All the releases of The LeBrons went smoothly on Saturday. Apart from the serious camping going on all went as planned. However, on Sunday, in Cleveland – LeBron’s home city – things did not go well. It was supposed to be special, cause LeBron James was expected to make an appearance at the Next. He did, it was special, but for a whole another reason. Please read this story posted by KDogLBJ23 and you be the judge of this weird behavior from King James…
Well, I just got settled in from the Lebron VI event in Cleveland, Oh at Next. What a joke it was. I was 9th in line and didn’t get my size in any of the shoes. Within the first 10 people there was only one other guy and myself that needed a size 12 or higher. So we thought we were good. Think again! Right before they let us in to buy the shoes we find out Lebron has had the staff pull 14 pairs of the 100 that were advertised and supposed to be sold. They pulled all the size 8’s, all the size 12’s, all the size 13’s, and all the size 15’s. Needless to say that they first guy in line didn’t even get the size 12 that he was wanting because this a**hole decided to screw his fans again. There were a ton of pissed off people and they even let two people in before all of us that never waited in line that purchased shoes.UPDATE:
To all who don’t believe me…. you know nothing beacuse you were not there. This is not a story at all. This is the truth. First off I never even saw Lebron and I’m not sure if he ever showed up. They said (the store) he asked for the shoes to be pulled. I also heard that the guy’s from 881 tried to pull more pairs while the event took place. The FIRST guy walked in and they didn’t have a size 8, 12, 13, or 15 in any of the sizes. Is that proof enough? To be honest I was not there to see Lebron. I was there for my one pair of shoes in my size. I talked to the 2 Nike reps onsite about the situation and expressed the way I felt about how things went down. I wasn’t a jerk i just let them know that it wasn’t right. She was willing to listen and asked if she could get my contact info. I gave her my business card with my email and cell # on it along with my size. Now I am just wondering if I will get a call or if that card made it to the bottom of the trash can outside the store. I’ll probably go with the trash can version.NEXT’s Response:
Once again, Next would like to thank all those people who came out to support the event. Especially those people who endured the cold and camped out the night before the event. I understand that there is some disappointment that not all 100 units were available at the time of the release. Unfortunately, Nike had a last minute request for 16 units(4 sets) of shoes that they had to remove from our allocation. It was not something that had been planned, nor was it something that we at Next could control. I understand that some of you were not able to get a shoe because of this, and for that we apologize. Again, it was not something that we at Next could control. Despite that, we hope everyone had an enjoyable time.
| Source: Zach13g, KDogLBJ23 | From Events |
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1 2 3 … 5 Next »I cannot believe that wow!!!!
Can't he just request anything he wants from Nike and have it delivered to him?...I don't think he would wait until release date to get something from HIS line. I'm not defending LeBron completely, but something tells me the staff at "Next" aren't telling the truth.
LeBron sees these releases before they're even manufactured...I'm pretty sure he'd get the shoes to his family/friends way before we even see leaked pictures of these.
I'm going to have to give LeBron the benefit of the doubt this time.
But best wishes to all of those who got bopped. I'd be pissed too..
I agree... we only know one side of the story. But, until I hear the other side or the truth I will say this... it's not cool what happened to these guys waiting in line in cold!
I'd imagine LeBron can get anything from Nike and he doesn't need to pull stuff like this. After all it's HIS signature line. Anyway even if that was the case the fans should be rewarded somehow. A free pair of the GR or something else... f.e. autographs... that would make me forgive him, LOL.
Be watching Ebay for all those "pulled" sizes... bet they have a Cleveland mailing address! :???: :twisted:
Kdog is 100% telling the truth, me and my friend were both there (number 10 and 11 in line) and we all talked to a manager and the owner of the store. Nike was putting a tight grip on this release and thats how Bron got his shoes. The whole situation was shady that day. They could have very easily made people go in perfect order by looking at the sequenced wrist bands, but they didn't. So, mad amounts of people were cutting and the situation would have gotten very ugly if the giant body guard wasnt gettin on everyones ass so bad. However the Nike reps and managers of the store just stood there and watched and let us police ourselves and work the situation out. So the first 20 people were alright, but after that people who were waiting for an hour got in before people waiting for many hours. Better yet, there were 3 10s 3 10.5s of every shoe and only one 11, one 11.5 and no 12s or 13s!!! I mean we get one, ONE friggin big time release in cleveland and they're gonna screw us on the 4 most popular shoes sizes? We are Lebrons home town and one of the top shoe collecting cities yet we still get treated like the assend of the shoe distributing world.
Weak on Nike's part. We as fans pay such large amounts for there products and they need to take of us.
That's awful, some very shady things happening at limited releases, if I where Nike, I'd take more control of these events, making sure nobody's can pull anything on these type of releases, because this is just horrible advertising. :oops:
I was #25 in line, waiting since 4AM. Everyone from NEXT to Nike confirmed that LeBron pulled the sizes he wanted (at least 16 pairs). 4 more were pulled to raffle off for a radio station.
NEXT, Nike, and LeBron all pretty much spit on collectors with how this was handled. My first and last camp-out.
i was 28th and my girl was 29th in line...obviously didnt get my size (11-11.5) i ended up with a 10 athlete and 9.5 business. i even went to NEXT on friday and talked to the manager, when i asked him if i was going to be able to get a pair of each colorway he said "no, because nike wants everyone to have a fair shot." which i understood completely until lebron came and pulled 16 pairs. i mean i know they wanted to keep the numbers to 150 but they should have just made lbj some of his own outside of the original 150 pairs. thats some bull, especially for the very first guy in line not to get what he wanted. and the dude in the supreme hat and his friend to come an hour before and get first picks, smh..i finally get a chance to camp out for kicks and it went down like this.
I was 2nd in line - my friend I came up with was first in line. He wears a size 12 - There were no size 12's or 13's. It went from 11.5 - 14.
It was very dissapointing camping out for 16 hrs, since 8pm the night before, being first in line and not being able to get the size that you wanted.
They gave my friend each character of 'The LeBrons' action figures, but that was about it.
And someone else other than LeBron or the radio station did get the hookup cause he was in line the same time we were and bought a pair.
It just makes you wonder why politics have to be involved every time? It doesn't take much to make anyone happy.
No one has the balls to tell LeBron, 'No.' No one even has the balls to ask him if he would like to come out to see people get their shoes, or take a picture, or sign something.
No one at Nike, NEXT, XO Steakhouse, or anywhere.
Didn't NEXT already hook LeBron up with some throwbacks in HS. Why can't NEXT just say, 'No'. I'm wondering if LeBron even paid for the shoes, or did he TAKE AWAY $3,200 from the people at NEXT.
Why are people afraid to say 'No' to LeBron?