Friday, September 14, 2007

Nike Dunkesto

We were on the topic of shoes today and I was telling my co-workers that I saw a really interesting pair of shoes in Taiwan that I almost bought. It was a pair of Nike Dunk Low's but it used the soft material from the old Nike Prestos (by the way, one of my favorite shoes were my old Presto's; they were super comfy). I proceeded to inform them that Asia usually has more shoe variety and many of those styles & color schemes aren't sold in the US. The conversation continued and we ended up agreeing that with Google and eBay you can pretty much find anything you want. So this afternoon, I wanted to test that theory and did a search for those shoes I saw in Taiwan; I didn't even know what they were called. I knew that it was Presto material in Dunk Low form. After some research I found them; the DUNKESTO (haha, Dunk + Presto = Dunkesto; pretty intuitive...). So on eBay there were several different color schemes and they ranged between $70-$125 (including shipping). At the low end ($70) it is actually cheaper than the price in Taiwan. I would have bought a pair on eBay if they had my size. I decided to do some additional research on the Nike website and to my surprise, they only had size 9.5, in the color I wanted (Berkeley Blue and Gold baby), and on clearance for $50.99. I know K might be mad at me for buying another pair of shoes, but it was too good to pass up. Take a look at these, they are like wearing a t-shirt on your feet and walking on air. They are going to be very comfortable. Good thing I didn't buy them in Taiwan and definitely a good thing we talked about shoes today.



2 comments:

chubbysworld said...

Worth paying 70 or 80 bucks for a new pair? I always need new shoes!

Jack said...

Mr. David, did you check on nike.com??? They had it for 50.99 (+8.00 shipping)... it is a steal; don't know if they have your size though.

If you can wait, maybe they will have a Shanghai brand soon. And if they 'bomb'; they may even get cheaper in the next year or so...