Will Nordstrom Disappoint Again?
I just don’t know what to expect from Nordstrom online. Will they or won’t they?
shoes
I’m Starting to Sense a Pattern
I’m definitely starting to sense a pattern with me and Travis Scott shoe collaborations. As in, I’m never going to get them. I struck out on the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 High several times. Then I missed the Low drop on Travis’ own site and on the SNKRS draw the following day.
You do see a pattern, right?
Bot Protection Is Expensive
So if you want to ship “Bot Protection” for online shopping, it’ll cost you $999,999,999.00 Makes that $200 pair of sneakers seem like nothing!
A SNS Raffle Win Isn’t
I’ve been lucky enough to have won two sneaker raffles from Sneakersnstuff (SNS) over the past year. My first raffle win was for the Yeezy 700 Inertia colorway, and my most recent raffle success landed me the Air Jordan 1 Retro Gym Red colorway. But as I’ve come to disappointintly learn, a SNS raffle win is not a win afterall.
Both my raffle wins have been cancelled for a variety of reasons. For the Inertias, I was given this reason after contacting customer service:
We, unfortunately, had more raffle win orders than our system could handle which resulted in a few more raffle win orders than we had pairs. The size you ordered was sold out by the time your raffle order was created.
Okay… the reasoning is somewhat plausible but on the other hand, not really. For the Gym Reds, I got this response:
There was, unfortunately, a stock malfunction regarding this raffle and therefore we have not been able to fulfil your order.
So a system error and a stock malfunction negated my raffle wins? Seems kinda shaky, especially since this is coming from a vendor that deals with volumes of shoes on a daily basis. I mean how can the company stay in business with these kinds of inventory issues?
For both times, the winning notification emails say to wait a few days for an update. After several days, I contact the SNS support and usually receive non-commital responses like we’re still going through the volume of orders, etc. The end of the line comes when you receive a response from Tatiana. She seems to be the bearer of “unfortunate” news and her emails are followed by a refund from SNS. Unbelievably disappointing.
Now, SNS opened their raffle for the Yeezy 350 Lundmark colorway. Should I even bother?
Yeezy Boost Names
I never really thought much about the colorway names of recent Yeezy Boost releases, but really their names are interesting. Take the upcoming Tephra 700 model releasing this week. What’s a tephra?
When a volcano erupts it will sometimes eject material such as rock fragments into the atmosphere. This material is known as tephra. Source.
And the Tephra coud be representative of volcanic tephra with it rocky color palette.
Previously, the last 700 release was the Vanta. Did you know that the color, Vanta black, supposedly is the darkest black ever? A special Vanta black compound absorbs 99% of the light shining on it making painted objects nearly impossible to determine its shape.
Yes, these Vanta 700 are comparatively dark compared to other Yeezy 700 colorways. Who knew you could be scientifically educated by Yeezy kicks?
ResExp: Coppingkicks Notes
Just some notes about #coppingkicks before I forget:
- The rush before a drop.
- The frustration of site issues, crashes, lag, etc.
- The hope of a successful checkout.
- The devastation of getting the L.
- Hope renewed during a restock.
- Devastated one or two more times or perhaps, salvation.
- The disappointment when the price of that W starts tanking.
The confusion when this is an in-demand item. Really? No, really?- The abysmal dismay when seeing the success of others.
- The pangs when you keep seeing TS1 appearing on social media channels.
- The promise of doing this yet again.
ResExp: Coppingkicks Mood
Okay, really, it’s not that bad. But right now, my #coppingkicks mood is like this:
I missed out on most hyped releases, but again, just gotta keep things in perspective. Although they are just shoes, I wouldn’t have minded a pair or two (hint, hint Travis Scott).
I Got No Cactus Plant
Do you see a common theme going on here?
So of course, following this trend, when the Nike collaboration with Cactus Plant Flea Market dropped this morning, I got another no.
I Do Have a Cactus Jack Jordan
So I’m still bummed about missing out on the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 for the third time. But I can take some solace in knowing that I actually do own a Cactus Jack labeled Air Jordan. This is the lowkey pair but probably the most performance-based model via the Air Jordan 33.
Still though, I wouldn’t mind the AJ1 version, either high or low tops.
Donut Denied
Let’s just say this day has been a rough one. All in all, it’s just another Saturday but from a copping kicks standpoint, I got donuts. Nada. Zilch. So what better way to commemorate this than by eating some donuts. But you know what kind of day this has been right?
Of course, there were no donuts left. OF COURSE!
A Morning of Stress
Bottom line: I didn’t get a pair of the Travis Scott Air Jordan 1 that released on Nike SNKRS. I was there, and I was ready with three phones and three accounts. But I got hit with error after error just trying to navigate the purchasing process. Apple Pay didn’t register. I think I mistyped my credit card CVV which I think really messed me up. I was asked to re-enter passwords. I couldn’t pick sizes and this was the worst – getting denied access.
I think this was triggered when I switched my phone from wifi to LTE. I think Nike really clamped down for this release and any change or any out of the ordinary activities triggered a ban. After I changed my phone back to wifi, I could access SNKRS but the damage was already done. SOLD OUT.
So after that, I put this on and went for a run.
I will not be getting any Jordan 1 collaboration with Travis Scott.
I Wasn’t the One, Overshoe Edition
I also was not the one who supposedly got the last size 9 of the Nike + Tom Sachs Mars Yard (Overshoe) High Tops from Mr. Porter.
