Beagle, if as I suspect, the trainers in question were attached to a one time co-pilot of mine then ten years is a gross under estimate, they were disgusting in 1987.
You are in a taxi in Singapore wearing a brand new shiny copy Rolex. Your Taxi driver thinks its real and offers you multi Singapore dollars' do you
1. Accept the offer and get off at the next corner.
2. Accept the offer and go buy many more and keep booking taxis.
3. Have a slight twinge of conscience but still sell.
4. Act completely out of character, refuse to sell, shamble off in your trainers and then tell everyone what a good boy you have been.