October 19, 201411 yr Very dear time coming up on the trainer front. I want the Topangas as I always love a brown trainer, wasn't instantly taken with the Ardwicks but seen some more photos of them now and like them. I really doubt Id get a pair of them though, Im not feeling committed enough to get myself a pair, itll be hard work. What do you make of the Bern reissue Horwich? Shape looks a bit wrong to me but Ill wait till I see them in the flesh suede.
October 19, 201411 yr What size are people? On the of chance I get in the queue and they haven't got 10s? The Ardwicks would be going in the cupboard for sale at a later stage.
October 19, 201411 yr Im 11 or 12 depending on the trainer. More chance of nailing snot to a wall than getting hold of some of them!
October 19, 201411 yr I'm going to head down there for the exhibition but I know a few that'll be there all night outside. Maybe just a case of getting the Ardwicks in any size I can and just use them as an investment
October 23, 201411 yr Anyone off here heading down to the exhibition tomorrow?? Few lads I know heading down Sunday I think mate. Possibly Baz Cowdrill off here...trainer geek :-)
October 23, 201411 yr Ill be going Sunday, moving into new place Saturday so not going to get chance. Resigned myself to not getting the Ardwick, going to go all out to try for some Topangas online though at midnight Saturday morning
October 23, 201411 yr Sorry, but I can't help it any longer, someone has to break rank - apologies if this reads like I'm the bloke below, I am him (sometimes), I'm not the real life one from the match tho' btw, anyway... To anyone going, if there's anyone from adidas there, ask them why, as recently as nine or ten years ago, when I (or you) led a more active life, thus exposing their footwear to more adverse conditions, said footwear stayed relatively intact for a good period of time, whereas now, where one leads a more sedentary life and are more apt to jump puddles than march through them, their footwear seems to fall to pieces and/or look like shit within a few weeks
October 23, 201411 yr Is there money to be made from these new Spezials? Got those Trimm Stars from Size. Someone paid 97quid for a pair of them on ebay.
October 23, 201411 yr Sorry, but I can't help it any longer, someone has to break rank - apologies if this reads like I'm the bloke below, I am him (sometimes), I'm not the real life one from the match tho' btw, anyway... To anyone going, if there's anyone from adidas there, ask them why, as recently as nine or ten years ago, when I (or you) led a more active life, thus exposing their footwear to more adverse conditions, said footwear stayed relatively intact for a good period of time, whereas now, where one leads a more sedentary life and are more apt to jump puddles than march through them, their footwear seems to fall to pieces and/or look like shit within a few weeks Disposable society.
October 23, 201411 yr It is, and it's fucking shit... I'm going to make a firm that makes stuff that lasts forever. It'll be a growth industry once folk en masse finally twig they're being sold products with design flaws left in and inferior materials used on purpose. It's my number one pet hate, planned obsolescence, stuff designed to fail, stuff that then gets landfilled, but is perfectly good apart from one (non-repairable) flaw that could be corrected in design/manufacture, or a part that fails and is integrated so can't be replaced. They bank on people thinking ''Oh well, I only paid £x for it, I'll get another one...'' It's bollocks. Edited October 23, 201411 yr by Youri McAnespie
October 23, 201411 yr A welsh bloke called Tim was showing me his new work boots in the Squirrel one teatime. He said "they're bloody belters these,will last you a lifetime....these a my 3rd pair already" Haha
October 23, 201411 yr Author I reckon any of the releases this weekend will be worth more than youve paid. The ardwicks will be worth loads more, but they are gonna be a ballache to get 1/500 s
October 23, 201411 yr Bollocks to buying some trainers for £70 to sell them for £90. You pay eBay and PayPal fees and the cost of getting to the post office and you are making under a tenner for your time. Fuck that!
October 23, 201411 yr Supply and demand though, put 10 pairs on eBay at the same time and you won't get top dollar.
October 23, 201411 yr It is, and it's fucking shit... I'm going to make a firm that makes stuff that lasts forever. It'll be a growth industry once folk en masse finally twig they're being sold products with design flaws left in and inferior materials used on purpose. It's my number one pet hate, planned obsolescence, stuff designed to fail, stuff that then gets landfilled, but is perfectly good apart from one (non-repairable) flaw that could be corrected in design/manufacture, or a part that fails and is integrated so can't be replaced. They bank on people thinking ''Oh well, I only paid £x for it, I'll get another one...'' It's bollocks. You'll become a marked man, Youri. Have you ever seen "The Man in the White Suit" with Alec Guiness?
October 23, 201411 yr I started to watch it once, but the DVD player conked ten minutes in. Probably a fuse inside, but I couldn't be arsed checking, slung it in the bin instead, I'll get a new one. (I have read the synopsis of the film tho'.)
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