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In 1971, Doyle Owens was an insurance salesman in northeastern Alabama. Like many of us, Doyle dreams of starting his own business. One day, an idea hit him. With a $300 loan and an old Chevrolet pickup truck, Doyle traveled from Alabama to Washington, DC, and purchased a truck of unclaimed luggage from Trailways Bus Company. He took the luggage home and sold the contents at a card table in his house.
This is a persistent idea. The business quickly expanded to purchase luggage from all major airlines and transportation companies, which have been abandoned by their owners. Today, 50 years later, Scottsboro, Alabama Of unclaimed luggage stores are larger than ever, covering entire city blocks and storing hundreds of thousands of items.
It takes up to 3 months for airlines and transportation companies to find the owner of the luggage. The results showed that only 0.03% of lost luggage and packages were unclaimed. That small part ended up in Scottsboro.
Shopping in Unclaimed Baggage is really an interesting treasure of adventure and should be on everyone's list, especially during the Christmas holidays, when you can get incredible discounts on almost anything imaginable. Every day, new things are brought to the exhibition hall-clothes, electronics, books, exquisite jewelry. You give it a name, and chances are you will find it there. The fun lies in searching the aisles and shelves to find the perfect gift for you or someone you know.
I haven't visited Unclaimed Baggage for a long time, and I have some Christmas shopping to do, so I refilled my old car and headed to Scottsboro. These are the eight perfect gifts I found for the people on the list. There are so many things worth mentioning here, but it can give you an idea of what you can find in unclaimed luggage. Take a tour and let your imagination run wild.
Before I announce the list, you will definitely ask yourself a question.
Many of the items sold by Unclaimed Baggage are second-hand in nature. Everyone asks: "How is it shipped to the showroom, especially the clothes?" Well, the product goes through three steps.
These items are first divided into three categories-resale, reuse and recycling. Some items are badly damaged or have some defects that make them no longer usable. These items are recycled as much as possible.
Items that can be resold are washed thoroughly: clothes are washed in the largest dry cleaners in the state, and any personal data on electronic devices is wiped and cleaned up. All products go through strict quality assurance procedures, so you can ensure that all the products you buy are in good, clean, and usable condition, and if the products are new, as new, lightly used, or show signs of wear, It must be labeled.
For every item sold in the store, one item is donated to charitable organizations to help others.
Even if there are second-hand goods for sale, there are many other brand new, unopened items waiting for you to snap up.
So, what do I find that can be the perfect gift for the people on my list?
Everyone in my family is a huge reader (hope my book), so the perfect gift for them is Kindle Paperwhite 4. With 8 GB of storage space and a soft sage color, this little gem will make them read deeply the novels of Ernest Hemingway, Nora Roberts or John Grisham for some time.
This Kindle usually sells for $130, but in Unclaimed Baggage, you can buy it for $49.99.
In this era, everything about us depends on our computers and smartphones-listening to music, audio books, and participating in conference calls. My family is no exception. You will always see them wearing bulky headphones or earplugs with wires hanging down, which makes this Airpods 2nd Generation the perfect gift-no wires, simple one-click setup, and a wireless charging box .
These gems are usually priced at US$159.95, but I found them in Unclaimed Baggage, which comes with a wireless charging case for only US$69.99.
Alabama is not known for its ski lodges and resorts, but unclaimed luggage is known nationwide for its annual ski sale. Now celebrating its 40th season, the promotion offers some of the best ski equipment at incredible prices, making this event a skier’s dream.
The event is very popular and has become a real celebration with DJs, food trucks, outdoor games and more. People even camped in the parking lot the night before to make sure they were the first to get all the bargains.
The ski sale will be held on the first weekend of November, but if you can’t catch up, there is a full department in the store, full of ski boots, poles, snowboards, snowboards, helmets and more.
Whether you have children or grandchildren, it is difficult to find gifts for them without going bankrupt. Unclaimed Baggage has many games that kids of all ages will love, and all the games I found are brand new and unopened.
Wandering the aisles of their holiday gift shop, I found Circuit Explorer Rover, an fascinating educational toy. Children learn electronic circuits by building electric cars powered by solar energy. The price of $10.59 is exciting. Compared with regular store prices, you can save more than 50%.
For young children, there are the talking Thomas and Percy trains. When they cross tunnels, bridges, etc. on the tracks around Dodo, the characters in the children's TV show become lifelike.
I can't help but pick up the classics, guess who? My daughter's game. This brings us a touch of nostalgia, because we used to like to play this game when she was very young. You can buy it at any store for $10, but in Scottsboro, it's only $4.29.
Know someone who likes to build or a handyman? They will be the first to tell you that you need the right tools to get the job done correctly. To help their project stay straight and level, Bosch provided a GPL 5 5-point laser alignment tool.
This convenient gadget turns two people's work into one person's work, because it can keep things in any direction on a level. It is self-leveling, allowing them to be vertical, leveling and aligning whatever they are dealing with, and the multi-position installation allows the device to be installed in almost any position.
At Unclaimed Baggage, this $200 luggage is only $129.99.
We can't forget fido, now, can we? Whether you are doing a day hike in the mountains, or simply walking through a local park in the afternoon, the pet multifunctional water bottle allows you to easily bring drinks and food for your pet.
The bottle has two sealed parts, one for water and the other for dry food. At the top is a shallow bowl, which you can use to feed or water your pet. It even has a compartment to store garbage bags so that they can be cleaned up during walking.
I can't tell you the number of collectibles I encountered at the unclaimed luggage store. They cover everything from classic posters and artwork to Disneyland and Elvis.
For Disney followers, there is a new Minnie and Daisy Duck lunch box with a puzzle in it. For Elvis fans, how about Merry Kissmas Baby's collection of train decorations, or Royal Bobble's Elvis head doll?
After a long day of shopping, there is nothing better than taking your treasures home and making a cup of tea or spiced cider. Before leaving the Unclaimed Baggage, pick up your favorite Piper Leaf and Tea blend of spices and tea.
Piper Leaf and Tea is from Lacey Springs, Alabama. Its artisans blend incredible flavors from all over the world and local to produce fresh and bright seasonal flavors. The best thing in autumn is pumpkin moonshine, where the warmth of ginger and cinnamon blends with the flavor of roasted sweet Georgian squash and the subtle flavor of fennel. In the cool autumn day, it will surely warm your soul.
Alabama offers more than just shopping:
The writer and freelance writer Joe Cuhaj is from New Jersey but moved to Alabama 40 years ago. He became one of those Yankees who fell in love with the rich biodiversity and landscape of the southern state and never returned home. Combining his love of hiking and writing, Joe has written eight outdoor recreation guides, including hiking Alabama, paddling Alabama and his latest Alabama hiking waterfall. He also wrote the state's camping guide-the best tent camping site in Alabama.
His love of history gave him the opportunity to write two history books about the port city of Mobile in Alabama for the History Press-Mobile Baseball and Mobile’s Hidden History, and a series of fascinating stories about the space race. A well-known story called "Space Wonders: Forgotten Stories" human exploration of space. Joe has produced many humorous short story podcasts, namely short films of Joe Cohaj, which can be listened to on his website Joe-Cuhaj.com.
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