Second-hand trainers

[TheWildBeastofPontypandy]

I have spotted a very cool pair of vintage trainers on ebay which are "worn but in good condition" from a private seller with good feedback. I am very tempted. Is it revolting to even consider buying them?

PS. They are fashion trainers not sport trainers.

I wouldn't tbh. Sorry!
Find the idea of any secondhand footwear a bit ick.

Are they washable?

You can wash trainers. And change the inner soles and wear them with socks.

Even when I wash my dd's trainers they still smell of feet afterwards. And I soak them in vanish oxi-action for an hour first !!

If they are not washable, buy bicarbonate of soda and fill the shoes with it and leave for 24 hours or longer then shake out powder, gently hoover inside.

Personally I wouldn't have a problem if they had only been lightly worn.

It makes me laugh when people say they wouldn't wear second hand clothes etc yet they will happily sleep in a hotel bed on top of a mattress used by hundreds of others and only separated by a thin sheet and use a pillow that will have been dribbled on which is also covered only with a porous cover!

I buy second-hand footwear all the time because it's the only way I can afford the naice things I covet

Have only bought trainers once, though, as I do seem to have more of a trainers = sweat mental connection. The ones I bought were fine.