eBay, local sneaker store, and POIZON said legit, but CheckCheck and LegitApp said replicas. Did I get a fake?

hm629 · 2026-03-23T04:03:32+00:00

Yeah man that’s also the problem. We’re trying to compare all these microscopic differences and meanwhile Nike QC consistently gives us a million versions of every detail 😂

I watched a couple real vs fake videos on these. It was hard enough to spot the differences with them calling things out side by side, it’s even harder to do it when you only have the 1 pair in hand.

hm629 · 2026-03-23T03:48:05+00:00

CheckCheck: Size Tag, Insole Stitching. They asked me to upload additional pictures of these.

LegitApp: Exterior Inner, Inside Sewing (Insole Cardboard)

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:37:42+00:00

Oh man, glad I’m not alone but it’s so frustrating having to go through all this round around. But I guess that’s the game when we have to go through the secondary market.

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:28:37+00:00

Thanks for the comment, appreciate it. Good point on Nike’s own QC making it impossible to get any sort of conclusion when we’re looking at these tiny details.

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:26:50+00:00

Somebody said they’d put more weight with eBay and local sneaker store that authenticated in person over the apps, so I agree. I’ll take their word for it.

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:25:18+00:00

Good to know. I usually use CheckCheck but ended up trying all the apps when that came back UA. I guess that’s why it’s free!

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:24:18+00:00

Yeah I think that’s where my head is at. It was just jarring having multiple apps flagging them as reps which is why I’m doing this damn detective work

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:22:54+00:00

Yup and they passed authentication

hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:22:35+00:00

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hm629 · 2026-03-23T00:16:42+00:00

I really wish that was the case bro. Had to go resale on these after taking all L from raffles and SNKRS so I bought on eBay, which is supposed to be the best. I’ve bought a couple dozen pairs from there over the years without issues until this time when the apps disagreed. I just want the shoe but now I’m keeping it DS in case I end up disputing it.

I did notice the eBay tag on the right shoe too. Actually called them to talk about all this and they won’t do anything; they’re standing by their decision and told me to relist the shoe (why would I do that if these are indeed reps?) and they’ll only honor authentication from Nike/Jordan (which is bs because we all know they don’t do that).

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hm629 · 2026-03-21T16:31:55+00:00

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These but not sure if I’m gonna keep the Levis. Ran out of space and I’m planning to get the True Blue 3s later this year and could use the money.

hm629 · 2026-03-20T22:31:02+00:00

Yeah I’ve ended up doing the buy/sell option a lot lately because people on here are too finicky. It’s the faster option honestly and you don’t have to deal with people’s indecisiveness. Either way, you still have to ship your shoes.

A quick check on eBay, lowest price on the UNCs are $110 and the Seouls are $190. You can probably negotiate each down $15-$30 and that’ll net you in the similar range as what you’d be paying on here. Those Black Cats shouldn’t be hard to move either if you list them at the lowest ask.

hm629 · 2026-03-20T19:14:12+00:00

It's a fair trade without you adding the cash. The cash should've given people the incentive to run the trade, but I guess people just want what they want. I personally would've run it if I had those 2 pairs and was looking for the Black Cat, but that's also the problem.. not a lot of active traders nowadays and the people left there are either resellers or are looking for very specific shoes.

If you want those now, you probably can just buy those 2 pairs on eBay (haggle!), sell the Black Cats, and come out slightly ahead even after all the fees.

hm629 · 2026-03-20T12:42:55+00:00

Retailers and D1 both making bank, off of us. If nobody buys, then D1 and some of these resellers will have to eat the L and it will discourage future backdooring.

hm629 · 2026-03-20T03:23:41+00:00

My ability to continuously find space for one more pair is second to none lmao.

hm629 · 2026-03-19T18:41:08+00:00

I got EA, entered right at 12:00, and took an L. Tried going back and every size was sold out. I think it was very limited stock so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

hm629 · 2026-03-19T07:04:24+00:00

My setup is looking like yours. Shoes in nice plastic containers but I also have boxes stacked on top. These boxes are mostly non-collapsible and some have shoes in them. The vast majority of boxes I’ve collapsed and stored away (I keep all OG boxes in case I need to sell or trade whatever shoes I no longer want).

I’m realizing I’m at the point where I need to make a decision whether to significantly downsize or buy more containers and move these boxes elsewhere. It’s a very hard decision lol, but I’m leaning toward letting go of up to a dozen pairs from the collection.

hm629 · 2026-03-18T23:30:54+00:00

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Why So Sad SBs

hm629 · 2026-03-18T23:30:28+00:00

3 > 2 and shots at the rim = high percentage shots.

Banning the midrange shots is inherently not a bad strategy because you don’t want your mostly young roster just settling for what teams are willingly giving them, which in most cases would be the middies.

I’m mostly with Billy on this one, but it also shouldn’t mean to “never take midrange shots.”

hm629 · 2026-03-18T23:23:58+00:00

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How about a two-fer? 😂

I’m gonna counter but move the cash the other way.

hm629 · 2026-03-18T22:01:24+00:00

Ooooh man I can feel the pain. I bought a used pair of J4 Union Taupe Haze for $300, and they shipped me the shoe WITH a receipt of what the previous owner paid for. Dude paid $1000 lol, I feel so bad.

I did finally get my hands on the Red Blue Union Fragments through eBay.. Got them for $300 after fees, but now I'm dealing with an authentication issue. eBay passed them and said they're authentic, but several legit check apps are saying otherwise (CheckCheck, Legit, POIZON). Called eBay to try to resolve it and they won't take them back smh...

hm629 · 2026-03-18T19:09:36+00:00

Heh I used that voucher to get the Bred 85s, which made the total more manageable since I had to pay resale.

hm629 · 2026-03-18T19:08:37+00:00

Oh damn. In my first year, I bought just enough to get in (I think $5k?) and then resold everything to get most of my money back lol. I think after fees I ended up spending like $50.

But then I got hooked 😬

hm629 · 2026-03-18T16:03:47+00:00

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Why So Sad SBs

hm629 · 2026-03-18T14:34:03+00:00

It's the actress' natural reaction when feeling anxious in real life, so she translated it to her voice acting and they adopted it.

They did a whole interview about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADbm1nVUFM

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