Occupy Nike Shoes Riot In Florida

12 years ago

all the problems in the world, and we have to fight over shoes?

fighting for food, medication, freedom.... that i get... but SHOES...
wtf

A lot of my clients are in orlando, so i spend some time there, and some parts are definitely turning into a cesspool. It is really a shame.

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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by kenmichaels

all the problems in the world, and we have to fight over shoes?

fighting for food, medication, freedom.... that i get... but SHOES...
wtf

A lot of my clients are in orlando, so i spend some time there, and some parts are definitely turning into a cesspool. It is really a shame.

They aren't FIGHTNG for shoes! They are GOING TO WAR for them! PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MURDERED for shoes! This has been going on for at least decades. THIS is just the latest example!

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Dennis Gaskill

12 years ago

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Just when you think you've got it all figured out, someone changes the rules.

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hieproly

12 years ago

hih, Who is crazy?

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mojojuju

12 years ago

Rioting over shoes is stupid. But these aren't just any shoes - they're glow in the dark shoes.

I wonder why people aren't going ape s*** over the children's shoes that have LEDs in them.

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seasoned

12 years ago

Originally Posted by mojojuju

Rioting over shoes is stupid. But these aren't just any shoes - they're glow in the dark shoes.

I wonder why people aren't going ape s*** over the children's shoes that have LEDs in them.

Alot of them are NOT glow in the dark. I don't think THESE were. And WHEN have they done this for the LED shoes?

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David Maschke

12 years ago

I'm willing to bet Nike is very happy with the results.

Bonuses for everyone!

Nike is perfecting the marketing and their launches. It's happened in the past. It happened again. It will more than likely happen in the future.

Personally, I find everything about it revolting.

Game consoles also follow the same marketing model. Hype the hell out of it. Create an artificial supply shortage, get the media to report about the long lines to create free advertising that would normally cost hundreds of millions to buy.

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hardraysnight

12 years ago

the same, well very similar shoes were available in select markets in china two weeks before official release, at, um, discount prices

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mojojuju 12 years ago

Originally Posted by oncewerewarriors

the same, well very similar shoes were available in select markets in china two weeks before official release, at, um, discount prices

That's nice that Nike offered a discount to the people who made the shoes.

Originally Posted by David Maschke

Nike is perfecting the marketing and their launches. It's happened in the past. It happened again. It will more than likely happen in the future.

That's very inciteful. I mean insightful. How many of us can say that our product launches have led to riots. Riots sure do generate buzz.
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mypctechs

12 years ago

It wont be long before SPAM pictures of them show up all over Facebook.

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bravo75

12 years ago

Probably the same folk that thought Obammy was going to pay their mortgage for them.

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HeySal

12 years ago

My we have programmed our good little consumer stock herds well. I can't believe our society has become so mindless. I wonder how many of those people foaming at the mouth over these things ever think twice about the abuse of sweat shop labor that goes on to produce them. What a disappointing species we are.