Inside the New Hampshire State Surplus Store
Plastic tubs filled with items confiscated from New England’s major airports are resold to the public in New Hampshire.
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The New Hampshire State Surplus Store in Concord has become a hub of this secondhand market.
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Tom Zekos of Newbury, N.H., searched tubs of confiscated pocket knives for sale at the surplus property store.
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TSA collects so many miniature multitools and Swiss Army knives that each model has its own bin at the surplus store, where they sell for $2.
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There is an entire subculture of resellers who wait in line for hours before the surplus store opens to pounce on the newest inventory.
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The store is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Snow globes were outlawed along with many liquids and gels in 2007 after an apparent terrorist plot to use liquid explosives on planes.
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