You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in Resale Profit (2014)

Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by patrickbynu on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:04AM (#15161225)

> a large sneaker site based in the UK

You don't call them sneakers in the UK though do you? I thought you called them 'trainers'.

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Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by jaymzcampbell on Sunday September 03, 2017 @01:01PM (#15162496)

Within the office and industry, it was "sneakers" everywhere. [1]. All the guys in the office and anyone seriously collecting or lurking on the forums pretty much always said "sneakers". Anyone who wasn't into the scene though would say trainers.

I'm from Northern Ireland, so until I moved to the "mainland" I actually referred to them as "guddies". [2]

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20131031030318/http://www.crooke...

[2] https://www.inyourpocket.com/belfast/How-till-spake-Norn-Iro...

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Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by sosa2k on Sunday September 03, 2017 @02:00PM (#15162820)

What about "creps"?

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Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by bartread on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:54AM (#15161409)

Not in general parlance, but people know what sneakers are, and certainly those into collecting would probably use the term.

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Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by dboreham on Sunday September 03, 2017 @03:56PM (#15163488)

Gym Shoes. Or if you're my Dad: Plimsolls.

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Re:You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in ... by _asummers on Sunday September 03, 2017 @09:42AM (#15161367)

I've heard "runners" as well.

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