in today's video we're gonna be talking about five different things that sneakerhead should never
do and i'm talking about no exceptions not once not never not nada honestly you can do whatever
you want to do these are just five different things that came to the top of my head when i
created this list thinking about things that you shouldn't be doing or i would recommend not to do
when it pertains to being a sneaker head so if you guys didn't know by now my name is dj and this is
the dna show if you're new to this channel and you want to learn more about sneakers or taking your
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need like 800 000 more but it is what it is we'll get there soon and with all that being said let's
get into don't number one and that is asking for a deal from your homies and reselling the sneakers
one of the big problems when it comes to the sneaker game in the current time right now is
there is no more love for the game that a lot of people like to say and not that many people
look out for each other anymore so what exactly does that mean i'll try to explain that to you
guys really quickly because the sneaker game is so money hungry now compared to how it used to
be before if we take a glimpse back to 10 or 15 years ago it was more like hey bro i'll grab a
pair of shoes for you i'll buy you lunch or i'll throw you a couple extra you know 20 50 bucks for
your time gas money whatever it may be well now we have the current time where people are expecting
that additional money plus the resale value plus the lunch plus all the other things and
they think that they can just sell the same shoes to all their friends and tax each other and again
i'm not saying what's right or wrong or anything like that all i'm saying is the game has slightly
changed from what it used to be before and you see a lot less people looking out for each other
because of situations like this so say for example you have a sneaker head like me who's heavily into
the shoe game and i have connections to a lot of people which means i get a lot of shoes for
retail and i'm always able to get access to all the new drop and i'm telling you right now a lot
of sneaker heads that have been in the game and are well connected i can guarantee you this has
happened to every single one of them and i promise you right now i can count more than 10 people on
my fingers alone that have done this to me they'll go and say hey bro i really need that shoe i can't
wait to have it in my collection oh my gosh i love that shoe so for somebody like me who may have
connections or whatever it may be and i say oh you know what it's not that hard for me to get you the
shoe let me grab a pair for you i got you don't worry or i know so and so and i can help you get a
discount on the sneaker so that way you can get a good deal on it say a sneaker is worth 500 and i'm
like oh i know the store owner so i'll you know i'll get you a deal 350 or something like that
and this is where things start to slowly go wrong we have seen this more and more over the past five
years basically what will happen is the friend that's asking for the sneakers say they get that
500 shoe and they get that discount on it and they say oh great i got to shoot for 350. me in my mind
i'm thinking oh great yes you got a great deal i hooked you up no problem bro i'm not even asking
for nothing i just want to see you get the shoe that you like as i would expect my friend to do
the same for me but what's currently going on now people are asking for that deal they get the shoe
for 350 bucks and then next thing you know a week later what's happening they're selling that shoe
for the 500 and it's like i could have did that myself and made the money if i really wanted to
but i was just trying to help out so yes obviously there are a lot of levels to it when it comes to
buying and reselling sneakers and everything like that but when it comes to your close friends the
people inside your circle or the ones that you are building connections with and people like that
those are the type of people that you want to make sure that you're not just reselling the
sneaker that they gave you a deal on because they could have easily done the same thing themselves
they were trying to show you love so say that shoe was a hundred and fifty dollar profit well maybe
that's all your relationship was worth was that hundred and fifty dollars because now the person
is not going to want to show you love anymore because you're just going and reselling the shoes
that they just hooked you up on so definitely consider that when you're purchasing sneakers
from your friends and trying to get good deals and again don't be so shiesty hook up your homies take
care of them too if you have the opportunity to take care of them try to get them a discount try
to get them a good deal because i'm telling you right now you put that good energy out and it's
going to come right back around full circle i've been in the game for over 15 years now and i have
built a lot of connections because of things like that by taking care of people making sure that i'm
not the only one that's getting a good deal and everybody's happy in a situation because then what
happens the next release comes out and they're gonna hook you up again and again and again and
again so sorry i was a little long with the first don't but i'm telling you right now that one i
think is one of the most important ones out of the ones on the list and i wanted to make sure i got
that one in at the beginning of the video because i'm telling you right now this is happening too
much in the shoe game and i would love to see that old school vibe with everybody taking care of each
other because that's how the game used to be we used to always take care of each other and i'm
not saying it's completely gone i still got people taking care of me people taking care of each other
i still see that but nowhere near as much as in the past all right enough with number one let's
take it to don't number two and that is spending your last money on a pair of shoes i don't care
if you are in high school with no bills if you are a grown adult with bills if you got kids
you should never be spending your last dollar on a pair of shoes if you don't got money to eat
and put gas in the car and pay your bills and pay insurance and take care of your priorities
don't spend your last dollar on a pair of shoes that's all i'm saying you don't have to worry
about trying to keep over to everybody make sure that you take care of yourself and your priorities
first again i think that is very important because we see that happening too often now as well
everybody trying to fit in with all these new releases spending their last dollar just trying
to look cool and all those different things there's gonna be plenty more to come out and
trust me if you take care of your shoe game right you'll be able to buy all the shoes you want and
if you want to truly take your game to the next level i have a full program that i built out for
the entire community the dna fam the hobby to hustle program and everything like that with
the private one-on-one individual meetups and everything with the live stream so if you want
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and really taking their game to the next level because at the end of the day i can teach you all
the things that you want to learn but if you don't take action it's still not gonna go anywhere all
right on to don't number three i think it's funny to me maybe it's not that funny some people might
take it too serious i don't know but all i think is you should not be wearing your stockx hang tag
on your sneakers showing that they're verified authentic through stockx nah bro cut that off get
rid of it right now that is an extreme don't next up on the list is kind of a funny one i'm excited
to hear what you guys got to say down below in the comment sections because we always get a lot
of different opinions about this one but for me i always say you don't really cross brands like that
so when you're rocking nike socks with adidas shoes or adidas socks with nike shoes and me
personally i love nike socks more than adidas socks so i could understand why maybe you got
to wear the high tube socks so you can't really see the swoosh on the side with the pants over it
then people won't really notice but if you got the swoosh showing with the adidas shoes on it is kind
of weird you know what i'm saying so me personally i always say don't really mix the brands other
people don't have a problem with it let me know how you feel down below i can't say it's a do or
don't this is just more with your style and your opinion and your comfort and everything like that
but i put it on my personal don't list all right you guys for the fifth and final one and trust me
there are way more do's and don'ts when it comes to becoming a sneaker head and all those different
things i can make another video in the future if you guys want me to so drop a comment down below
if you want me to make another video like this in the future but this one i think is one of the
most important ones honestly this one is probably more important than the first one that i said i
remember i said the first one was very important so i'll put it at the beginning of the video but
this one is definitely the most important don't of all and that is selling fake sneakers as real i
know you guys are about to go crazy on me because they're like oh yeah you can do rips you can still
sell reps i get that you can do all those things that you want to do but you have to make sure that
people know that that shoe is a hundred percent fake not authentic and let people know and be
completely transparent with that stuff i don't support it i don't recommend it i'm not a part
of any of that fake stuff and i don't like doing any of that type of stuff at the end of the day
you cannot sell fake sneakers as real that is a scam that is fraud you cannot do that please
do not do that no matter what influences you whatever you think that's gonna make you more
money now all money ain't good money fast money goes quick as well trust me right now it ain't
worth it don't do it so i'm sure this video is gonna ruffle a couple feathers and that is
completely fine because i don't really care i just wanted to bring you guys some do's and don'ts to
becoming a sneaker head and hopefully this can help guide you down the right path and maybe i
don't know maybe people may think i'm wrong or not doing them right but i just want to make sure that
everybody respects each other in the game honors the shoe game knows their history and knowledge
of the sneakers and definitely doesn't try to scam each other so just a quick recap for the
five don'ts for today's video we had don't buy shoes from your friends asking for a discount and
resell them never spend your last dollar on a pair of shoes don't wear the stockx tag on your shoes
don't mix brands and then the last one is don't sell fakes as real so i hope this video was
helpful i'm excited to make another one in the future if you would like me to drop a comment
down below i'll see you guys in another one and if you haven't already hit that subscribe button
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yo if you made it to the end of this video drop a comment down below and let me know what is
one of the best deals your friends has given to you when it comes to being a sneaker head
and what is one of the best deals you have given one of your friends when
it comes to being a sneaker head all right y'all that's all folks