Normally when we talk about footwear selling out at extremely ridiculous rates, it’s some sort of Nike sneaker release on their SNKRS app.
Not on Tuesday, though. This time, it was Crocs. Yes, Crocs — the weird, yet super comfortable, clogs that everyone loves to wear.
Reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny dropped his own pair of Crocs as part of a collaboration with the brand and fans were super excited to get their hands on them.
No one could blame them, either. They look pretty cool and they glow in the dark. They also come with some cool jibbitz — those little charms you can put in the holes of your Crocs.
Get in line now for #BadBunnyXCrocs Classic Clogs. Hacemos lo que nos da la gana. 1 pair per person. pic.twitter.com/8fVoTC9k3V
— Crocs Shoes (@Crocs) September 29, 2020
Lots of people wanted in on these, but they were limited. They were limited to just one pair per customer. And they were only just $60.
Problem was they were gone in 15 minutes.
UPDATE: The #BadBunnyxCrocs collaboration has sold out. Thank you!
— Crocs Shoes (@Crocs) September 29, 2020
So, of course, you know the bots are going to swoop in and do what they do. Buy up all the stock, take them to the secondary market and resell them. Right now they’re closing in on a $300 price tag on StockX.
And, of course, everyone who was trying to buy them ended up mad online.
To whoever got the glow in the dark Bad Bunny crocs I hope they don’t even glow
— bad.lex (@lexcrvz) September 29, 2020
When the Bad Bunny crocs sold out and your bar ain’t even move #BadBunnyXCrocs pic.twitter.com/wlRfznOKos
— lín. (@dorachapiadora) September 29, 2020
All I wanted to do was to listen to safaera in my bad bunny crocs pic.twitter.com/2GcYhpvFGu
— karen (@kvrenvlz) September 29, 2020
Me sitting at my computer for an hour thinking I was gonna get the bad bunny crocs pic.twitter.com/o37FBdJcWZ
— Yunuen ♊︎ ☯︎︎ (@Yunuennnxo_g) September 29, 2020
MANNN if you got the bad bunny crocs, i hope your crocs don’t even glow and they send you the wrong size #BadBunnyXCrocs pic.twitter.com/BfqoqEFwxa
— kim (: (@kimberlyflorexx) September 29, 2020
It’s all good I didn’t even want the bad bunny crocs anyways.. pic.twitter.com/i1ObWvb7Mv
— omarr (@oomarrr_) September 29, 2020
How I feel after having 3 devices on the Bad Bunny Crocs line and not getting the shoes. #BadBunnyXCrocs pic.twitter.com/CLLsZSKKEG
— JuanMartin Abreu-Melon (@mrjuanmartin) September 29, 2020
me when I was waiting in line for the Bad Bunny crocs and then the screen refreshed and said “sold out” pic.twitter.com/mA1gltlYnv
— 🛸 (@hxsvx7) September 29, 2020
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE LINE TO GET BAD BUNNY CROCS IS PAUSED pic.twitter.com/aFZEaqKkXV
— 🥺 (@sarahigghh) September 29, 2020
bye.. this is me going back to sleep since I waited in line for nothing bc the bad bunny crocs sold out 😭 pic.twitter.com/WXX0J666hM
— ana (@yikesanaa) September 29, 2020
Me coming to twitter to see if anyone else didn’t get the bad bunny crocs pic.twitter.com/YD8dCUeE6M
— Diana 🥳 (@_dianavargas__) September 29, 2020
Unfortunately, this is just par for the course when it comes to buying, well, anything these days. It could be a pair of Dunks from Nike or a pair of clogs from Crocs. It could even be a whole Playstation 5. Resellers are just ruining the consumer experience.
At least on Crocs part, they acknowledged that bots totally took over the release and hinted that there may be more coming.
P.S. We don't like bots either, which is why we use a combination of a queuing system and other fraud protection measures to protect against them.
— Crocs Shoes (@Crocs) September 29, 2020
Hopefully, with whatever comes next, real fans will have a better chance of getting their hands on a pair.
