| herr_oberst |
03-02-2021 12:37 PM |
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
(Post 11245657)
Crooked a hell.
She was fairly much the only source of sneakers for her son to sell. Very sneaky of her.
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My theory is that he (the kid) used contacts that he acquired through his mom's high-level access. Shoe developers, department managers? Factory reps? Who knows. Just a thought. There's some ambitious kids out there!
Or, maybe he was in just involved in street-level stuff but he was able to prove he had high level access on campus that bathed him with extra cred while dealing in the black market sneaker flipping trade. Got him some extra units from his source. It may have started when he was pretty young, getting half price stuff from the company store, selling it at a profit at his grade school or high school.
The newest Kobe or LeBron or Jordan shoe can be as intoxicating as heroin to some sneaker-heads. I've seen it first hand. Stupid money.
She had to know on some level what he was doing, whether she was actively engaged in the scheme or just turning a blind eye, it's hard to tell from the article, but the way the story describes the way she left the company leaves a lot of room between the lines of the narrative.
The end of this chapter in her life is that a very powerful, extremely well compensated exec has lost her job because of her son's obviously nefarious activities. That's gonna be a wound that doesn't scab over anytime soon.
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