This is why teenagers are stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks: ‘Messed up’
Teens on a stealing spree are nabbing the zippers off of Nike Elite backpacks, accumulating dozens and reselling them for a pretty penny to victims of the new online trend.
Gen Alpha is stealing zippers from Nike backpacks to resell them to victims at hiked-up prices
Back-to-school Gen Alpha is already having to watch its back from hallway menaces—literally. Teenagers are unlooping the zippers on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing them for their own collections or reselling them back to theft victims at lofty prices.
Teens Are Stealing for the Nike Zipper Pull Challenge—What Parents Need To Know
But a new viral TikTok challenge is inspiring kids and teens to steal Nike Elite backpack zipper pulls, and the consequences of their actions may be more serious than they seem. First, what are these zipper pulls?
Teenagers are stealing strangers’ Nike zippers. Blame TikTok
Teenagers have found a new way to amuse themselves: Stealing people’s backpack zippers. Not just any zippers, specifically Nike Elite backpack zippers. Why? You’ll have to ask a teenage boy ...
Why are people stealing Nike Elite zippers? Inside the TikTok trend
Not to mention the whole concept looks trash and they are literally just standard zip pulls with a plastic coating.’ One Tiktok user commented that schools are even sending o
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Why are teens stealing backpack accessories? Nike Elite zipper thefts are the latest illegal trend on TikTok
The lesson here? Not to sell items with detachable bits like extra rope that makes it easier to zip up a backpack in a world where the kids have no third place to hang out and engage in more ...
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Why are people stealing zips off Nike Elite backpacks in bizarre new TikTok trend?
Nike customers have been left enraged after the zippers on their backpacks were stolen. A trend spreading on social media shows thieves taking the zips off Nike Elite backpacks. TikTok users ...
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Gen Alpha is stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks to resell them to victims at hiked-up prices
Teenagers are unlooping the zipper pulls on peers’ Nike Elite backpacks, which retail for $87, stealing them for their own collections or reselling them back to theft victims at lofty prices.