The Back To The Future Nike Air Mag shoes are now on eBay and already promising serious money for charity -- but they're only on sale to American bidders. Short of jumping in your DeLorean and blasting through time and space to the other side of the Atlantic, is there any way of getting hold of Marty McFly's trainers?
The sneakers are only available to US Back to the Future fans "because of individual country regulations governing the manufacture, distribution and/or sale of products containing batteries and other electronic components," eBay says. They light up, which apparently is going to be big in 2015. Sadly the shoes don't also lace themselves like in the film.
There are a number of services that furnish you with a US address to order stuff from the States, including BundleBox, SkyBox, MyUS and Shipito. Results may vary, so try these services at your own risk -- have you used these services to get your Stateside swag? Let us know in the comments section below.
The Nike Air Mag shoes are available in sizes 7-13 -- that's US sizes, so if you're a British bidder and you want to actually wear yours then knock a size off for your plates. Bids are currently around $5,000, but hey, postage and packing is free.
The proceeds of the auction will go to the Michael J Fox Foundation, a charity started by the Back to the Future and Teen Wolf star to fight Parkinson's disease. The Canadian actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991.
Google founder Sergei Brin and his wife Anne Wojcicki, biologist and founder of genetics company 23andMe, have agreed to match the money raised from auctions, with a possible $50m going to the Parkinsons charity -- so don't hold back with the bids, folks.
A total of 1,500 pairs will be auctioned, in batches of 150 per day until 18 September. Don't worry if you can't get hold of a pair, because you can always get yourself a pair of CNET UK, Facebook or Angry Birds shoes.
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anonymous 9 September, 2011 13:41
I have used MyUS.com! They are wonderful in my experience. Low shipping rates when consolidating several packages into one shipment. I guess there is a reason that they are the largest and most respected Us internationla package forwarder!
Rich Trenholm 9 September, 2011 14:45
Thanks, MyUS.com employee!
anonymous 9 September, 2011 15:23
Look pretty much like the kids flashing trainers you have been able to buy for years....
... except without the hefty price-tag.
I can't see the restricted launch via eBay only in the US being anything other than a cynical ploy to keep prices high, for the people willing to be fleeced for this sort of tat.
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Nice info on the US onward shippers, though if more retailers played the game and allowed direct payment of VQAT and international shipping, you would avoid getting your package 'felt up' by the Royal Mail and stiffed with unjustifiable handling charges on international packages.
Rich Trenholm 9 September, 2011 15:39
"Tat"? "Tat"? How dare you sir! We demand you go and watch all three Back to the Futures, in order, at once. At once!
anonymous 9 September, 2011 17:26
"fleeced for this sort of tat"
- proceeds go to charity. questionable comment.
anonymous 9 September, 2011 18:09
"proceeds go to charity. questionable comment."
If you are that fussed about MJF's Parkinson;s charity, could I suggest you make a $5,000 dollar donation, rather than buying some over-priced tat - they have 1,500 of them going.
If it was a working hoverboard, that would be another matter ;-)
anonymous 14 September, 2011 20:17
I will never use Myus again, they have a horrible customer service and their memberships and shipping fees are the most expensive when it comes to forwarding packages from the US. They will close your account for no reason and steal all your packages<br />
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They were getting a lot of bad reviews under their old name AccessUSA so they changed it recently to Myus but that's not helping... They are still the same SCAMERS:<br />
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http://fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45215<br />
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http://www.ripoffreport.com/shipping-handling/access-usa-myus-com/access-usa-myus-com-ripoff-fra-76f74.htm<br />
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http://www.ripoffreport.com/shipping-handling/access-usa-myus-com/access-usa-myus-com-eric-bai-6cfa9.htm
anonymous 14 September, 2011 20:18
I will never use Myus again, they have a horrible customer service and their memberships and shipping fees are the most expensive when it comes to forwarding packages from the US. They will close your account for no reason and steal all your packages
They were getting a lot of bad reviews under their old name AccessUSA so they changed it recently to Myus but that's not helping... They are still the same SCAMERS:
fraudwatchers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45215
ripoffreport.com/shipping-handling/access-usa-myus-com/access-usa-myus-com-ripoff-fra-76f74.htm
ripoffreport.com/shipping-handling/access-usa-myus-com/access-usa-myus-com-eric-bai-6cfa9.htm