[WildOne]

Life is too short to spend time unhappy fella, especially when you have a means to get out of jail. Just to give you a similar situation, I have a rather large record collection which used to be rather larger, I vowed there was no way in the world I would ever part with any of it. But when I found myself in a difficult situation it was something I couldn't justify not doing, took me 25 years to build that collection and about 60 days to nearly half it. Thing is although it was hard at the time a few years on I don't even know why it was so hard because they were just pieces of vinyl at the end of the day. I'm in a good place and life is great and if that is what selling a few kicks will bring lets face it, its no contest.

Just a suggestion but if you do decide to part with the little guys, I took some nice shots of some of my faves and had them blown up and framed. They now hang on the wall, it kind of made me feel better turning them from one form of art to another.

[Dirty]

Wow guys, some serious wisdom to be had there! I agree with what alot of you have to say, soops are a fantastic thing to have but when push comes to shove they arent an absolute neccesity. I found out today that there might be an oppertunity for me to make a decent sum of money near the end of the month so Im going to keep up the fight until then and see what happens. I might take Spites advice and post up what all I would sell to get an idea of just how much I could make off of them (if it came down to selling em) but at this point i think i might be able to hold on to what I got. Thanks everybody for all the concern and wisdom, you all are what makes this place so great!

[woody]

If you need the cash just sell em dude, I've sold pairs in the past to raise funds, they are just trainers as scratch says - Even the very rarest of the rare will come around again eventually

[AdiMac]

I know this thread is a bit old now but I just wanted to echo what everybody else is saying on here, you can get by without loads of trainers sitting in the boxes in the corner of the room.

However the ass has fallen out of the trainer market the same as it has everything else at the moment so I would suggest selling a Kidney or some thing of that nature, human body parts will always be worth big bucks (until we start cloning people!!). What about sperm donation? I read that there had been a big drop off in doner's in the UK as we have changed the law about the kid finding out about it's "parents".

Remember we'll always be here for you Dirty, good luck mate.

[reid]

Do sperm donors have to pay child support or do the "fathers" just not want to be tracked down?

[spitey]

reid - ya mental.


dirty - if ya can , keep`m.

[adidasanth]

Hey Dirty,

As everyone seems resigned to be in agreement on, priorities take a back seat to no one...when it boils down to it, you gotta do what you gotta do - nothings more important than ones health, which is effected by alot, depending on that individual - in your case, stress from financial constraints, school, housing, @sshole roomies, etc...many of us feel/felt these same pains so you get nodding heads here...put it this way, if it came down to eating, would you starve or keep em? Eating is a staple, just like sleeping, health, well-being.

Use Anth? as an example - or was that some other member...keep a VERY select handful and put to use the others to help yourself out - best win-win situation in my book...

probably a bit late for the debate but my situation was slightly different. totally understand peoples cash situation and in the past have considered selling to make ends meet. i decided to sell (quickly came to my senses) because i thought i'd gone as far as i could go with my collection but now realise that i missed the scene and could probably go to a pair every now and again rather than the 3 or 4 a month i was buying plus living and eating which im sure many of you can relate to.

one thing, i would recommend is carefully looking to see what is out there before selling because the stuff in my crate isnt really every day purchases as Pure said about his stuff. if you can do without it and there are shitloads on ebay etc sell but failing that special editions and other gems simply dont come up every day.

so i would think carefully before selling, i thought long and hard before deciding to sell but thought longer about keeping it. didnt actually sell 1 pair and dont regret it because of the time, passion and overall fun in getting THAT pair. good luck those in tight spots with cash.

could be worse could own a shitty football club in black and white with a bankrupt bank as a sponsor and a clueless fuck as a chairman.

[borodave1973]

And also getting beat by spurs...

Not sure I would ever sell all my sneaks maybe as a last resort but then like everyone else has said if needs must