Posted: 4/25/2012 9:05:44 PM EDT
| Where is that 50,000 square foot lost and unclaimed freight warehouse located in Atlanta ? |
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I thought it was in Alabama.
ETA: Is this it? Unclaimed Baggage Center It's in Scottsboro Alabama. |
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I thought it was in Alabama. ETA: Is this it? Unclaimed Baggage Center It's in Scottsboro Alabama. That's probably it. The wife and I used to go there when we lived in AL, but the deals were much better 15 years ago...before the media coverage and before they cleaned it up. It used to be a fairly dumpy, run-down main building, with other smaller buildings across the street, but since they were on Oprah they've turned it into an actual department store and the prices went up accordingly. |
| I went there over 10 years ago. Back then, Unclaimed Baggage was the ONLY thing in Scottsboro. No idea how it is now. I'll never bother going back just to rummage through an expensive yard sale. Even back then, I had the feeling that they supplemented their inventory with things that were not left in unclaimed luggage. Some of that stuff- there's no way anyone would fly with thirteen copies of Robocop 3 on VHS. Though I can understand not bothering to claim them if they got lost. |
The 13 copies of Robocop wouldn't suprise me as much as the shoppers digging thru the bin of used underwear.  Who in their right freakin' mind wants to buy someone else's used underwear? That's just nasty.
Let's not forget the custom airbrushed t-shirts with stuff like "Shaniqua & Tyrell Fo-Eva" on them. What are the odds of another Shaniqua (who just happens to have a boyfriend/husband named Tyrell and wears a size XXXL shirt) wandering thru there and finding that shirt? Or, how about the custom footwear for someone with seriously deformed feet and one leg ~4" shorter than the other? Been there, seen it with my own eyes. To the OP: If you want to get the feeling of shopping at Unclaimed Baggage, head down to you local Goodwill store. The atmoshpere, clientele, inventory, and aroma are all pretty similar. |
