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| buyers (take) advantage |
| 03.21.06 (12:51 pm) [edit] |
I found the Unclaimed Baggage Store through an article in today's Trib about the 30 million pieces of lost luggage last year. Apparently, the airlines sell off the bulk of lost items to companies who then inventory and sell off usable items. Of course I had to check it out. Just warning you -- the site is reeeeaaaallly slow. Could be heavy traffic from other curious readers, or just a crappy server. My first thought was that this could be a cheap way to get hold of a new electronic item. But then, as I perused the store's somewhat poor selection, all I could think of was the Simpson's episode where Homer got a wig made from a criminal's scalp, and became violent. Wouldn't it be awful karma to buy, say, a toy or a DVD from this company, who profit from others' losses? Imagine -- you're the one whose bag is lost by Bob's Airlines, who then give you some measly pittance to make up for it, which it doesn't. Then, someone gets to come along and snap up your beloved necklace/favorite boots/hard-earned digital camera. It's just wrong. I have no problem buying scratch & dent stuff from Target's clearance shelves (I know from my own retail experience that no stores sell below their own cost), but I can't see getting goods whose loss might have ruined someone else's day. |
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 03.22.06 (11:44 am)
I live relatively close to this 'store' and know several people who have been there. I never really thought about it until I read this post. I always wonder about clothing in consignment shops, i.e. "wonder who owned this shirt before, what do they look like?" But atleast those things are donated not 'taken'.
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