《The NY Times》撰文探讨球鞋卖家市场的发展

著名报刊《The NY Times》日前刊登了一篇文章，探讨了年轻球鞋卖家市场的兴起。在这个球鞋转售价格过度膨胀的年代，球鞋交易市场上经常会看到很多年仅十几岁的孩子，通过转售自己的球鞋来获得几千美元的收益。编辑团队还请到老一辈球鞋收藏者们，谈谈自己对于球鞋交易蓬勃发展的看法，以及与 1990 年代盛行的棒球卡交易活动的对比等等。此外，文章中还提到了 Jonathan Rodriguez 的故事，年仅 18 岁的他在早前的 Yeezus 演唱会上，在自己的 Air Yeezy 2「Red Octobers」上幸运的得到了 Kanye West 的签名，不过他却拒绝了一份 $98,000 美元的天价收购请求！下面是我们节选的精彩内容，感兴趣的朋友不妨点击这里查看完整内容。

“Reselling basketball sneakers has become a cultlike atmosphere,” said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst of the NPD Group. “No one is watching over all this money changing hands. So it seems like it’s being done underground, but it’s perfectly legal. And it’s exciting to them because it’s a real form of income.”

“I know I could buy a house with this kind of money,” said the vendor, Jonathan Rodriguez, 18, of Deer Park, N.Y., who said he planned to enlist in the Air Force. “But I’m a huge Kanye West fan. I can just work to get the money. The only way I’m selling them is if there is a reason that I need to sell or I’m offered life-changing money.”