I heard from the running shoe group on facebook that there is going to be a new release for the Navy (Obsidian to be exact) Vaporfly 4%'s possibly on the 8th of this month. Any one have more information? Someone else said the red one restocked on April Fools but I didn't check because I thought it was a joke, but apparently it was true.
dude, to be honest, you'd probably get just about as much of a performance boost from eatin a can of bush beans a day before your run and holdin it in until your run and lettin THAT vapor fly.
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There was a sale of these today through Eastbay apparently. Sold out now, unfortunately
Yeah, I saw that but by the time I saw it there were only 6.5 or 10+ and I’m a size 8, so hopefully they’ll have some Sunday. Not too into the color but I guess it’ll have to do
Whoever put these up on ebay is a dirty f%&$ing scalper and deserves to burn in hell. Scalpers are the scum of the earth. Do NOT support them!
GD Scalper wrote:
Whoever put these up on ebay is a dirty f%&$ing scalper and deserves to burn in hell. Scalpers are the scum of the earth. Do NOT support them!
Agreed. Not cool. It's someone with some connections if they're able to get that many sizes.
Such BS wrote:
GD Scalper wrote:
Whoever put these up on ebay is a dirty f%&$ing scalper and deserves to burn in hell. Scalpers are the scum of the earth. Do NOT support them!
Agreed. Not cool. It's someone with some connections if they're able to get that many sizes.
I sure wouldn't say burn in hell, but this guy needs a talking to. I'm getting tired of this kind of $hit.
They were going to release the vaporfly in Air Force as well, but they were afraid they would all forget to turn off their automatic uploads on strava
Anyone have an update on the restock?
GD Scalper wrote:
Whoever put these up on ebay is a dirty f%&$ing scalper and deserves to burn in hell. Scalpers are the scum of the earth. Do NOT support them!
You know Nike is intentionally restricting the supply because they want people to scalp them, right
I heard it was gonna be released 10am Eastern time.
Hardloper wrote:
GD Scalper wrote:
Whoever put these up on ebay is a dirty f%&$ing scalper and deserves to burn in hell. Scalpers are the scum of the earth. Do NOT support them!
You know Nike is intentionally restricting the supply because they want people to scalp them, right
How do you figure? What would nike find advantageous in people scalping their product. The majority of organizations (artists, musicians, etc) try to prevent scalping. Taylor Swift is a great example of someone fighting scalping. Putting it another way, how do they financially benefit?
Scarcity is not an effective way to maximize profits, it only eliminates exposure.
GD Scalper wrote:
Hardloper wrote:
You know Nike is intentionally restricting the supply because they want people to scalp them, right
How do you figure? What would nike find advantageous in people scalping their product. The majority of organizations (artists, musicians, etc) try to prevent scalping. Taylor Swift is a great example of someone fighting scalping. Putting it another way, how do they financially benefit?
Scarcity is not an effective way to maximize profits, it only eliminates exposure.
Scarcity builds hype and makes people think they "won something" when given the "opportunity" to fork over $250 for a pair of shoes. They're being played. It's all marketing and psychology. They aren't looking specifically for the scalpers, but they are 100% doing the restrict and release cycle to build hype.
They can put a similar shaped plate in a shoe for $150 (Zoomfly). Reebok can make a midsole with the exact same foam for $150 (Floatride). Both of these shoes have no difficulty meeting demand, there is no difficulty with production. The price and scarcity of the Vaporfly is 100% intentional hype. There are people on Facebook that automatically buy this shoe any time they see their size available for fear that they won't be able to find it later when they "need" it. Dude on their owns 5-6 pairs now, runs less than a 1000 miles per year and runs 5ish hour marathons...but his "size is hard to find" so he's gotta be prepared.
Don't get mad at the guy looking to make a buck on the side. Nike knows what they're doing. If they wanted everyone to be able to go into a store at any time to buy them they certainly have the manufacturing resources to make that happen.
It's not just Nike playing the scarcity scam. The triple black Adidas Ultraboost 4.0 was not as popular as earlier hard to find versions for various reasons. They had a bumper crop on ADC, and I was waiting for prices to drop. I literally put 5 pair in my basket and checked out and then cancelled just to make sure they had plenty in my size. Next day, they completely disappear from the website and show up on third party websites for a premium as they are now rare.
Exactly, well said
"They can put a similar shaped plate in a shoe for $150 (Zoomfly). Reebok can make a midsole with the exact same foam for $150 (Floatride)."
-No, just 100% nuh-uh. Zoom fly vs Vaporfly 4% is completely different. Fly is 2oz heavier and MUCH stiffer. No pop to it. No zoom x. The 4% has a plate made of carbon fiber. Floatride is definitely NOT the same thing as Zoomx. My feeling is that the overwhelming majority of the negative posters here have not run a hard session or race in the 4%. Simply the best flat I've ever had. Fairly recent PR of 2:17 in them.
They’ll be on Nike.com Wednesday April 11th.
A world of difference wrote:
"They can put a similar shaped plate in a shoe for $150 (Zoomfly). Reebok can make a midsole with the exact same foam for $150 (Floatride)."
-No, just 100% nuh-uh. Zoom fly vs Vaporfly 4% is completely different. Fly is 2oz heavier and MUCH stiffer. No pop to it. No zoom x. The 4% has a plate made of carbon fiber. Floatride is definitely NOT the same thing as Zoomx. My feeling is that the overwhelming majority of the negative posters here have not run a hard session or race in the 4%. Simply the best flat I've ever had. Fairly recent PR of 2:17 in them.
You didn't read what I wrote. I'm not comparing how the shoes feel to run in. I"m comparing the manufacturing technologies used. Some have claimed that the reason Nike hasn't released very many of these is because they're "hard to manufacture". Near as I can tell the manufacturing nuances are inserting a full length plate in foam (already a demonstrated technology) or difficulty working with the new foam itself (already a demonstrated technology). The floatride foam is 100% the same foam/base material from the same supplier as ZoomX foam. Sure, the design is different than those other shoes, but the "manufacturing difficulties" are hogwash. They have the money and resources to make more if they wanted to. Or is it coincidence that they suddenly are available right before every major marathon season and 'scarce' in the down times?
