Jimu News commentator Wu Shuangjian
Recently, a blogger with nearly one million followers said that he spent 4,280 yuan to buy two blind boxes of suitcases at Changzhou International Airport, both of which were luggage stranded by passengers, and offered nearly 10,000 yuan of luxury goods. As soon as the video was released, it attracted a lot of attention and heated discussions. A relevant staff member of Changzhou International Airport told reporters, "We have reported this rumor-mongering incident to the public security for handling." (According to Elephant News on April 29)
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The blogger has 968,000 followers on a short video platform alone. In the video, he said that the blind box of his suitcase was sold to a flight attendant at Changzhou International Airport, who specializes in handling passengers' stranded suitcases. The influencer also stressed that it is definitely not a script.
The Internet celebrity's statement is suspicious. A lawyer said that for unclaimed luggage, "it is illegal to sell them directly or give them to a third party for sale". Generally speaking, airports have departments that manage unclaimed luggage, and there are corresponding regulations for the disposal of luggage, and flight attendants cannot have the right to dispose of them.
So, why do Internet celebrities swear by it? One may be because there is a script. In order to attract attention, he played the game of directing and acting himself. A netizen's question is reasonable, many of the items in the blind box of the suitcase opened by the blogger are brand new and unopened items. Normally, the items in a passenger's luggage are mostly used items.
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Another possibility, it is not ruled out that the Internet celebrity may also be fooled. According to reports, the reporter searched for "airport luggage blind boxes" on some online platforms and found that sellers selling such blind boxes abound. Many sellers will not only indicate that the blind box may include cosmetics, jewelry, electronic products, etc., but also support airport pick-up, and say that "adding a 20 yuan deposit guarantees that it is a women's box". So, are influencers misled by operators?
If someone is really selling unclaimed suitcases, the parties not only violate the law, but the airport must also be held responsible. If the operator sells his own goods under the guise of unclaimed luggage, it is also suspected of misleading consumers. In other words, these luggage blind boxes should not be sold online, and the relevant platforms should ban them.
Some airports say differently about the disposal of unclaimed luggage. Some airports said that if they are left unclaimed after a certain period of time, they will be owned by the state and will be handed over to the state treasury in accordance with the law. Other airports said they would destroy them. Some airports said that they would dispose of them by category and donate them separately. These statements are not the same, which makes some netizens also wonder: Where did the luggage end up? Therefore, some netizens suspected that there was collusion between inside and outside the airport to sell unclaimed luggage.
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The airport has called the police, and it is necessary for the police to find out the truth. Whether the Internet celebrity has violated the rules to attract traffic, and whether there is anyone behind the illegal sale of unclaimed suitcases, can be investigated, and then dealt with in accordance with the law.
In fact, consumers must keep their eyes open to these so-called luggage blind boxes. In previous media reports, a staff member of Hefei Xinqiao International Airport said in response to the online sale of blind suitcases that there were very few passengers who lost their suitcases, and a few were also claimed within a week, and there were basically no unclaimed suitcases.
This shows that consumers should be less willing to take advantage of the mentality to avoid being deceived. Therefore, there is still a possibility in this matter, is it that the Internet celebrity wants to use this to bring goods?
(Source: Jimu News)
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