(@ CreepyLA) Right now, on eBay, $250 will nab you a pair of custom made Converse Chuck Taylors, done Ghostbusters style. There are four variations to choose from (mixing and matching the various bits and bobs – colour of sole, piping, stitching, etc.), but regardless of your final picks, the pair comes with a Ghostbuster logo (looks like one of the patches readily available online currently) and your name stitched into the heel, a la the name patch on the GB jumpsuits.
Still, I’d buy a pair of these over the World’s Most Expensive Hoodie!
[UPDATE] As kris has pointed out, custom Converse can be made via their website, and indeed it looks like this is exactly the system the eBayer is using to create the shoe, then slapping a logo patch on it. The custom shoes, in canvas, are $62, plus shipping. Two patches for two shoes is another $20. At the bid price of $200, that’s a solid profit for the seller. I didn’t think there were any new scams under the sun, but this one’s pretty close.
With this in mind, it’s still a solid idea, and I recommend you check out the Converse site, where you have the option of making your own (sans logo) – you can even choose leather material, kids sizes, and even the Chuck X-hi’s which are more boot-like. Heck, why stop there? Why not the Converse Purcell’s or Skate shoes?
What other shoe companies let you build your own customs online that might make solid action shoes for a Ghostbuster on the run? Send em in!
Put together a cool design? Pop a screenshot!
[VIA Creepy LA]
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Mmm-Hmmm…
Mine are still better
You knwo you can go to converse.com and build them yours sans patch.
I do like these, alot, but Ghostbuster Chucks is nothing new to me. I’ve had various pairs for the last 4years now. Sure mine aren’t the same colour as the jumpsuits but my logos are hand painted and didn’t cost anywhere near as much as these.
http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae252/Class5FullRoamingVapour/DSC01232.jpg
When converse.com put a “design your chucks” site years ago, I designed my own GB chucks… I should have the design somewhere on jpg, but the design is the same, the only difference was the word GHOSTBUSTERS in the heel (where usually the CONVERSE word is).
not quite sure why you’d need/want to “build your own shoe” SANS LOGO!?…
No thanks.
I actually saw these on eBay the other day and thought nothing of them, until I read this post, even though I’ve used their site in the past to make custom shoes. I also reported the seller on eBay, so nobody gets scammed out of $250 when they can make them on their own for around $70-80.
Jonathan, the idea is that if you want a shoe with a logo, you put you get the logo and put it on yourself, but Converse, obviously, doesn’t have logos to put on the shoe on your behalf.
Oh! This probably sounds sarcastic, but I hadn’t thought of that! Hmm…wow!
Expensive? Yes. Can you do this yourself? Yes.
Scam?
No. And the term is actually libelous in this case.
For it to be a scam on any level there would need to be deceit involved – either an inferior product sold, nothing delivered, or these misrepresented in any way.
David, nobody outright called it a scam, I think you’ll find.
They’re selling a shoe that can be made, identically, for cheaper. They are completely within their right to sell it, but they’re not exactly one-off art shoes – these can be sold and then re-listed over and over. So, they get to sell it and I get to suggest people can make a pair themselves. The link to the CreepyLA post and the auction is still there, if anyone wants to take that option.
So you go ahead and call the libel police if you like.
I’m very disappointed – when I say “they” I’m assuming the auction is yours or a friends, hence your comments. People don’t tend to cry “libel” on the behalf of strangers.
Which means the line in your post “Currently available now only through eBay” is a false claim you’re making on behalf of yourself or a friend, and makes it even more like a scam. Or if it’s not the listing of yourself or a friends, it means you didn’t know people could make them themselves, and you don’t have awesome readers like I do, which is regrettable.
I really liked that you, CreepyLA, reached out to PC – I was really happy to promote your post. Now I just feel like someone just wanted to tap into the PC readership as a target demographic to sell a pair of shoes with the GB logo slapped on it, and if that’s the case, I feel a certain amount of responsibility in protecting my readership.
I’d prefer to contact you about this privately, but can’t find contact info readily available on this blog. I’m really not interested in a petty flame war, but I do take serious issue when the erroneous charge of “scam” is tossed towards me or anyone I know. Nor am I trying to nitpick the wording of anything to make an argument. This just isn’t a scam on any level – and would hope you appreciate the seriousness of the charge.
Please drop me a note at creepyla@gmail.com to discuss this further.
Best,
DM
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