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DiamondSupplyCo.com || @DennisTodisco on everything
TJ, If it is the one I think you are talking about I believe it is like 435.00ish. Shoot me a text if you need one and I will let you know exactly.
Thongstealer, I am sorry to hear you had a bad experience at the shop. I can assure you that is not the type of impression we want to leave on our customers. I am going to shoot you a PM and hopefully we can discuss this a little further.
Personally I can say I have received a lot of valuable feedback from people on here. Thats why I check it and respond when I can.
^ i think there's a lot of crossover appeal between mixing premium and streetwear. Plenty of people wear clarks, cdg, or visvim one day and then a pair of nikes or vans the next. It's all about balance and mixing it up.
this may not be the best fit...but point in case:
you're right chedda i am not a regular customer, but when i say poser i don't mean the people themselves, but more of the store, i am sure this has been brought up before so i guess i am just reitterating what's already been said...
concepts (not tannery) for me is way too all over the place when its comes to branding and image. On one end of the spectrum u guys have high end semi dressy shit like CDG, visvim, headporter, clarks, clot and then on the other spectrum u guys have jordans, idiom, skateboards, nike SBs, and vans... why not put all the high end shit in the tannery and leave concepts as the sneaker/skate shop? I mean u guys are great when it comes to accounts and collabs, but since getting a certain brand account isn't a problem yall maybe less could be more?
you're right chedda i am not a regular customer, but when i say poser i don't mean the people themselves, but more of the store, i am sure this has been brought up before so i guess i am just reitterating what's already been said...
concepts (not tannery) for me is way too all over the place when its comes to branding and image. On one end of the spectrum u guys have high end semi dressy shit like CDG, visvim, headporter, clarks, clot and then on the other spectrum u guys have jordans, idiom, skateboards, nike SBs, and vans... why not put all the high end shit in the tannery and leave concepts as the sneaker/skate shop? I mean u guys are great when it comes to accounts and collabs, but since getting a certain brand account isn't a problem for yall maybe less could be more?
i just think that inorder for them to build up their brand and seriously contend with the likes of huf,the hundreds,supreme, clientele,even bodega they really need to take their shop in one direction and run with it... otherwise they'll always be a store that just stocks the hyped item at the moment
i mean what do yall think when concepts comes to mind? sneaker store? skate shop? high end retailer? its all kinda jumbled together
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Concepts opened by Vinnie Ponte originally?
On another note, where is the best heavy white t-shirt in boston?
its getting to be about that season and I dont feel like ebaying proclubs or w/e.
Hell' Yeah! Big Vinny is my man he opened Concepts up back in the day when he was going to school up there. Brought that NYC feel with him to the Bean. From what I have seen Concepts was more focus backed then the brands were geared to a more specific customer. less about try'n to cater to everyone and more about being core. It's all good... Support your local sk8 shop, big up to Orchard!
I've also found that skate shops are the best place for great deals. I'll find the same exact shoes at Orchard that are at another shop like Karmaloop. And there will sometimes be a $30 price difference.
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We sell everything for the suggested retail. If something is $30 less (which is a HUGE difference), it had to been marked down by Orchard.
We also have some legit sales...check www.twitter.com/karmaloopboston
That wasn't meant to be an attack on you guys. I was going off of a legit time when I saw some Supras with the price different. You guys actually later on did have the shoes for the same price due to a sale. So i wasnt trying to bash you guys.
Just fact is, skate shops usually are cheaper, really dont care how, really dont care why, but I remember going to Eastern Boarder when I was in central mass and picking up decent shoes, including Nike Sb's for $30-40 and then picking up some etnies for my girl at the time for $20.
It just doesnt get better than that, you go to some stores and even if they are going out of business they still wont give you deals like that.
Skate shops just seem more in tuned with what the buyer, atleast when i use to visit them frequently.
I think more stores just need to realize if you sell 500 items at $20 a piece as compared to 200 at $40, sure it has be economical and what not, but a lot of times stores are only about the bottomline and dont realize, selling more items at a lower profit margin in the long run can have a larger impact.
DiamondSupplyCo.com || @DennisTodisco on everything
No shots/insult taken homie.
(And no insult to your intelligence if you already know this, but) Just to further explain it a little...and this is generally speaking...every store pays the same price wholesale (as long as it is a direct account) for the same item and marks it up, generally speaking, 50%.
Our Supras are always at the suggested MSRP on release.
(and trust me Supra does not want to see their product sold for less than that universally speaking and regardless of what type of account the store is - skate/street/urban/etc)
I guess (Karmaloop and others) are at a disadvantage, due to the fact that, most of the customers are only there to buy clothes and shoes. They aren't there to chat it up and then go for a skate session or something with the worker after. Which in turn takes away an aspect for us locals. Just random thoughts, i always critique business' and what can be done.
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Yo, who got in/is getting the Spring 2010 Vans Vault Taka Hayashi joints?
To everyone that has hit me up about the Skunk SB High's, yes Concepts will be getting them. Not really much I can do to hold those that asked for a pair down though. We will be dropping them on 4/20.
^^ Drifter, I am not a huge fan of the shoe either, but I can tell you that it is going to sell out day one. There is a pretty big buzz for these right now. I would be shocked if everywhere didnt sell out day one. All the burger flippers should be out trying to snatch up extra pairs.
