A retail store in Scottsboro, Alabama, is giving a second wind to lost luggage by reselling items left by vacationers.
Unclaimed Baggage is a 50,000-square-foot retail area attracting greater than 1 million individuals annually. It has welcomed guests from over 40 international locations. (See the video on the prime of this text.)
“People are so naturally curious to see what we do, to get that thrill of the hunt, we’ve become a bucket list destination for a lot of people,” Sonni Hood, Unclaimed Baggage senior supervisor of PR and communications, instructed Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview.
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Unclaimed baggage is the nation’s solely retailer of lost luggage. It holds “exclusive partnerships” with main airways, Hood stated.
“A bag must be lost for a minimum of 90 days before it’s officially deemed as unclaimed … But if after those 90 days it’s still unclaimed, then a claims process occurs. Travelers will be compensated for their lost items and then those bags are deemed to salvage. So, unclaimed baggage steps in as a salvage partner to the airlines.”
Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama, has develop into a vacationer sizzling spot with guests curious to see what luggage vacationers go away behind. (Unclaimed Baggage )
Unclaimed Baggage has a truck driver who makes weekly stops at companions, bringing items to the warehouse the place a group goes by way of the luggage to find out whether or not to promote the items, donate or recycle them.
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Items usually are priced at 80% off the steered retail worth.
“We definitely want to offer our guests not just a treasure hunt but a bargain hunt as well,” stated Hood.
Unclaimed Baggage as soon as discovered a reside rattlesnake in somebody’s lost luggage. (Unclaimed Baggage)
Hood stated imaginations can run wild with the distinctive and odd items they’ve come throughout.
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“The most surprising factor was a reside rattlesnake,” stated Hood.
“He was in the outside pocket of a duffle bag, and we think he probably found his way in there while the suitcase or the duffle bag was being stored or maybe via transit.”
The store has a museum exhibit that shows about 100 of the distinctive items Unclaimed Baggage has come throughout. (Unclaimed Baggage; iStock)
At the store, there’s a museum exhibit that shows about 100 of the distinctive items Unclaimed Baggage has come throughout.
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The store’s highest-ticket merchandise was a males’s platinum presidential Rolex watch that retailed for $64,000 and offered for $32,000.
Unclaimed Baggage’s highest-ticket merchandise was a males’s platinum presidential Rolex watch that retailed for $64,000 and offered for $32,000. (Unclaimed Baggage)
Unclaimed Baggage is open Monday by way of Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is closed on Sundays.
Quick tips about how to not lose monitor of your luggage
- Include correct identification with a sturdy tag.
- Include identification contained in the luggage in addition to outdoors.
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- Remove all earlier barcode stickers to keep away from confusion for luggage handlers.
- Make your suitcase stand out to keep away from having one other traveler mistakenly take away it from a baggage carousel.
