Hoops

Buying shoes from Eastbay

Nike, adidas et al. dont sponsor local clubs/competitions, your local Sportpower, SportScene shop etc probably does. Heres a thought, dont buy the ridiculously overpriced Jordans, LeBrons, no man woman or child NEEDS these, buy the lower priced shoes, your local store gets sales, the Multinational company experiences 'external force'and you save money to pay the bills. when you 'cut out the middle man' the multinational still gets your money and the overseas retailer makes a profit, its just the locals (including your club) that lose out.

Being that a pair of Nikes cost about $8 to make in China, I think we can buy from wherever the hell we want to as consumers.

If the retailers don't like it, don't keep selling shoes at 100 percent mark up then.

What happens when the local athletic retailers no longer sponsor clubs due to declining sales due to overseas online shopping? Club subscriptions/match fees increase, fewer kids play because of price objections from parents, subscriptions/fees increase again...swings and roundabouts....

Got the Air Max Ltd's today from Goldroadtrade. I am pretty sure they are fakes but they are pretty good ones, even with their Made in Vietnam Nike tags inside. At just over $40 each delivered I would say it is a OK deal. Paid with paypal and then the company gave me an email with EMS tracking number and was able to follow the shipment until it arrived. Took about 8 days in total.
I would have prefered to get them from Eastbay and give Nike my hard earned but I refuse to pay the over inflated $$$$ we get ripped of for here, for no good reason except "because they can".

Totally agree Isaac.

I too would like to echo Isaac's sentiments.

I ordered two pairs of shoes from Eastbay directly on Tuesday and they are scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. Fantastic price and just as good service.

If you can't get what you want, then try a re-shipper such as priceusa etc.

Hello,

This is Dustin from Eastbay.

I wanted to take the opportunity to clear up a few questions. International shipping restrictions have been placed on some of the products we carry by the product manufacturers. It is not in Eastbay's best interest to restrict sales to anywhere and we would prefer to be able to ship all of the goods we carry internationally. Unfortunately, we can not change these restrictions as it is not our choice.

Although some of our more popular Nike products have been restricted, the majority of our Nike products can still ship without an issue. This also includes our Jordan gear as much of it can still ship. Unfortunately, the entirety of our ASICS, Brooks and Saucony lines are currently restricted, but there have been no restrictions placed on our adidas products.

Our restricted list is affected by what products are available in Australia. These restrictions have been set in place by multiple manufacturers. They decide which products are restricted based on the local availability from all retailers, not just Footlocker.

We do not recommend re shippers as we can not be responsible for a shipment another company is handling. This prevents us from helping our customers track their orders and will slow the shipping time frame.

We definitely understand the frustration, but at this time there is little we can do. We still offer a huge selection of products that can ship internationally at very good prices. Our shipping time frame is excellent. Customers normally receive their orders within 7-10 days and many have found they receive them even quicker.

Any product that can not ship will have a note in the product description. The note will read either "International Shipping Restrictions May Apply" or "This product can ship to US addresses only."

The restriction list tends to change frequently, take a look at the product description before attempting to order any product. Please check with us if you have any questions. I have seen a few different comments in here that are very inaccurate. We are always available and can be a very big help.

You can always reach us via phone: 1.715.261.9588, e-mail: eastbay_rep@eastbay.com and
Live Chat: http://bit.ly/qvJd0R

We also answer questions on Twitter: @Eastbay and our Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/jbMfxx

We would like to apologize as we know this has caused an inconvenience for our Australian customers. Thank you and Cheers!

EastbayRep - Dustin

Just want some casual shoes so I gave Goldroadtrade a go. For $27 each for Air Max LTDs that sell for close to $200 here I'll give the fakes a try. Let you know what I think of them IF they arrive.

How are you guys buying from Eastbay when they WONT ship to Aus.

Checked out the goldroadtrade site and Nike Air max ltd's are $27 US and about $35 US to ship 2 pair. Thats all up less than $90. Anyone else used the site as i am wondering how they have so much variety and all show them having every size available in each. That is not logical so I smell a rat but am willing to blow $90 on the experiment I think as long as that's all I am risking. How dangerous is it to give your credit card info to their site.

Running shoe brands Saucony and Brooks only post to the US also.

Look at the variety of clothes and shoes eastbay has compared to walking into your local Footlocker.

Yes I tried to order and followed up with an email. They said sorry but cant send to Australia. Also says when you get the shoe on their website. Pity becuase the price was right

Some styles of Nike / Jordan Brand are still available, have yet to work out the formula they are using to determine what they'll ship here.

Try wiggle.co.uk for Nike runners.

Sack Phil or the team?