Newsstand - With 'surrendered' items piling up, your loss may be an EBay shopper's gain.

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-et-kennedy22may22,1,34818.story?coll=la-home-style

Melendez said the word "confiscated" is not one the agency likes to hear; "surrendered" is the preferred term for something that's taken away. He said a traveler has the option of trying to somehow get it into checked baggage or giving it to a friend or relative for safekeeping. But the practicality of that logic is demonstrated by the millions of items that have been left behind.

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In a handshake deal, the Transportation Safety Administration agreed to give all confiscated items to Boulder City, with Plott doing the work of separating and photographing them for a cut of the sales action.

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"It's amazing the quality of stuff that comes through," Plott said. "I've got hand drills, circular-saw blades, golf clubs and pool cues. The volume is just outrageous."

He said he'd come across a number of personalized items as well as things that defied logic.

"I've got a plastic sword that couldn't beat a fly to death," he said. "We've got some stuff that couldn't hurt anybody."

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War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Confiscated is Surrendered

And "handshake deals" are A-OK with the TSA!

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"Melendez said the word "confiscated" is not one the agency likes to hear; "surrendered" is the preferred term for something that's taken away."

What a filthy liar. "Stolen" is the correct term for this theft of non-credible items. :mad:

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Don't Have a Siesure!
(reposted from the acronym thread.)