Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro: Inside the Store
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- What happens to a bag left unclaimed at an airport? Eventually, if never reunited with its owner, it ends up at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. It's the only store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry, according to Brenda Cantrell, the center's brand ambassador. Bloomberg's Matt Miller went to see what he could find.
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The Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama has a little bit of everything, and at a discount price. Unclaimed Baggage is the only store of its kind in the US and is a tourist destination for customers all over the world. Have you been to Unclaimed Baggage?
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Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The world's unclaimed baggage ends up at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. With the help of Brenda Cantrell, the center's brand ambassador, Bloomberg's Matt Miller went hunting for good buys.
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Unclaimed Baggage Scottsboro | Places to Visit in Alabama
Have you ever lost your luggage on a flight? Did you ever wonder where it went? Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsboro, Alabama is a the place to go when searching for a bargain! If an airline cannot find the owner to the unclaimed luggage after 3 months, then this is the place it goes! Some of it is donated, but what is sellable is put on the floor for you to buy...6000-8000 items a day!!! There are clothes, electronics, you name it! Everyone should stop here!
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Lost US Airline Bags Find New Homes in Alabama
Losing your luggage at the airport can be a hassle. Most U.S. flyers get them back eventually. But what happens to the bags that are never reclaimed? Some of them, and all the contents inside, end up at a store in the southern U.S. state of Alabama. In this story narrated by Adrianna Zhang. she and Enming Liu report that bargain hunters scoop these items up for rock-bottom prices.
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Simon Porter Arrested In Scottsboro, Alabama For Raping His Own Child
-Simon Dean Porter, 33, is wanted for aggravated rape of a child. The incident happened on Nov. 10.
-Simon Porter is now in custody. He was located and arrested by authorities in Scottsboro, Alabama.
-Fabian was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office on November 21 and charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a victim ages 12 to 16 after a lengthy investigation.
-He is already facing similar charges in connection to the alleged rape of another teen girl, police say.
-Fabian could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on both of the lewd and lascivious behavior charges.
-He has pleaded not guilty in the first case and is being represented by a public defender.
-According to the arrest report in the June 4 case, Fabian was born in Peru and is not a U.S. citizen. He could be deported if convicted of the charges.
-Fabian is being held without bail at the Pasco County Jail in Land O’Lakes. His bail in the previous case was revoked after his arrest in the most recent one.
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What is LOST LUGGAGE? What does LOST LUGGAGE mean? LOST LUGGAGE meaning & explanation
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Lost luggage is luggage conveyed by a public carrier such as an airline, seafaring cruise ship, shipping company, or railway which fails to arrive at the correct destination with the passenger. In the United States, an average of 1 in 150 people have their checked baggage misdirected or left behind each year.
Luggage is more likely to be lost or misdirected if the journey has several legs, as each transfer between different vehicles increases the chance that bags will be mishandled. There are many causes of lost luggage. If a passenger arrives late for a flight, there may not be time for their luggage to be loaded onto the plane. If tags are accidentally torn off, the airport may not know where to send the luggage. Human error is also common: tags may be misread or luggage may be sent to the wrong place. Occasionally, a plane may lack sufficient space or have reached its maximum takeoff weight. Security delays can also cause bags to arrive on a later flight than their owner. Luggage is taken through customs after its owner claims it.
Most lost luggage is quickly sent by the airline to the correct destination. Airlines will often reimburse passengers for toiletries, clothing, and other essentials if the arrival airport is away from the passenger's home area. In most cases, when delayed luggage arrives, a courier service will deliver it to the passenger's home or hotel. The airline usually pays for this.
In case of lost luggage, travelers are advised to carry all essentials in a carry-on bag, including a change of clothes and anything they would be greatly troubled to lose because of its monetary or emotional value (this excludes security restricted items, that can not be carried inside the passenger cabin). Occasionally luggage is completely lost and cannot be recovered. The airline will then normally compensate the owner. The passenger must then list the contents of their baggage and file a claim.
Bags can also be damaged during travel, but most damage (such as broken wheels and handles) is not covered under the airlines' contract of carriage. Some airlines, however, will still repair such damage as a good faith gesture, or offer a discount voucher for a future flight. In general airlines regard the purpose of luggage to be the protection of its contents during transit. If the luggage is damaged, even severely, but the contents are unharmed, then airlines regard the luggage as having fulfilled its purpose and will not compensate owners.
Compensation for lost luggage is governed by the Montreal Convention and its predecessor the Warsaw Convention. Per the Montreal Convention, the maximum liability of an airline per lost checked item is 1131 special drawing rights (SDR), while under the Warsaw Convention the maximum liability is 17 SDR per kilogram.
Most airlines maintain stores where they sell the contents of lost or abandoned luggage. If a baggage is never recovered, it is usually because it has been mistaken by another passenger as his or her own baggage. Alternatively it could have been stolen either by another passenger or an airport employee (perhaps with an accomplice).
In 2004, a baggage handler at Baltimore-Washington International Airport was arrested for the theft of mail sent by airplane, including credit cards.
The majority of unclaimed baggage in the United States, whether by being lost or misdirected, or simply forgotten by travelers, is handled by the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama, which has contracts with most major airlines. Eventually, the luggage sent to UBC is resold for a profit.
The U.S. Department of Transportation maintains air travel consumer reports, which include statistics on mishandled baggage. For the first quarter of 2017, Virgin America was ranked first for reports of lost luggage with 1.45 reports per 1,000 passengers.
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What Happens to Lost Luggage
Most people who fly on passenger planes in the United States do not lose their bags -- called “luggage” or “baggage.” Even if the luggage is lost, usually it only is delayed. Most “lost” luggage is found in a few days. Airlines search for the owners of unclaimed bags for up to three months. But when the owners cannot be found or the bags are not claimed, they are sold to a store in the small city of Scottsboro, in the southern state of Alabama. People who shop there often find good products for low prices.
About one-half of one percent of all luggage passing through U.S. airports is unclaimed. Many of the missing bags, and what is in them, are sold at the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Seven thousand items arrive at the store every day.
VOA spoke to Tom Barnes as he was shopping at the store.
“I can go into any of the large shopping centers, like, like the international malls and that. I can walk through there for an hour and come out with three items. I come in to this store, I come out with my car full of stuff.”
Brenda Cantrell works at the store.
“Well, (the) Unclaimed Baggage Center is the only store in America that buys and resells unclaimed baggage from the airline industry. So you would be surprised at jackets and eyeglasses, neck pillows, blankets, but (also) laptops and Kindles, and iPads and, you know, all kinds of expensive electronics.”
Other items sold by the store include diamond rings, wedding dresses, musical instruments and old typewriters. The store says it once sold a container for flowers for $80 that was found to be worth $18,000. And it says a painting it sold for $25 was later found to be worth $25,000.
The store buys the luggage from the airlines. It does not examine the things inside before buying them. Only about half of the items in the bags are suitable for sale at the store.
The store receives mostly clothing which is cleaned before being sold.
One young lady found some clothing to buy.
“(I’m) buying a black jacket. A ski jacket. (An) Express jacket. North Face fleece. And another black jacket.”
The Unclaimed Baggage Center is a huge store. And it has become one of the top places for travelers to visit in Alabama. More than a million people visit the store from around the world every year.
Elvira Southard has come from Colombia.
“What do you think about this one? Look good?”
Some people say it is not fair to the owners of the lost luggage to sell their goods. Customer Daniel Martin is not one of them.
“I feel like the airport may try to find the, the people that lose the things. So I guess if, if, if they’ve tried and they can’t get a hold of them, I guess it’s better than, like, throwing it away, or just letting it rot in a warehouse somewhere.”
Kayla Wilborn works at the store.
“All right. So this is our unclaimed baggage experience.”
Ms. Wilborn says the store chooses a customer every day to examine a bag and decide what happens to items in it.
“We have a shirt. And we check for condition to see what kind of brand do we have, to see if there’s any rips or holes or stains.”
Since the store opened in the early 1970s, people have come to look for low priced goods and unexpected finds.
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Cameras, cell phone, iPods, computer, shoes, handbag, baby stroller and jewelry--that`s what you`ll find at the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama. This cabinets warehouse is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the state.
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