I mean, you see these ads all the time, right? Mytheresa is like, “Sandals! Slides! Pumps! Oh my!” And then you got Bottega Veneta themselves tempting you with slides and slippers. All very fancy, very “I’m-rich-and-I-don’t-care-if-my-shoes-get-scuffed,” but…are they *actually* in stock? That’s the real question.
And then there’s StockX. Oh, StockX. Where dreams go to die (or get marked up 300%). You can find, like, the “Bottega Veneta Orbit Black Men’s” shoe, or the “Tire Lace Up Leather Shoe Black Green,” which, honestly, who even *names* these things? But again, “EU Stock” is the unicorn here. Is it *actually* in a warehouse in, say, Germany, ready to ship? Or is it some dude’s dusty attic in, like, Poland, and he’s gonna take three weeks to ship it to you? You just never know.
Bottega Veneta themselves, they’re just trying to process your order and get your aftersales sorted. Which is nice, I guess. But I’m more concerned about, like, *finding* the shoe in the first place. And not paying a small fortune.
Honestly, it’s a crapshoot. Maybe you’ll find some cool Roma Lace numbers on their official website, maybe you’ll get lucky on StockX. But “EU Stock”? It’s more like a hope than a guarantee. Like, I saw this pair of, I dunno, *something* lace-ups, and I swear they were in stock… somewhere. Probably.
