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    Default Why is Nike so expensive?

    Why are Nike Shoes so expensive?
    They are my favorite, I just got Kobe VIs from Footlocker. F***ing $130!!! Plus Tax!

    Why is Nike so expensive though?

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Cause people keep buying them. They were expensive when I was a kid but I had to have them and they are even more expensive now. I can remember when everyone said it would be crazy to pay more than $100 for a pair of shoes. I think around the time the Jordan 4's or 5's came out they broke that barrier and haven't stopped going up

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Understand supply and demand and basic economics.

    Buy Adidas and their prices will soon drop to compete.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Funny thing back when I was 12 (1997), my mom bought me the Penny's for $150.

    Jordans were $140-$150 back in the 90's to.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Coz Nike's rep as the world's biggest sporting brand has blown up to the point (well, long ago) where anything with a Swoosh (or a Jumpman) is the hottest thing on the planet.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    you pay for the brand

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Because its brand is popular, maybe its quality is similar with others, it can get expensive price.


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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    You pay for the brand, the players who endorse it, commercials (TV, magazine, etc...) and everything they sponsor (like AAU teams, NCAA colleges, private prep schools)...and whatever other endeavors they have to fund.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pinkhearts
    Understand supply and demand and basic economics.

    Buy Adidas and their prices will soon drop to compete.
    wrong..

    learn what an Oligopoly is.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    quality is subpar anyhow. yuo ever bought any of the new generation jordans? last pari i bought was the jordan iv mars. did they look sick? fck yeah but they creased just at the thought of wearing them. the material is soooo cheap.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by wheyhigh
    quality is subpar anyhow. yuo ever bought any of the new generation jordans? last pari i bought was the jordan iv mars. did they look sick? fck yeah but they creased just at the thought of wearing them. the material is soooo cheap.
    I agree. I saw the flu game retro and remember clearly from 97 that it was not suede but leather. retros had suede material.

    Jordan retros are great display nostalgic items.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    130? is that all try buying them here in NZ.... 200+

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Samurai Swoosh
    Quality has dropped on Nike products, but the prices stay high because people keep buying them.
    Lol @ this cat trying to justify his past Nike purchases. "Back in the day when I bought them the quality was WORTHY of the price"



    Nothing has changed brah. Just your perception of the value of money.

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by wTFaMonkey
    wrong..

    learn what an Oligopoly is.
    An oligopoly would apply to basic economics. They only are going to sell for what people will pay for them. If people quit buying them, the price would go down.

    But not like it matters much since they make so much on a pair of kicks and are so popular.

    *looks down and sees a pair of Nikes*

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    Default Re: Why is Nike so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by (e)
    An oligopoly would apply to basic economics. They only are going to sell for what people will pay for them. If people quit buying them, the price would go down.

    But not like it matters much since they make so much on a pair of kicks and are so popular.

    *looks down and sees a pair of Nikes*
    Yes, I agree.

    But refering to the person I quoted Earilier. Buying Addidas would not lower the price of Nikes.

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