"Returns rescue auction" in Nuremberg: 500 devices at a starting price of one euro

Created: 12/14/2021, 4:48 PM

A wide variety of products come under the hammer in Nuremberg (symbol picture).

© Bernd Wüstneck / dpa

From Monday to Thursday (December 13th to 16th) there will be a "return rescue auction", at which 500 devices will be offered at a starting price of one euro.

Nuremberg - In the lockdown at the latest, many people jumped on the “online ordering” train.

And got used to it.

It is therefore not surprising that the number of returns is increasing.

But what some may not even know: some of them end up in the junkyard instead of being sold.

The city of Nuremberg now wants to fight this, as

reports.

Nuremberg: Halle at the Nuremberg harbor is the site of the auction

There is a warehouse near the port of Nuremberg in which tumble dryers are lined up next to refrigerators, washing machines and microwaves.

The hall of the Nuremberg company “Restlos” is the scene of the “Returns rescue auction”, where the goods are auctioned.

Starting price: one euro!

Not bad considering most of the utensils are brand new and were sent back anyway.

Nuremberg: Of 315 million returns, 12 million end up in the garbage

Because of the approximately 315 million parcels that were returned in Germany in 2020, just under four percent ended up in the garbage.

Without having been used before.

That's around twelve million packages.

At least that is what researchers at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg have found out.

Underneath there is certain to be one or the other catch.

According to

, the auctions will run until Thursday (December 16).

Bids are only available online.

A total of around 500 items are waiting for a new owner.

The only residual risk for the bidders: they no longer have a manufacturer's guarantee.

If you buy a device that is defective, you have had bad luck in the worst case.

But one of the interested parties sees that easily and laughs: "No risk, no fun!"