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Promo-Shoes.com, Air-Randy.com, or marqueesole.com

Just to give some insight on what the folks at Jordan and Nike think about certain sites and give some insight on speculation and assumptions given so far: It could get lost in this thread since we are 10 pages in, but I have explained this before to help people get a better perspective on stuff.

First:

Fakes aren't made MERELY from Molds. This is the way things USED to happen but Molds are also associated with files that designers put their designs on. The molds have to be MADE from something. You can't just MAKE a mold. It doesnt consist of just placing material over a mold and bam a shoe is created.

Some factories which are contracted by Nike produce a surplus of shoes, which also have materials NOT originally fabricated FOR the shoe which is being produced. Hence other colors and slight material variations which you see on High Quality Fakes.

You also have the sweatshop back room counterfeitting operations which use their own materials and the shoes are not produced to specs but are pretty close due to Molds being sold to them.

Samples just for clarification can come in ANY size. Not just size 9 or 13. You have Look See Samples, Production Samples and Salemen Samples. There are a few other types of Samples, but those are the main one's.

Air-Randy is not getting their shoes legitly from Nike at all, and the Folks at Jordan are and continue to be Highly Ticked at them getting these shoes and showing them online when they do.

Just to clarify: When the first Fusion AF 12's were shown, it is a FACT that only two samples had been produced for HQ. The day the Sample box arrived it arrived one short. The Next Day Air-Randy had it on his site and they revealed on NT.

Jordan was very Salty. Not sure what Nike Legal did IF anything, and if they continue to do nothing, it really doesn't matter, it only shows they don't support the company by allowing it to continue by not sending a cease and desist letter to Air-Randy.

I know that Air-Randy has also blantantly lifted pictures and images from BabyDills site before, which doesn't lend much credibility to him from jump street at all, if you need to steal images in order to push your own "product"

As for Marquee Sole- They are a mystery to even the folks at Nike. Speculation there (at Nike) is someone is gettin additional boxes of Shoes out at the Factory in some shape or form and selling them on the site.

Nike isn't too happy about that, but they can't control Security at Production Facilities when they Contract them to Police themselves. So as long as whoever is getting the product out of the door, Marquee Sole will be in business.

I will say, if you are not getting boxes with your shoes, this is because those shoes are leaving the factory in something other than a box. Say a Duffel bag or trash bag.

As for Promo Shoes-

I dealt with Dennis when I first got into Internet purchasing on eBay back in 99-2000. It's also how I found out I got jolted by buying fakes. High Quality.. but fake none the less. I heard Dennis still makes good coin selling stuff thru Kitty*** but also sells Authentic stuff as well.

I wouldn't take a chance on the Authentic stuff, only because it rarely comes with a box and Promos stuff is so High Quality that it could be mixed in with the Real stuff and most wouldn't know the difference in AT Nike.

I am cool with several folks who Push or work for these online sites, and that's their Hustle. I don't knock it. I have worked on Fakes for almost 5 years shutting down sites and ebay auctions and helped people dealing with fake dealers, but I have realized this.

If Nike wants to take baby steps in cutting down fakes, its on them and at the risk of billions a year from their bottom line. If they don't mind, why should I at this point. I don't support fakes, so I am not bothered by them.

If someone however is selling shoes by the Dozens and dozens at 100% profit, shouldn't the shoes cost YOU the Consumer LESS, not MORE than retail? Especially if they are ONLY a General Release? It's not like they are a Player Exclusive and have a limited run of 12 or 16 pairs.

Just wondering.

I am of the opinion like a few others. I prefer to rock my kicks when no one else is. So if that means wearing them a few months or years after its release so be it. But having them months in advance isn't so great, cause who will really know unless you're an NTer?

Wearing shoes that WON"T release is where it's at for me! lol