"Imagine this: An airline loses your checked bag. After an extensive search, customer support comes up empty-handed. They compensate you and life goes on."
It seems bizarre to call this stolen goods when the airline has tried to resolve this for 90 days AND compensated you for your loss
Some bags had valuable artifacts, a camera used by NASA, etc. I’m sure the airlines didn’t compensate for this sort of items.
Regardless, the company selling this is not at fault for selling “stolen” items. They believe the airline has done its due diligence in trying to find the owner and are now reducing waste by giving the items a 2nd home.
> But historically, the store has maintained it has a business to run.
"I see this iPad or this laptop has your info, and I could contact you but hey... Tough luck"
Airlines know EXACTLY who was on every plane. It isn't unknowable how a particular bag wound up somewhere.
It's not that it's impossible. It's that the hoops required were always more than the compensation.
It's theft.