Your lost belongings, including that favorite shirt left behind during a flight to California, might be on sale at the Unclaimed1 Baggage store in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Operating for over 50 years, this 4,600-square-meter store houses items leftunclaimed for at least nine days by airlines. The store is shopping destination2rather than a typical lost and found. Founded in 1970 by entrepreneur3 DoyleOwens, the store started when Owens bought unclaimed baggage in Washington DCfor 300 dollars and sold it out on the first day.
While 99.5% of bags are usually reunited with their owners, the remaining items are sold or recycled, with some even ending up in a museum at the store.
你丢失的物品,包括在飞往加利福尼亚的航班上落下的那件最喜欢的衬衫,可能会在阿拉巴马州斯科茨伯勒的无人认领行李店出售。
这家占地4600 平方米的商店经营了50 多年,存放着航空公司至少9 天无人认领的物品。这家商店与其说是一个典型的失物招领处,不如说是一个购物中心。这家商店由企业家多伊尔·欧文斯于1970 年创立,最初欧文斯在华盛顿特区以300 美元的价格购买了无人认领的行李,并在第一天就将其销售一空。
99.5%的行李通常会与主人团聚,而剩余的物品会被出售或回收,有些甚至会被送到该商店的博物馆。