November 11th, 2008

Now it’s like people buy sneakers to make money out of them

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

Where there are sneaker addicts you will have sneaker speculators. And not all the sneakerheads appreciate it.

Such trading bothers purists like Raymond Chen, 26.

“People used to buy sneakers because they love them,” Chen said. “Now it’s like people buy sneakers to make money out of them.”

Chen, an engineer from Shoreline, owns about 120 pairs of sneakers and spends about $100 a month on his hobby. If there are a number of shoes releasing within the same month, he spends more.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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