Adidas kids coats: price by condition
| Condition | Typical |
|---|---|
| New with Tags | £38 (~$51) |
| Like New | £32 (~$43) |
| Good | £25 (~$33) |
| Fair | £17 (~$23) |
| For Parts | £10 (~$13) |
Seller-declared grades, sterling with an approximate US dollar equivalent at £1 ≈ $1.33 (July 2026). What each grade means.
What holds its value across Adidas
- Samba, Gazelle, Campus, Superstar and Stan Smith, the terrace silhouettes, which carry the whole sneaker market for this brand
- Made in West Germany and other vintage production, which dates a pair to before 1990 and puts it in a collectors’ market
- Collaboration releases, which carry a second name on the tongue or heel and sell for multiples of the mainline version
- Original-era tracksuits and Firebird tops with the trefoil logo, which are bought as period sportswear rather than as gym kit
What pulls Adidas resale value down
- Crumbling or yellowed midsoles, since polyurethane hydrolyses with age and ends a stored pair regardless of how little it was worn
- Performance running and training lines, which were built for volume and have essentially no resale floor
- Missing boxes and original laces on anything collectors buy, which routinely costs a third of the price
- Peeling or cracked three-stripe overlays, particularly on the synthetic uppers, which cannot be repaired
Identifying and dating yours
- The trefoil logo marks Originals and the three-bar performance logo marks everything else — the difference in resale between them is large
- The tongue or sock liner label carries an article number and a production date; photograph it, because buyers use both to place the pair
- Vintage pairs state the country of manufacture on the tongue label, and Made in West Germany is worth putting in the title
What lifts any kids coat, whatever the label
Children’s coats are outgrown in a season, so most are structurally fine and the zip is the usual failure.
- Recognised outdoor and kidswear brands
- Working zips and intact cuffs
- Waterproof coats with functioning coatings
- Bundles by size and season
And what pulls one down
- Broken zips, the most common fault
- Cuff fraying and stained sleeves
- Delaminated waterproof coatings
- Listing winter coats in spring
Working out what yours is worth
- Run the zip fully several times
- Check the cuffs and collar in daylight
- State the age and chest measurement
What to state in the listing
- Brand, age or size label, plus chest and length measured flat
- Whether it is waterproof, showerproof or neither, and whether it is lined
- Zip, popper and hood condition
- Any stain, tear or repair, stated plainly
Brand, type, size and season: “Regatta Waterproof Kids Coat, Age 5-6, Fleece Lined”. Brand matters more than people expect on outdoor kit, and words like waterproof, padded and fleece lined are all real searches for parents shopping by weather rather than by style.
Preparing and photographing it
- Wash or wipe it down according to the label, and reproof anything waterproof if it has stopped beading.
- Test every zip and popper, and check the cuffs and hood for wear.
- Measure chest and length flat, because age labels vary enormously between brands.
- The coat flat or on a hanger, front, whole
- The back and the hood
- The zip fully closed and the cuffs
- The label showing brand and size, plus any stain, tear or worn patch
When it sells best, and handing it over
Strongly seasonal. Winter coats sell from September to December and waterproofs in spring and autumn. A padded winter coat listed in May will sit, so hold it until autumn.
Light and compressible, so postage is cheap. Vacuum bags reduce the parcel size on padded coats and cut the volumetric cost significantly.
What buyers ask
Which Adidas trainers hold their value?
The Originals terrace silhouettes — Samba, Gazelle, Campus, Superstar, Stan Smith — and any collaboration. The Performance running lines have almost no secondhand market at all.
Why do old Adidas trainers crumble?
Polyurethane midsoles hydrolyse with age whether or not the shoe was worn, and once the foam has started to crumble the pair cannot be saved. Check and photograph the midsole before listing a stored pair as unworn.
How much is an Adidas kids coat worth?
Roughly £9 to £38 depending on condition, against £8 to £35 for kids coats generally. The identification points above are what move a listing to the top of that range.
What the fees would take elsewhere
At the mid-range £23 for an Adidas kids coat, against what the commission marketplaces would deduct:
| Platform | Fee | You keep |
|---|---|---|
| Poshmark | −£5 | £18 |
| eBay | −£3 | £20 |
| Mercari | −£2 | £21 |
| Etsy | −£1 | £22 |
| WishThrift | −£0 | £23 |
Seller-side rates verified 26 Jul 2026, percentages only — the per-order and processing charges those platforms add are excluded, so the real gap is wider.
Listing is free and there is no commission — read how to sell a kids coat for the title, handover and timing, or the general kids coat value guide if yours is not an Adidas.
See also: all Adidas value guides · value guides by brand · buying a kids coat · Kids’ Clothing · condition grades.