.

my Asics $100 gel-cushioned runners are still going hard over 2+ years running.... : )