Adidas and Nike both settled on random selection of people who try to buy, people being over the secondary market (there will always be a drop next month), and a sad combination of Kanye destroying himself, Virgil dying and Nike becoming mostly extremely boring and safe have resulted in a market where people who actually like sneakers can get what they want at retail but maybe not everything. Seems like usually the only thing with any regular after market hype are Travis Scott releases, but regular people are still getting them without anywhere near the filth of middle men sellers that used to be in the market.
Adidas and Nike both settled on random selection of people who try to buy, people being over the secondary market (there will always be a drop next month), and a sad combination of Kanye destroying himself, Virgil dying and Nike becoming mostly extremely boring and safe have resulted in a market where people who actually like sneakers can get what they want at retail but maybe not everything. Seems like usually the only thing with any regular after market hype are Travis Scott releases, but regular people are still getting them without anywhere near the filth of middle men sellers that used to be in the market.