This is why teenagers are stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks: ‘Messed up’

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This is why teenagers are stealing zipper pulls from Nike backpacks: ‘Messed up’

Stealing from strangers? TikTokkers say, just do it.

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

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gloated about his growing collection already totaling over a dozen zipper ties, which are specific to the model of Nike rucksack, warning others to not leave their bags around him.

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show the teenage troublemakers boasting about how many they can score in

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at school — and how much they go for on the resale market.

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TikTokkers who steal the fabric zipper attachments boast their collections online, while some sell the zippers to those victimized by the trend for some quick cash. TikTok / @kyrieirvingishimm

Some thieves are championing the trend, saying it could “pay my bills” while charging a few bucks for a zipper to those victimized by the trend. Others, however, are marking up the ties for a whopping $40, according to commenters on TikTok.

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said others have “taken [it] way too far” in a TikTok post with footage of store shelves fully stocked with Nike Elite backpacks — all

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on the zippers.

The trend, which has been likened to “

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,” has drawn criticism from both disappointed teens and ****** parents whose kids have been robbed of their Nike zippers at school, calling the fad “

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Some schools have even been forced to issue an email warning about the trend, according to users on

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, while Nike Elite owners who “hate this trend” have resorted to carrying their backpacks front-facing rather than on their backs,

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so that they’re more difficult to steal or

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Even at retailers, the Nike Elite backpacks on the shelves are missing zippers. TikTok / @sammvovk

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Teens are specifically targeting people with Nike Elite backpacks for the zippers. Nike

“My son got his stolen while at football practice and he’s bummed. Been trying to find them online. Never thought it’d be this hard,” one desperate parent wrote in

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while inquiring about purchasing spare zippers, calling the fad “weird.”

“I made the school replace my bag,” another user responded.

“My son got hit up for them today,” one disgruntled parent chimed in, explaining that two zippers were stolen from her son’s bag.

“The kids were targeting him all day, he’s only 11 years old, not going to be able to bring that backpack to school anymore sadly.”

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