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Luggage from T5 opening fiasco now being auctioned off
The People (UK)
6 July 2008 T5OLD.. TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER How Heathrow's lost luggage ends up under hammer.. in Tooting! By Daniel Jones Thousands of bags lost during the shambolic opening of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 are being flogged off - for as little as A FIVER. The unclaimed luggage - still stuffed with holiday clothes - is going under the hammer at an auction house in Tooting, south London. More than 28,000 cases went missing on the day the £4billion T5 complex opened in March. The chaos continued for weeks and victims included supermodel Naomi Campbell, 38, who landed in court when she blew her top over the fiasco. Designer bags and their contents which haven't been claimed after 21 days are now being sold to the highest bidder at Tooting auctioneer Greasbys. Last week a case made by fashion giant Louis Vuitton - which charges £1,000 for some luggage - fetched just £45. Cameras and toiletries packed in bags are sold separately while personal items such as family photos are destroyed. One buyer said: "You can pick things up for £5 - but the better bags go for more because there's more chance of nicer clothes in the good ones." http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_head...name_page.html http://tinyurl.com/56k8qy |
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