'I have NEVER seen so many watchers or views, and it has to be the hottest item on eBay right now,' Isaiah Miller, the seller, told Newsweek.
Nike said earlier in the week that it would not sell its Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July shoe.told the company it should not sell a shoe with a symbol that some consider offensive, given its ties to America's time as a nation with slavery. The flag has also been adopted by hate groups.
While the company's decision sparked a cultural discussion about the significance of the flag and the history of the country, buyers rushed to purchase the shoes, and the price quickly ticked upward.after Nike announced that it would be pulling the shoe. But the price has since skyrocketed. By midday Friday, 99 people had bid on a single eBay post, which had received an offer of $15,000.
"I have NEVER seen so many watchers or views, and it has to be the hottest item on eBay right now. Call it patriotism, the need to have something you have been told you can't have, or just a desire for shoe or antique collectors , they are paying amazing amounts," Isaiah Miller, the seller of the shoes, toldMiller described himself as a 21-year-old entrepreneur and said that his primary business is on eBay.
A replica Betsy Ross flag is posted on the side of the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 27, 2016.had removed the resale of the"Betsy Ross" shoe, saying that the product"does not align with our value system," other pairs were still listed at hefty prices on eBay. One pair had received 37 bids and offers up to $
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