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.

Nike Elite zipper thefts are a trend popular with teens in which kids steal detachable accessories from backpacks in stores. Generation Alpha began to show off their collections on TikTok in September, noting that they’re also stealing stashes from other kids at school.

People are going viral for either showing their collection of removable zippers or mourning their now-zipperless backpacks. Teenagers have found a new way to amuse themselves: Stealing people’s backpack zippers.

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