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#144822 - 08/19/08 10:07 PM TSA took my...
comms Offline
Veteran

Registered: 07/23/08
Posts: 1502
Loc: Mesa, AZ
I was traveling back from a retreat in Washington State last week and dang it TSA took my 14 year old Gerber multiplier. I forgot to take it out of my EDC backpack and put in my checked baggage.

As soon as the lady pulled me aside I knew it had to be an EDC item I'd forgot, I was thinking, "Please, please, please, don't be my Mk1."

I was hoping it'd be a lighter but alas my trusty Gerber got binned.

What prized possession has TSA taken from you?
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#144823 - 08/19/08 10:10 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: comms]
eric_2003 Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 09/14/07
Posts: 56
I was travelling from Toronto to Vancouver, and had a 4 inch cold steel tanto voyager folder tucked into some hidden zippered compartment in my messenger bag. Didn't even know it was in there. I asked the security lady to keep it but she was kind enough to suggest I mail it back to myself, which I did.

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#144824 - 08/19/08 10:11 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: comms]
CityBoyGoneCountry Offline
Enthusiast

Registered: 11/04/07
Posts: 369
Maybe they should open up a small post office in every airport so that people can have the option of mailing their stuff home, or mail it to their destination, instead of having it taken away.

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#144828 - 08/19/08 10:19 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: CityBoyGoneCountry]
comms Offline
Veteran

Registered: 07/23/08
Posts: 1502
Loc: Mesa, AZ
See I thought that to. For a fee they could pretty easily set up a station for someone to box up items, copy info from your boarding pass and then have a runner take it to the counter.
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#144829 - 08/19/08 10:21 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: comms]
ironraven Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
Watch eBay. Assuming no one takes it from the bin, it will end up there.
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#144831 - 08/19/08 10:31 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: ironraven]
Todd W Offline
Product Tester
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 11/14/04
Posts: 1928
Loc: Mountains of CA
They sell on ebay.... but in large lots I`ve seen.
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#144836 - 08/19/08 11:10 PM Re: TSA took my... [Re: Todd W]
DrmstrSpoodle Offline
Member

Registered: 01/28/07
Posts: 138
My copy of "War of the Worlds". I used my boarding pass as a bookmark and forgot about it. Then when I realized what had happened, I gave the security guys the whole book. The line was so busy and hands were changing so quickly I got the pass back, but not the novel written by Wells.

I was stuck watching a really, really bad in-flight movie on the way to Chicago. Sucked to be me that day!

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#144857 - 08/20/08 12:15 AM Re: TSA took my... [Re: eric_2003]
Hanscom Offline
Journeyman

Registered: 11/23/05
Posts: 86
Keep a padded self-addressed stamped envelope in your travel or EDC bag (yes I know that the postage keeps changing). If you forget to leave something at home, stick it in the envelope and mail it at the airport.

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#144860 - 08/20/08 01:16 AM Re: TSA took my... [Re: comms]
big_al Offline
Addict

Registered: 01/04/06
Posts: 586
Loc: 20mi east of San Diego

I was boarding a plane to go to a fire and had my work tools with me(knife,light,sharpener and a SAK. both of the knifes have been with me through the Air Force a bunch of years ago. they were found by TSA and went into the bin, If I was not on an assignment I would have missed the flight and recovered my knifes.
but thats not the way it happened. one of the knifes was a german Cat knife that I got when I was over there, not expencive but a lot of memorys.

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#144868 - 08/20/08 02:33 AM Re: TSA took my... [Re: big_al]
BlueSky Offline
Newbie

Registered: 05/08/08
Posts: 36
Loc: DFW TX
They've pretty much taken away my will to fly.

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