It won't be the $300 sneaker, after all. After The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the new LeBron signature shoe would retail for $315, the cost of the shoes became a hot debate among the media and general public. As it turns out, the shoe, a version of the LeBron X, will be sold in a pack for $270, Nike spokesman Brian Strong confirmed to ESPN.com on Thursday. Nike had previously said that, at the time of the report, a price had not yet been set. Read more: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8373804/lebron-x-souped-lebron-x-sneaker-retail-270
Still overpriced for a pair of shoes. $300 or $270 what is the difference in the extra $30 when you are already to that point? Even I was younger and still playing in college, I wouldn't have spent that amount of coin on a pair of shoes. Who said we were in a recession, because clearly they were wrong because overpriced or not, people will still buy these things.
