by packerbacker180 » Sat May 06, 2017 2:40 pm
When I was 12 or 13, talking 1991 or so, I begged my parents for a pair of Air Jordans for school. Now we weren't poor, but we weren't rich either, but finally my parents relented. We drove 90 minutes to Erie, PA, because there wasn't sales tax on shoes in PA whereas NY it's 8% because they tax everything here and I got a pair of white and red Jordans for $120 for the new school year. Think I had them for maybe a day or two before I realized how stupid it was to pay that much for a pair of sneakers, and we returned them for a pair of lime green Nike Air Pegasus sneakers that cost around $40. Unless you need expensive sneakers for a particular sport or activity I think it's pretty absurd to go above even $50 for sneakers these days. These are just obscene. And just because you can afford something, doesn't mean you should buy it. Maybe I'm just getting too old.
Now get off my lawn!
Side note: I was curious so with inflation, $120 in 1991 is equivalent to $216.43 today, so I guess I could get those flip flops, lol.
"Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there's a guy starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him. It's 2 AM."
