Dickhead at foot locker -
bigtrev503 - 28-07-11
Funny story, I was at the mall with my girlfriend the other day. I was after laces. Fat ones. We walked into foot locker and the guy jumped me like a used car salesman. "What are you looking for?" He asked eagerly. I was half tempted to say "Shoes, dumbass." I refrained. "Superstars" My girlfriend said. The salesman's eyes lit up as he directed me to the wall with supes on it. They were nothing special. Same common colourways. I was just there to get laces. "Anything particular you're looking for?" The salesman asked me. I laughed. I knew I wanted the all black with red stripes. I also knew those were really hard to find, but I told him anyway. He said "Oh, yeah we haven't had those for a while." What he said next was quite possibly the dumbest thing I have ever heard. He said "You know, you could always get these (the all black with white stripes) and just paint the stripes with a sharpie marker." I was so surprised I could barely think. Did he really think that was a good idea? Regardless, I needed laces so I ignored his dumbass comment and made my way to the laces. I bought two pair, one black, one white.
I walked out of there and my girlfried and I had a hearty laugh at his suggestion. Color your supes with a sharpie? Was he fucking serious? What some assholes will say to try to get a sale, I swear.
Anyone else have a funny experience with someone who obviously didn't know they were dealing with a superstar expert?
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
streak - 28-07-11
Who's this superstar expert you're talking about?
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
olskool720 - 28-07-11

hiding my sharpies
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
streak - 28-07-11
Oh.. and what's wrong with colouring the stripes? I've done it before.. the adicolor from the 35th was made for this.
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
olskool720 - 28-07-11
(28-07-11, 07:40 PM)streak Wrote: Who's this superstar expert you're talking about?
gulp
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
Old Gregg - 28-07-11
I'm sure some one on here has coloured the stripes of the black/forest 80's with some kind of marker pen

painting them would be better but customising them isn't such a dumb idea
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
bigtrev503 - 28-07-11
I am not an expert. I should have said, Supe savvy individual. The problem with coloring them with a sharpie, in my opinion, is that it's not a paint made specifically for leather. I found a site about stripping the sealant from shoes (they were nikes in the video) and repainting them with an airbrush filled with paint specially formulated for leather. I assume the marker would fade or run. Generally making a mess out of a brand new pair of shoes. I just thought it was quite a bad idea in general. I do want to get all those expensive supplies and custom paint some supes myself someday. Not with office supplies.
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
Lorrie - 28-07-11
Footlocker is best avoided.
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
benji - 28-07-11
I love sharpies, cheap and permanent and write on everything. And painting stripes is easy, your missing thepoint if its the serial number and not the colourway. IMO.....
bu then i would say that wouldn't i? (tightass)
RE: Dickhead at foot locker -
olskool720 - 28-07-11
(28-07-11, 09:05 PM)Lorrie Wrote: Footlocker is best avoided.
if i had avoided Footlocker, i wouldn't have any of these.
not all things related to Footlocker are bad.
recycled pics from my "members collection" thread.
![[Image: Pic021.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/Pic021.jpg)
or these
![[Image: Pic022.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/Pic022.jpg)
or these
![[Image: Pic018.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/Pic018.jpg)
or these
![[Image: Pic017.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/Pic017.jpg)
or these
![[Image: others004.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/others004.jpg)
or these
![[Image: green002.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/adidas/green002.jpg)
or these... one of my favorites
![[Image: DSCN1128.jpg]](http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc179/ebermerced/35th%20DMC/DSCN1128.jpg)
or these.... all whities... so fresh and so clean