Have you heard of the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama? This very interesting store located not far from my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee buys unclaimed or lost luggage from major airlines and then sorts and sells whatever they find. Much of the store is what you’d expect: clothes, books, i-pods, cameras, and things that people normally travel with, but there are also a few surprises.
Just after Christmas I found an Alexander Wang Rocco bag at Unclaimed Baggage. This “It bag” of the last few years was new with tags. If you’re familiar with the Rocco, you know that the bottom is covered in metal studs so the empty purse weighs about 10 pounds. The Gray Velvet Rocco in question retailed for $925 and Unclaimed Baggage was selling it for $425. I thought about buying it to sell but decided it’s too hard to authenticate bags on Ebay. So I thought about buying it to keep, but was afraid I would just be buying it because it was a deal, not because I particularly loved it and would probably never carry it because of the weight. It was hard to let a deal like that pass me by. What would you have done?
If you’re interested you can contact Unclaimed Baggage to see if the Alexander Wang Rocco is still available. And if you’re ever in the Fort Payne or Chattanooga areas, it’s definitely worth the trip because you never know what you’ll find. I’d also like to offer my condolences to the poor person who bought this bag and never got it home.
