[Shellshock]

Just because you've been doing this a long time doesn't mean you deserve to own a pair of trainers more than someone else

Thing is, it kinda does. I definitely feel that I, as someone who's been wearing Supes since the 80's, I definitely deserve to own a pair of grails over someone who's only just recently discovered the Superstar and I'm pretty sure most long-term members on here would share that sentiment. Shit gets a bit competitive when you've got thousands and thousands of collectors worldwide all hunting for a few hundred shoes so it's natural that veteran collectors tend to band together, look out for each other and are guarded against sharing too much with people who rolled up last week and started buying every shoe in sight.  

And no disrespect intended Pete but yo....this isn't a fuckin "scene" Ok? We don't need no fresh blood and we sure as shit don't need to adapt to an influx of clueless knobheads who've suddenly caught the vapours and jumped on the hypetrain. 

Tell you how I know that FB group is full of snakes: Pretty much every single post is a request for help. So I posted a few "helpful" replies to some harmless questions and then decided to ask members to share their stories about why they collect supes, what inspired them to start collecting and how they got started. Not. One. Single. Solitary. Response. Not one. What does that tell you? It tells me that them people in your "scene" are quick to try and suck out a man's hard-earned knowledge and experience like vampires but when you ask them to give a little something back, to contribute to their own "scene" it suddenly all goes quiet.