Bravo! For someone being creative by bringing in bonus bucks to Pennsylvania's coiffers.
Make a positive out of a negative by cashing in on the items we forget in our carry on.
Other states - take note.

Sell it yes, but use it to balance the freaking budget, and pay down the debt!

More government garbage. Let's make fuzzy policies that cause people to lose belongings. Then the state sells them. Some weird new form of taxation. THESE THINGS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CHARITY. THE SALE SHOULD BE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

confiscating private property for resale is probably not a good precedent to set.

If private property is seized while breaking any other law, it is often sold at auction by the city, county, state or federal law division that seized it. Why would breaking this law be any different?

At least with Pennsylvania, you get a chance to retrieve your property confiscated by TSA, rather than have it end up in the pockets of a TSA official like mine did.

Could it be the REAL reason for TSA is to put people to work to steal the personal items of travlers so the staes can sell them AFTER hiring MORE folks to do it.
SECURITY---humbug!!!!

This is just another form of taxation. The government finds a way to sieze personal property and appropriate it for its own use. Nothing new here.

It's so great to see entreprenuerial government in action. But like typical bureaucrats, they are being far too timid. C'mon TSA, think outside the bag here! How about auctioning the entire contents one piece of checked luggage selected at random from each flight. You could call it "The TSA Grab Bag".

I think it's time for us to stop flying. Just drive instead. Flying was already a pain in the ass, but to have them steal your stuff and resell it, and then make you wait on the tarmac for 11 hours, Screw the airlines. In 11 hours you could drive a third of the way across the country. And driving offers you alot more privacy and so much less hassle!

Scott -- I've already been doing that from NYC -- driving to friends in the midwest or along the east coast. I just take a long weekend and see some sights along the way. Airlines will rediscover customer service or stagnate (they won't die b/c there are too many simple folk who like inconvenience as an excuse to whine; but as the population ages they'll fly less).

Hey, I just bought a lot of 7 knives allegedly confiscated by the TSA. A lot of things are turning up on Ebay. Many state & municipal depts are involved in this sell-a-thon. It's been happening for years & I'm afraid it's getting worse.

Shakespeare said it best: much ado about nothing

Remember those "take a penny, give a penny" bowls old country diners would have by the cash register? The TSA should have bins when you exit the airport called, "Lost your scissors take some scissors." I've never understood how they're able to just take stuff with no option of giving it back.

Not to mention I don't think any of the people at the TSA could find a bomb or explosives if our lives depended on it...oh wait they do.

What's next? This could be just the start of a government-wide plan to obtain personal property and profit from its sale (via eBay and other outlets)! Just think, what if the TSA (or another government agency) decided to force you to "voluntarily surrender" your laptop-computer rather than your lipstick? Under the current regulations the TSA operates under, how much stuff do you think average TSA employee is keeping for themselves? Do they confiscate expensive knives, scissors, lipstick, perfume etc? If you want to create a “Rube Goldberg Machine” ( a complicated, unnecessarily burdensome apparatuses to complete a simple task) have the government design and run it! Being pragmatic, we do need effective screening of carry-on baggage (the same goes for checked baggage as well) but at what cost? Who should bear it costs? Who should be in charge of the screening? Under what circumstances should anyone be able to take items you have legally purchased, legally are yours and sell them for a profit? There are some obvious problems with the current system, but there are also some not-so-obvious problems that exist as well. We need a better screening system for identifying explosives in any form. We need a better system for the disposition, disposal, sale or gifting of items that were or will be confiscated or "voluntarily surrendered" property – period! Here are three (3) simple solutions as for what to do with the property in question… I.) Charge each and every airline passenger a $2 fee for mailing banned items back to their home or wherever (have the items placed in a mail-ready envelope by the passenger themselves and drop it in a US Mail box before they could board the plane or leave the waiting area) This would be fair to all involved and would cost the government nothing, but give the passenger the opportunity to keep what is rightfully theirs. The passenger could also have the option to destroy or donate the stuff… II.) Destroy the items no matter what if you confiscate, I mean, have passengers "voluntarily surrender" the items. This would be fair, but what-the-heck, everybody loses except for the agency or company charging to destroy the property!… III.) Place all banned items in a small tub and have airline employees and carry it onto the plane and place it in a secure location. Upon arrival at your destination you could reclaim the property, decide to have it destroyed, given to charity or whatever. After all, it is your property!
While I may not have the perfect answer or answers to this problem, I can guarantee you the TSA is wrong in what it is doing. Perhaps I'm stupid or perhaps I'm just naive, but I feel that taking someone’s property and selling it for a profit is stealing. I see it like Robinhood in reverse. It’s the rich, the government, stealing from the poor, the average airline passenger. Whether I'm right or wrong is a matter of opinion, but it’s my honest opinion what the TSA is stealing our stuff and profiting from the sale of this stuff. If nothing else, I hope this got you thinking about this issue in detail. Thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts – Steve!

On a recent flight with my family, I had to stop a TSA inspector from confiscating our 11 year old daughters' .67 cents, overlooked in a pant pocket. Give me a break!

"give me back my bullets" ,,,,,,,,,Lynard skynard

I for one have stopped flying and will continue to boycott the airlines until this nonsense stops. It's a pain in the butt to have to take extra vacation time to allot for the drive, but it IS more private, you can take as much luggage as your car can hold, stop to pee or eat whenever and wherever you want to, and the scenery sure is better. Sigh...so much for modern conveniences.

This is aweful...Suppose you need to use the items that TSA confiscated when you get to where your going. And you happen to be in a place where there isn't a store anywhere, that sells what you need to use.

Looks like a violation of several part of the Bill of Rights.

If you give up a little freedom for a little security, you have neither.