What if a superstar(Wade for example) released a $10 shoe?

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What if a superstar(Wade for example) released a $10 shoe? 

Post#1 » by ljp24 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:03 am

And actually wore it and promoted like a regular Nike shoe instead of releasing to show he's 'generous'.
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Post#3 » by The Laker Kid » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:07 am

Does it come with a travelling mechanism?
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Post#4 » by shobe_81 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:20 am

^ :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

On a serious note, Chinese low-paid workers who make little money for creating these shoes that get sold for $100+ will go really broke cause this $10 shoe will cost about $1 to make (even less). :-?

I wouldn't pay $10 bucks for it unless it had some type of whistle technology, that when I was touched or something hit my foot an automatic whistle would go off.
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Post#5 » by Mateen Cleaves » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:21 am

best selling shoe ever im guessing
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Post#6 » by duppyy » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:22 am

Lebron will tell people not to buy it.
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Post#7 » by High 5 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:23 am

shobe_81 wrote:^ :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

On a serious note, Chinese low-paid workers who make little money for creating these shoes that get sold for $100+ will go really broke cause this $10 shoe will cost about $1 to make (even less). :-?

I wouldn't pay $10 bucks for it unless it had some type of whistle technology, that when I was touched or something hit my foot an automatic whistle would go off.


I could be wrong, but I'd guess the vast majority of those shoes weren't made by "low-paid Chinese workers."
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Post#8 » by Number34 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:25 am

shobe_81 wrote:^ :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

On a serious note, Chinese low-paid workers who make little money for creating these shoes that get sold for $100+ will go really broke cause this $10 shoe will cost about $1 to make (even less). :-?

I wouldn't pay $10 bucks for it unless it had some type of whistle technology, that when I was touched or something hit my foot an automatic whistle would go off.


well at least you tried to be funny
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Post#9 » by crzy » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:25 am

Would the shoe be made out of paper? :rofl:
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Post#10 » by Cevap » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:28 am

who needs shoes when you have a wheelchair?
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Post#11 » by Hairy Midget » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:30 am

Does it come with a shoulder sling?

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Post#12 » by blkout » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:32 am

People would buy them all then re-sell on eBay for 5 times the price.
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Post#14 » by Flash3 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:10 am

Does every Wade related thread have to turn into a mock fest, seriously?

Can none of you keep on topic?
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Post#15 » by Biff » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:15 am

High 5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



I could be wrong, but I'd guess the vast majority of those shoes weren't made by "low-paid Chinese workers."


You're kidding me right?
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Post#16 » by Flash3 » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:18 am

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Wasn't there a number that came out last year in Time or Forbes that said 60% of the shoes made by Nike, Reebok, Adidas, and other major companies are made in China?

I could be wrong, but that's in my head at the moment....
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Post#17 » by Biff » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:26 am

Flash3 wrote:^
Wasn't there a number that came out last year in Time or Forbes that said 60% of the shoes made by Nike, Reebok, Adidas, and other major companies are made in China?

I could be wrong, but that's in my head at the moment....


Almost all of them are. I'd put money on 80% of them being made in sweatshops. Damn near everything is nowadays though. That's why this sweat-free thing is getting so big. I don't think anyone likes thinking about people working round the clock 7 days a week just to get a few bowls of rice and a place to sleep. No vacations, almost no days off. It's no way to live.

Granted it's nothing compared to what the people are experiencing in Darfur, but that's no excuse. Nobody should be denied the essentials of life.
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Post#18 » by BruceO » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:38 am

Stephon marbury already has those shoes, when he released the starbury shoes. They're selling at steve and barry;s
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Post#19 » by Puertorique » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:44 am

Biff wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Almost all of them are. I'd put money on 80% of them being made in sweatshops. Damn near everything is nowadays though. That's why this sweat-free thing is getting so big. I don't think anyone likes thinking about people working round the clock 7 days a week just to get a few bowls of rice and a place to sleep. No vacations, almost no days off. It's no way to live.

Granted it's nothing compared to what the people are experiencing in Darfur, but that's no excuse. Nobody should be denied the essentials of life.


That's real talk. One time someone said that they bought only Ford and Chevy cars because they were made in the USA. What people don't know is that they are mostly manufactured in Sweatshops in Mexico, Canada and parts of South America.
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Post#20 » by kandiking » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:46 am

well here's how i view starbury:
chinese sweatshop laborers making $10 shoes or chinese sweatshop laborers making $60 shoes.

it's a sweatshop either way. duh. and BTW many shoes are made in southeast asian countries too, most notably vietnam
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