Drake OVO X Air Jordan Sneakers Not Worth $100,000, eBay Auctions Powered By Trolls
Recently, Drake fans received free pairs of unreleased Jordans from Drake's upcoming line. The shoes sold on eBay for a shocking $100,000 and $20,000, but according to one of the sellers, both auctioneers received much less money.
During the Toronto Raptors "Drake Night," Drake gave away a couple pairs of sneakers from his OVO (October's Very Own) x Air Jordan line. The fans, just like Drake, hoped to cash in on the sneakers.
One pair of the OVO Air Jordan 10 Retro sneakers were originally priced at $300. After less than a week and 154 bids, however, the price skyrocketed to $100,000. So, Devon Little tried to auction his sneakers as well. The auction ended after 34 bids and a winning bid of $20,000.
The bids, however, were suspicious.
"Even the head of eBay Canada called us and said how lucky I was and that I hit the lottery," Little told AUX.TV. "He recommended that I start messaging the top bidders to see if they were serious and comfortable with their bid. So I did. No responses. So I started climbing down the ladder and messaging the lower bidders. Still no response."
Although the bidding ending at much lower than the expected $100,000, Little surely would have been happy with $20,000, but he didn't even get that.
"There were a couple bidders early on that I think were real," Little explained. "They basically said, 'You know that no one will pay you 100k right? I'll pay you 3-4k for them right now.' So we started cancelling bids because obviously people were just trolling and wanted to be a part of this thing. It was all hype. The market was never real."
Little was not the only one who was fooled. The other fan got a lot less money than expected as well. In fact, she has yet to receive a dollar.
"The 'winning' bidder [$20,000] just messaged us and said that his account had been hacked, and it wasn't him who placed the bid," Little recalled. "We messaged the other girl that was selling the shoes. Her auction ended at 100k, and she has received no payment. So based on those few early bids, I think the real value of the shoes is around $3000-$5000."
In addition to being worth far less than $100,000, the shoes were also a bit of a burden to the self-proclaimed Drake fan.
"I was very stressed," the 22-year-old student said. "I didn't feel comfortable with the shoes in my house, so we took them out of the city and put them in a safe box. Family members were calling me saying they saw me on TV. People I haven't talked to since high school were messaging me."