All I can tell you is that our trucks go all over the country picking up these bags. His staff then separates and catalogs the items about 1 million items a year. On any given day, about 6,000 new things are put on sale and the list includes just about anything you can imagine. There are some obvious items. About 60 percent of the store is clothing, but there s also fine jewelry, cameras, golf clubs, skis, electronics a veritable Wal-Mart of merchandise.
Some bags reveal big surprises.
Windsurf boards, kayaks and boogie boards line the walls of the store. Like all the other stuff at the center, they typically sell for about 30 percent of their original retail price. In addition, there are hundreds of new items for sale, still with their original price tags. After all, Owens reports, people will often shop for new clothes and other things before taking a trip. When the airline loses their bags, that s what we find as well new stuff.