Category: Sneakers

I’ve been talking about how to stop buying sneakers, how to get deals, regrets from collecting and other reasons to save your money in the sneaker hobby.  But I also enjoyed this hobby immensely and still do, so in this episode I wanted to get into some of the positive things I’ve taken away from… Continue reading Good Things About Sneaker Collecting

I’m not a huge fan of paying exhorbitant resell for kicks.  That said, resell sites do have their uses.  If I were to use one now, I’d be looking strictly at their under retail pairs to try and get a deal! And of course, we follow that with talking about upcoming releases and my thoughts… Continue reading How I Would Buy From Sneaker Resell Sites Now

I should have done this episode a while ago, but here it is, my take on the eBay Sneaker Authentication system. This should hopefully come in handy for those looking to buy or sell some kicks this holiday!  I have a companion article for this one: https://www.allaboutanthony.com/how-legit-ebay-sneaker-authentication/ And of course, we follow that with talking… Continue reading How Legit Is eBay’s Sneaker Authentication Service?

I’ve been having one of those moments where I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting.  Now that I’m in a sort of semi-retirement from buying new kicks for a while, I’ve had some time to reminisce on over a decade of collecting.  Thought I would share this ramble with ya’ll! And of course, we follow… Continue reading Do I Have Any Regrets From Years Of Collecting Sneakers?

I get asked about pants all the time, as far as what looks good with sneakers, what pants am I wearing and where to buy them. Of course, rather than provide clear answers, in typical AFS fashion I just ramble about my own pants journey instead 🙂 And of course, we follow that with talking… Continue reading What Pants I Wear With Sneakers

OK so… had to talk about it I guess… Kanye and Adidas, they splitting up!  If you’re a Yeezy sneaker fan, this is super relevant.  For the rest of the sneaker fans out there, probably more of a interesting footnote at best. And of course, we follow that with talking about upcoming releases and my… Continue reading Adidas Drops Kanye (Or They Drop Each Other?)

I heard Nike was cracking down on resellers!  At least, they changed their Terms of Service to be more explicit about this.  But will they be successful?  That’s today’s ramble! And of course, we follow that with talking about upcoming releases and my thoughts on them. Thanks as always for listening AFS Squad! Shoutout to… Continue reading Nike Cracks Down On Resellers

As it turns out, maybe sneakers is ok, and the actual problem is with spending habits and attitude towards spending.  I’m no expert, but it feels like money habits observed and developed as a child seem to creep up and play a role in how I spend today.  If I’m not blowing money on one… Continue reading Sneaker Addict Or Shopaholic?

I’ve had over 400 pairs of sneakers at one point and generally have always kept upwards of 200 pairs in the stacks.  These days I’ve been selling pairs off to boil down the collection even further.  Here I wanted to talk about the pros and cons of having these big huge collections from my experience.… Continue reading Pros And Cons Of A Large Sneaker Collection

I got asked about this on IG, and rather than get specific with what pairs to look for, I figured I would outline my discovery path when it comes to old and obscure models that I wound up adding to the collection at some point.  Not the most coherent solution but hopefully you all can… Continue reading How To Discover Old Sneaker Models That You May Like