Used skate shoes in Edinburgh typically sell for £15 to £55 (about $20 to $74). Skate shoes are built to be destroyed, so genuinely lightly worn pairs are scarcer than they look.
Selling skate shoes in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What skate shoes are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised skate brands with a following
- Vulcanised soles with tread remaining
What pulls it down
- Wear-through at the ollie patch
- Separated vulcanised soles
Working out what yours is worth
- Check the ollie patch area on the outer side
- Photograph the soles and both outer sides
Getting it ready
- Look at the sole for the cupsole or vulcanised construction and check for separation at the toe.
- Wash the laces and clean the suede with a brush rather than water, which stains it permanently.
Photograph
- The pair side on, showing both the outer and the shape
- Both soles, showing tread and any separation
Put in the description
- Size as marked, with UK, EU and US equivalents
- Construction — vulcanised or cupsole — and the upper material
Post in the original box if you have it, otherwise in a rigid box rather than a bag. Buyers of collectable models care about how the shoes arrive almost as much as what arrives.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell skate shoes in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Is the ollie patch worn through?
Photograph the outer toe. Skaters are buying remaining life and a hole there means weeks, not months, so it must be visible.
How much are skate shoes worth in Edinburgh?
Most used skate shoes change hands for £15 to £55 (about $20 to $74). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling skate shoes across the United Kingdom, what skate shoes are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Shoes & Footwear in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.