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    Quote Originally Posted by 1337 View Post
    have they announced the date and price on the shoe?
    Yes, it was repeated again only a few posts above yours.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 1337 View Post
    have they announced the date and price on the shoe?
    Broken record much?
    I now dangle to the left....my tassle. Get your minds out of the gutter.
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    Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the shoes are now listed on nike.com
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    although still as out of stock

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    Quote Originally Posted by FoilyDeath View Post
    Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the shoes are now listed on nike.com
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    although still as out of stock
    Yes, that one was found earlier. We are now waiting for Craig to tell us the price. He had originally said $150, but NikeStore says $220.

    I think I will just have to tie banana leaves to the kids' feet a while longer.

    ew

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    Right now my contacts are all prepping for Beijing and I haven't been able to get any additional info. As it is now, I'll go with the thought that Nike saw Adidas at $200, figured they were better, so went to $220.

    $220 it is until I hear otherwise.

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    I was going to stay up all night on the 8th to wait for them to go on sale if they hadn't already.

    Well, for 150, I was going to. I don't know what their per unit take is. They might still come out ahead with the higher price, but they're definitely going to sell a lot less.

    I was anticipating this shoe like it was the Super Bowl, but this has killed my excitement.
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    same here for me

    ive been holding off on buying new shoes waiting for these (rolled my ankle in doing so)

    despite the $70 increase, i think i'm still going to buy them (never spent more than 100 on fencing shoes though). they just look really well designed, and i don't think the new adidas's will be to my liking. they just look too...high.

    but like i said: darn you nike people!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Craig View Post
    Right now my contacts are all prepping for Beijing and I haven't been able to get any additional info. As it is now, I'll go with the thought that Nike saw Adidas at $200, figured they were better, so went to $220.

    $220 it is until I hear otherwise.

    Craig
    Well, I guess you have to trade off the ideas of:

    return on investment;
    comparative marketing placement (what Craig said about Adidas price);
    price gouging.

    I feel gouged

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    Quick...find a school with a varsity team AND a Nike Contract. Make friends anyway necessary w/ the person that actually tracks equipment. Hope that you'll get lucky if they do. Start soon b/c apparently orders are in this week and someone else may try to beat you to the punch.

    $220 is ridiculous. I'd probably by LPs or find a court shoe.
    I now dangle to the left....my tassle. Get your minds out of the gutter.
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    This feels like a badly designed cartel...but I'm probably still going to get a pair, so I guess not:P

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    or you could get these:

    http://www.amazon.com/MBT-Sport-Grey...pd_sbs_a_njs_3

    ...I wish I had an extra $200 to drop on these just to see the looks I'd get.

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    I've seen someone fence in those. It didn't really rock my world.
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    I don't see how Nike can gain market share with a price that puts it within reason of maybe only 10% of fencers. I was going to buy them for $150 (the most I've EVER spent on shoes) but now there are other shoes looking much more attractive. Very bad decision, IMO.

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    I bet Leon Paul is pretty happy about this whole thing. Those ugly Scimitars are looking a lot better right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA View Post
    I bet Leon Paul is pretty happy about this whole thing. Those ugly Scimitars are looking a lot better right now.
    Sell ad space on them, people are drawn to them since they look like neon signs for your feet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chinbeard View Post
    or you could get these:

    http://www.amazon.com/MBT-Sport-Grey...pd_sbs_a_njs_3

    ...I wish I had an extra $200 to drop on these just to see the looks I'd http://www.fencing.net/forums/images...olleyes.gifget.

    they even increase buttock muscle activity!..hehehe
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    Quote Originally Posted by erooMynohtnA View Post
    I bet Leon Paul is pretty happy about this whole thing. Those ugly Scimitars are looking a lot better right now.
    The Bright Blue Nike shoes with the huge Tick I have been testing look trendy? The Scimitar are ugly? I fear you need a injection of fashion sense!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Paul View Post
    The Bright Blue Nike shoes with the huge Tick I have been testing look trendy? The Scimitar are ugly? I fear you need a injection of fashion sense!!!!!!
    Scimitars don't match with the rest of a normal uniform at all. They're grey, red, black and silver at the same time. The Nike's though will always match everything as long as people wear them leisurely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Paul View Post
    The Bright Blue Nike shoes with the huge Tick I have been testing look trendy? The Scimitar are ugly? I fear you need a injection of fashion sense!!!!!!
    Bright blue is poor color choice for an all white uniform, I agree. However, there are two other choices.

    As opposed to the Scimitar, for which you get one choice, and it looks equally ghastly no matter what you're wearing. No parent wants to hear it, but Your Baby Is Ugly.

    I'm not saying looks are the most important thing. I was going to get a pair of Scimitars before this Nike came along, and if this $220 nonsense keeps up, I'll probably end up with Scimitars anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pescados666 View Post
    Nike's though will always match everything as long as people wear them leisurely.
    As opposed to what, wearing them hurriedly?
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