To Nike: This is some bullcrap.

Look for sales on old models and buy in bulk.

1) Stop posting messages for a multinational on a message board they don't own.

2) There is a certain retailer based in Baltimore that, if you call, will likely sell you the 29s for 15% (or lower) less than list.

3) Learn to run barefoot, because running shoe list costs are not going to drop. Ever.

To Nike? Should address this to EVERY MF SHOE COMPANY! Seriously. Every year the new model of shoes, whether it's an Asics, Saucony, Brooks, etc will go up in price by $10. It's not just Nike.

Why are they going up in price? Because the shoe companies are using new ideas, better materials and better designs, so the price goes up. It's life.

"Oohh, come on, they're turning kids into slaves

They're turning kids into slaves just to make cheaper sneakers

But what's the real cost, because the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper

Why are we still paying so much for sneakers when you got little kid slaves making them?

What are your overheads?" - Flight of the Conchords

Rising material costs

Rising Labor Costs

Raising Transportation Costs

Inflation

Just a few factors...It certainly isn't just Nike, or running shoes in general. It is all companies/products.

Ellery Queen wrote:

Specialty stores as well as outlets like Dicks, Sports Authority, etc. sell them at cost.

If they sell the shoes at cost, how are they making any money?

Ellery Queen wrote:

Stop raising the price of the Pegasus! Specialty stores as well as outlets like Dicks, Sports Authority, etc. sell them at cost. The 26s were were 70 dollars. The 27s were 85. The 28s were 90, and the 29s are 100!!!!! This is reall making me angry.

Anyone have any advice?

by comparison the US is way cheaper than the rest of the world. dont complain, youve had it too good for too long.

Not just Nike wrote:

Why are they going up in price? Because the shoe companies are using new ideas, better materials and better designs, so the price goes up. It's life.

That's kind of a joke. For all of the big shoe companies you're paying for the brand more than the actual cost of developing and manufacturing the shoe. It costs a couple of dollars to make a shoe. The vast, vast majority of the company's expenses are incurred through advertising, such as paying douchebags like Armstrong, Pistorius and Marion Jones millions of dollars to showcase their products.

Of all of the shoe companies, Nike seems to have the least integrity in choosing athletes to sponsor, not to mention incidents such as the Mark Block fiasco. Obviously none of the shoe companies are exempt from criticism but, to the OP, I'd choose to support any of them over Nike.

I had a pair of the 29s and they were the worst runnng shoes I've ever had. The upper was SHREDDED after month of running and the sole wore out about the same time. I can usually get 500-600 miles out of a shoes and I think I maybe got 350 before they were unwearble.

I bought a pair of Structures after that, for cheaper, and I'm just about to retire them with about 1000+ miles on them.