Make Money from Home luggage lost at the airport

For visitors to the Center of unclaimed luggage at Alalbama States (U.S.), the shopping journey sometimes is like treasure hunt.

Every stand derelict

One of the favorite spots of Brenda Cantrell while working at the Center for Unclaimed Baggage (Unclaimed Baggage Center - UBC) in the town of Scottsboro (Alabama, USA) is the unique items found in and Storage forgotten or never had the opportunity to go back to home. For example, a dry skull.

Brenda said: "It is inside a frayed old suitcases, besides dozens of Egyptian crafts and a mummified falcon. How to sell a dry skull? It is not something normal goods so that you can attach to the price tag. "

One time, Brenda also found a live rattlesnake, is extremely soft and extremely angry bait. She said: "I do not know the snake crawled into the suitcases somehow. Well we never know whether they do so intentionally or not this is a problem in the transport process. like the case of wedding dresses that sometimes we find. could only surmise something about the hidden stories behind the items lost in the airport.

Questions such as: "Does the dress was on its way to a happy bride, or have completed the task and returned from a happy marriage?" never correct answer. "

Center unclaimed luggage in the state of Alabama (USA)

The bargain at UBC

At UBC, the trade takes place smoothly. As reported on luggage U.S. airline industry recently, 25 million were lost luggage in 2011, equivalent to 70 684 bags / luggage every day. If they are not rightful owner to confirm the following 90 days, UBC would purchase cost based on weight.

Brenda Cantrell revealed: "Until you open the suitcase, you can not know what that is. Regarded as a big gamble." Sometimes, UBC staff found clothing, or electronic books - the best items for resale. Many times they find some valuables of any such collector prints signed by Salvador Dali. And of course, sometimes, they have to be prepared to deal with ... Snakebite!

Brenda Cantrell, 35, has worked at the Center for UBC unclaimed baggage from the past 14 years. Initially, only Brenda porters but now, she has been promoted to the "brand ambassador" of UBC. Born and raised in Scottsboro - where UBC is located in the wider area of ​​3.726m2 - when you were a student, Brenda often buy clothes here.

"It has become a part of who I am. As my second family," she said.

Customers shopping at UBC from 50 U.S. states and 40 different countries. Many of them regularly to UBC on a regular schedule every year.

Brenda said: "Customers come here have expressed a lot of emotion. For them, shopping at UBC is not merely a bargain bargains (though actually things are sold at reduced prices 50 -80% of the retail price in the market). Owning an item in lost luggage center indeed bring your feelings is not the same as shopping anywhere. "

Place Shopping Center unclaimed luggage in the U.S.

At the center, each day adding new widgets 5000-7000, most of which were sold in just 1 month.

"That's what makes this job so great become," Brenda says. "Every day may appear a rare gem hidden in a suitcase that. You can find a digital camera for just over half the price of buying a diamond or outside $ 2,000 diamond that was sold here only for $ 20 ".

There are many interesting situation occurred. Brenda told, you have a visitor to her UBC buy a Barbie doll for his daughter. Then, the visitor discovers her inner Barbie body is a cash approximately $ 500.

"There's a lady to buy oil painting for only 60 USD. She probably checked before and I guess painting is painted by an artist of genius. Actual value of it falls between $ 20,000 ".

Of course, not all the items found in the luggage of passengers missing aircraft are for sale immediately. Once, UBC staff opened the box and found a small collection of armor from the 15th century. It immediately became the point of interest in the exhibition of UBC - which showcases a 18th century violin guitar, a camera of NASA and is more popular than Hoggle - janitor character dwarves elves half of the movie "Labyrinth" by David Bowie in 1986.

And there are other quirk adorable took place at UBC. Brenda Cantrell recalls a man to work in Central Alabama has had and bought a pair of ski boots as gifts his wife. Once home, the man understood why the boots fit perfectly his wife so much.

"That's the boots that she has lost a few months before the holiday. Airline when it was compensated for her boots and finally reunited with the owner when it was acquired for just 45 USD ".

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