Our Condition Rating System
How do we rate our pieces? From New to Like New and Pre-Owned. We've had thousands of pairs come through our store. From Brand New to Heavily Used.
We started out only selling Brand New Dead-stock pairs. It wasn't until we started to get requests for pairs that: "Have a good amount of wear left", "Look good", "Are wearable" that we started getting in Pre-Owned pairs.
We have handled and closely inspected 1000s of Pre-Owned pairs that were On Display, Returned to Retail Store and brought in Pre-Owned.
We are blessed to have had pairs in hand from the 80 all the way to recent releases. We have seen everything that can go wrong with a pair. Everything from soles hardening, to midsoles crumbling, to suede ink migration, mesh discolouration, rips, stains, everything in between and beyond.
When we list an item was New, we do not always have the original box, we have stated in the description if the original or replacement box comes with. Our New pairs will always pass a verification from any your favourite marketplaces as New.
When it coms to Like New pairs we have our own system where we take into consideration loads of things but not just limited to, When the sneaker came out, the wear on the soles, the midsoles stability and colour vs new, the upper material versus new and any natural ageing factors.
A Like New Sneaker can be simply a pair that was tried on a lot in a retail store and we then purchased. It can be a pair that was on display and we don't believe it would pass as new. It can also have been worn a handful of times and still has a full life of wear in the soles. We always judge a pairs condition as is versus new and take into consideration, aging etc.
When it comes to Pre-Owned pairs, they will mostly always come with a replacement box, these pairs have been worn and please do not expect a new or like new pair. That being said our Pre-Owned pairs can appear like a new pair bu have had some wear to the soles where we would not say they have a full life left of wear in them. All Pre-Owned pairs are pairs that we would wear. This store is ran by sneaker heads and we know how challenging it can be to get that one pair.