Inside StockX’s authentication center



We visit StockX’s 15,000 square feet facility in Detroit to peek into their authentication process and sit down with Co-founder Joshua Luber to chat about the sneaker empire.

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48 Comments
  1. Stock x is CapPp

  2. Watching this after my wife use her 300 dollars broke after first use this is a joke how I get my money back

  3. https://youtu.be/GBKAd2Jbx90

    Authentication video now live ✔

  4. Luber is a fkng liar. 99% of your shoes you buy from StockX are authenticated in China. That's why it takes a fkng month to get your shoes. Shoddy ass service. Then they hide like fkng cowards with no phone number to call for customer service cuz they know they will get ripped apart over the phone.

  5. STOCKX SCAMMERS SEND GPU WRONG

  6. Stockx needs to make an apology video to unlisted Leaf the Pokemon YouTuber! Because of their non-professional and very rushed attitude, the Pokemon celebrations break that they asked UnlistedLeaf to do for him pretty much ruined his whole YouTube channel and career! He was the biggest Pokemon YouTuber out there BTW

  7. Here's the fact. It is technically impossible to handle that many volume of products to authenticate. There will always be fake products that will bypass authentication.

  8. The sell a lot of fakes. Will not refund your money. All bad.

  9. They worked at foot locker but sum didn't nice

  10. Jesus Christ love you

  11. I want a job at stock x man but it’s only in London 😞

  12. so basically check the box and sniff the shoe make sure no dirty socks been inside and away it goes Authenticated

  13. Reply
    First Name Second Name December 16, 2021 at 12:54 am

    How do they check for looted goods🤷🏻‍♂️

  14. do they detect fake gpus?

  15. Nice

  16. They don’t even use a black light…one of the easiest and quickest ways to locate a fake.

  17. No black light??

  18. Dam.. .this dude looks like boy band NSYNC singer Lance Bass 🧐

  19. That authentication process made no sense! 😡 Making sure the box is good, has no holes? Smelling shoes making sure they don’t smell like peoples houses or pets or smoking? What is that hand to do with authenticity?

  20. Their "authenticators" are garbage! I've had multiple pairs of ds shoes come back to me, but 2 pairs I actually wore go through. I sent those 2 pairs in just to.see if they would clear them or not. Pathetic ass company!

  21. They should get like a certified auntheticator.. diploma.. I hope those authenticators finished at least high school so they can read and write🤔🤔🤔

  22. Lmao bro just passed them 1s off like he onna court type shi lmaoo
    Fakes fasho goin to peoples homes y’all jus go on goat fasho

  23. I hope they have a customer service contact number because they never answer emails. I got a pair of yeezy qntm and it was damaged. I emailed them so many times but no response at all. So I end up keeping the shoes even though it has a huge scratch on it.

  24. StockX are stupid i sell them fake supreme boards all the time and get a major profit.

  25. & this is why i always f🤬 with Stock X

  26. A bunch of hype beast sitting around smoking vapes 😂 waiting to authenticate the hype of the hype

  27. Can you go to goat next

  28. stockx its real jw my first time

  29. They sold me fakes and don't want to give my money back!!!!!!

  30. Sucks they sell fake Yeezys and Jordan 1s

  31. Stockx is a fucking joke. They have sent me damaged shoes on a few occasion! I wish the FED's or some government official would take a closer look at how the do dirty work.

  32. What sneakers are those @1:05? Anyone?

  33. That did not look like any kind of rigorous authentication process I expected. If all they do is look at it and sniff it I wonder how Ari Cagan's close to real fakes were rejected.

  34. If StockX are doing authentications they should also check defects. I stopped buying from them because they keep sending shoes with defects

  35. Don’t give this app your information it makes your devices run slow. I only got one pair of authentic new kicks from here, the rest were used advertised as new, or never arrived.

  36. Narrator: he was sick of it

  37. Nike said: Just Do Not

  38. Bruh its all fakes 🤓

  39. Just realized he blink too much and talk too fast..

  40. Reply
    Adukipotentialoty Nomocompliance May 12, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    So Hilarious!!! Authenticators: Ex-Street thugs?

  41. aged well didnt it?

  42. Total scam. What idiot thought this was at all legit?

  43. They from Detroit…ya'll should have known better.

  44. This video didn’t age well

  45. Who’s here after Nike sued StockX for selling fakes

  46. Who’s here after Nike sued StockX for selling fakes

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