There’s Serious Money in Being a Sneakerhead
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New York Magazine profiled the young teen sneakerheads hustling hard to find sneakers. They show up at shoe conventions like SoleXchange and trade and sell shoes all over Facebook. Here’s an excerpt:
“Everybody tells me ‘you would make it on the street,’” says one 15-year-old, who in addition to selling sneakers was offering watches, sunglasses, and electronic cigarettes in blueberry, vanilla, and other flavors ($15 a pop). “It’s better money than selling weed,” he explained as a younger kid forked over cash for one of the smokes.
Now what this kid doesn’t realize is he can be selling weed at the same time as all these shoes and he’d be doubling his profits. These young hustlers have a lot to learn.
Read more at nymag.com.
