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Aright, what happens to unclaimed baggage? Where does it go? What do they do with it?

What Happens to Unclaimed Luggage

Well, in Canada every airlines takes responsibility for their own unclaimed bags.

Some of these lost bags sit at airports for months waiting to be claimed, before their contents are finally sold, donated or dumped. What happens to travellers' new cameras and dirty underwear depends on which airline carried the suitcase, and where in the world the plane landed.

Bags abandoned at Heathrow Airport are auctioned off at Greasby's in southern London. In the United States, thousands of unclaimed suitcases are unpacked each year and their contents sold at the 40,000-square-foot Unclaimed Baggage Centre in Scottsboro, Ala.

Unclaimed Baggage Centerin Scottsboro Alabama (apparently) has long term contracts with the airlines and getss dibs on all the best stuff.

Has anyone ever bought anything from unclaimed baggage from Greasby's in London? Or from anywhere?