Honestly, I’ve bought stuff from StockX myself. A couple of pairs of Jordans, a Supreme hoodie (okay, maybe I’m part of the problem lol). And, like, they *seemed* legit. I’m no sneakerhead expert, y’know? I ain’t got time to be scrutinizing stitching under a microscope.
But then you read the stuff about Nike suing ’em for selling counterfeit… and you’re like, “Woah, hold up. What’s going on here?” StockX itself is like, “Nah, we’re good! We got rigorous authentication processes!” And then some random Reddit dude in r/stockx is all, “Yeah, they’re real. Trust me, bro.” (That’s not exactly rock-solid evidence, IMHO).
The thing is, nobody *wants* to get fakes, right? That’s why StockX blew up in the first place. Before, you were just hoping some dude on eBay wasn’t trying to pull a fast one. Now, you think you’re getting the real deal. But the more popular StockX gets, the more likely it is that some sneaky counterfeiters are gonna try and game the system, y’know? They’re getting more sophisticated. It’s like a arms race between StockX and the fake merchants.
So, are *all* StockX shoes fake? Probably not. I mean, they’d be outta business if that was the case, right? But are *some* fake? Uh, yeah, probably. Even StockX admits that, although they try to act like it’s a super rare occurance. It’s like, finding a needle in a haystack, but the haystack is made of hypebeast dreams.