"Sneakerville, the Capitalist new Generation"

[iwasthere]

let the buyer beware. same scenario when i bought my first designer blue jeans for ten dollars in the seventies, my parents hit the roof even with my owned earned money.       

[ytowner]

Peggy,


These aren't shoes for you and I. These are unique sneakers and something the younger generation seems to be very much into. If you think you can go to this store and buy a $30-50 pair of shoes just to wear around, you are in for a rude awakening.


They have their niche. So instead of some demonizing them, let's wish these young men the best of luck. At such a young age, they have ponied up their money to invest in Downtown Youngstown and to aid in the revitalization of our city. For that, they should be commended!

[Youngstownshrimp]

Everytime I go to the Philippines to visit my mother, I have suits tailored, 13 years ago they cost $50, now they are up to $100.  This is the only way I can be Stylin' and Profilin' 

[AllanY2525]

I have a buddy who served aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vincent in the navy.  Every time
his aircraft carrier would put into port in Korea, all ofmthe guys would buy HUGE
trash bags of Reebok shoes and bring them back home to sell.

He told me that he used to be able to get them for ** (get THIS ) **  a buck or two
per pair.

LOL

[Peggy Gurney]

Unbelievable.   

[Towntalk]

wPawn Stars had a couple of eposodes about sneakers ... one where some guy brought in a pair of "collector sneakers" to sell, and another where the guys went over to a museum that jus specialized in "collector sneakers" who wanted to sell the museum for a million dollars. It's a strange world out there I'm here to tell you. On another show two guys run around buying all sorts of rusty junk and selling it in their store.

[Peggy Gurney]

I gotta tell y'all, after seeing how expensive those sneakers are, I can't even afford to walk past that store.
According to this guy, the price is justified by the fact (according to him, it is a fact) that these sneakers will one day be collectors items.
Um I thought people bought sneakers to wear them, not sit 'em on a shelf?  Same goes for those shoes someone posted up ^ there.

I can justify the price if this was, maybe New York?  But this is Youngstown, where poverty abounds (for now).
Crazy!

[jay]

FYI

WFMJ will do several live remotes from Sneakerville this morning. 

Maybe someone could FaceBook them a message about the snowy sidewalk.   

[jay]

Check out the sidewalk at V2.  It's nice and clean even to the street and corner.

[Peggy Gurney]

Well SOMEONE needs to say somthing to him.
Isn't downtown Yo in councilwoman Annie Gillam's district?

[Irishbobcat]

Maybe they have to sell one of their $160 sneakers first to afford a shovel. The sidewalk and entrance way is still not shoveled today.....

in fact it's really the only sidewalk not shoveled downtown.....maybe as kids they never had to shovel a driveway or sidewalk for their parents......

[AllanY2525]

Did you mention that to anyone in the store?

[jay]

The owner of Sneakerville should invest in a snow shovel.  The deep snow in front of the store's doorway was never removed today.

[Peggy Gurney]

Ron, is this store called "Sneaker Villa?".

Nope it's Sneakerville. Brand new store at 25 W. Federal Plaza.

[Youngstownshrimp]

Good morning Dennis!
Speaking of inhaling, it may soon be legal in Ohio, you guys are doing one thing right