Melbourne real estate agent loses bid for $30,000 refund for sneakers sold by schoolboy

A pair of Dior X Nike Air Jordan 1 High OG 2020 sneakers. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal heard that a man paid $4,800, $6,700 and $10,000 to a 17-year-old who said he could provide three pairs of similar shoes. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

A Melbourne real estate agent who spent almost $30,000 on sneakers he suspects are counterfeit is not entitled to a refund because he knowingly bought them off a 17-year-old student.

The man took the student and his father to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Vcat) after he came to suspect that the Dior X Air Jordan’s he bought in 2020 were high-end counterfeits.