(09-07-2020, 04:39 AM)zorrophreak Wrote: I did actually hear about one of the replica manufacturers in China using this method to obtain the "boost" material found in Adidas Ultraboost shoes by removing the boost material for use on their reps and return with "boost" made from crumbling Styrofoam. So if anyone is interested in making reps that's one way to do it...I guess.

(09-07-2020, 04:57 AM)mothered Wrote:

(09-07-2020, 04:39 AM)zorrophreak Wrote: I did actually hear about one of the replica manufacturers in China using this method to obtain the "boost" material found in Adidas Ultraboost shoes by removing the boost material for use on their reps and return with "boost" made from crumbling Styrofoam. So if anyone is interested in making reps that's one way to do it...I guess.

Very clever.

If caught, I'd say a lawsuit would be a certainty.

(08-28-2020, 08:54 AM)fsociety Wrote: Requirements: Money for the shoe you want  (will be refunded)
1.) You must first order a shoe from any store, for example, some Nike Adapts from Nike.com 
2.) After you receive that package you must contact their support and say something along the lines of, "Hey, I just received my package but something very odd happened. I opened the box and I saw there was only one shoe!" 

3.) After this they will say if you want a refund of if you want them to send you another package after returning that one. You're going to ask for a refund and ship the package back to them but keep one of course.

4.) You repeat this but, with a different store such as footlocker or any other store. After receiving two refunds and keeping one of each shoe you'll have a free pair of shoes

Note: Only do this once per address per store, you can put a typo in your address if you want to do it again or just wait 3 or 4 months to do it again just to be safe.

(09-07-2020, 05:02 AM)zorrophreak Wrote: Well the most common way Chinese rep manufacturers achieve what they do is having their employees steal from the waste at the official Adidas factories and form it to fit the rep designs and then their "boost" passes all checks and feel because it is actually real boost. Just less criminal in terms of the method of obtaining it.

(09-07-2020, 05:07 AM)Justaguy121 Wrote:

(08-28-2020, 08:54 AM)fsociety Wrote: Requirements: Money for the shoe you want  (will be refunded)
1.) You must first order a shoe from any store, for example, some Nike Adapts from Nike.com 
2.) After you receive that package you must contact their support and say something along the lines of, "Hey, I just received my package but something very odd happened. I opened the box and I saw there was only one shoe!" 

3.) After this they will say if you want a refund of if you want them to send you another package after returning that one. You're going to ask for a refund and ship the package back to them but keep one of course.

4.) You repeat this but, with a different store such as footlocker or any other store. After receiving two refunds and keeping one of each shoe you'll have a free pair of shoes

Note: Only do this once per address per store, you can put a typo in your address if you want to do it again or just wait 3 or 4 months to do it again just to be safe.

Instead of wasting time by using this .would it not be more efficient to just claim there was an empty box .

(09-07-2020, 05:10 AM)mothered Wrote:

(09-07-2020, 05:02 AM)zorrophreak Wrote: Well the most common way Chinese rep manufacturers achieve what they do is having their employees steal from the waste at the official Adidas factories and form it to fit the rep designs and then their "boost" passes all checks and feel because it is actually real boost. Just less criminal in terms of the method of obtaining it.

I've heard of similar stories.

However, It doesn't change the fact that they're stealing someone else's branding/design.

(09-07-2020, 05:10 AM)zorrophreak Wrote:

(09-07-2020, 05:07 AM)Justaguy121 Wrote:

(08-28-2020, 08:54 AM)fsociety Wrote: Requirements: Money for the shoe you want  (will be refunded)
1.) You must first order a shoe from any store, for example, some Nike Adapts from Nike.com 
2.) After you receive that package you must contact their support and say something along the lines of, "Hey, I just received my package but something very odd happened. I opened the box and I saw there was only one shoe!" 

3.) After this they will say if you want a refund of if you want them to send you another package after returning that one. You're going to ask for a refund and ship the package back to them but keep one of course.

4.) You repeat this but, with a different store such as footlocker or any other store. After receiving two refunds and keeping one of each shoe you'll have a free pair of shoes

Note: Only do this once per address per store, you can put a typo in your address if you want to do it again or just wait 3 or 4 months to do it again just to be safe.

Instead of wasting time by using this .would it not be more efficient to just claim there was an empty box .

It would but empty box claims tend to put more stress on the courier (FedEx, UPS, etc) and things like weight are more heavily considered. As for this method, it is more believable due to not being an entire replacement and you can avoid higher suspicion by sending at least SOMETHING back.

(09-07-2020, 05:07 AM)Justaguy121 Wrote: would it not be more efficient to just claim there was an empty box .

(09-06-2020, 11:56 PM)lbook Wrote:

(09-06-2020, 10:16 PM)absoluteunit Wrote: Hey dude, will this work with 500 euro shoes? or is this a method for more low end like 200 euro? Also will this work on online designer stores for example bijenkorf: https://www.debijenkorf.de/??

It really depends on the store. The bigger the company, the more likely they have busy warehouse bees throwing your order into empty boxes before sending them off.

If it's a smaller company with more exquisite products the chance of them individually checking the goods prior to dispatch increases. Buy a £2000 pair of shoes from a high-end shoe maker and they'll usually check the pair carefully for any blemishes etc before sending them out. They live off their reputation, hence any (major) issue with the shoes might hurt them quite a bit. Claiming a missing shoe with such a procedure in place is unlikely to succeed (easily).  Whether it works with a £500 pair depends on the company in question.  As always, do your research.

(09-06-2020, 11:56 PM)lbook Wrote: The bigger the company, the more likely they have busy warehouse bees throwing your order into empty boxes before sending them off.