[dj_wildthing]

IMO the whole 'collecting for profit thing' isn't worth gambling on, especially when it comes to sneakers. Sure, there's a few pairs that you can be almost certain will gain value over the years, but you'll never know for sure. Just take the 35th top secrets, people paid through the nose for these when they first hit eBay and they were sure these would only keep raising in value and now, 2 years later, they sell for half of what people paid then, that is if they sell at all. Still a might fine pair of Soups though...

And even if you were sure to profit $200-300 on a pair of sneakers (which you can't be) would it be worth keeping them in a box for 5 years or more if you really just want to rock them? That amount of money will most likely not make a huge difference in your life anyway and you could just a well risk the price dropping or that they fall apart because they weren't stored properly. It's impossible to predict what will be worth more 5-10 years from now, if it was easy everyone would do it...