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I wouldn't be so sure of this. Usually when you go to a luggage shop here they only carry one of each models and refill them every now and then.
by yoz-y 7y ago
I wouldn't be so sure of this. Usually when you go to a luggage shop here they only carry one of each models and refill them every now and then.
- Xophmeister 7y agoThis is basically a reformulation of the Birthday Paradox. Even with a large variety of makes and models of luggage (cf. 365+ days in a year), the chances of any two being the same increases superlinearly wrt passengers.
- chungleong 7y agoThat's what I had in mind. I figure on average half the passengers on any given flight are returning home. People living in the same area tend to have the same retail choices. The number of variations among this group probably isn't in the hundreds.
- yoz-y 7y agoMy point is that the variety of luggage is so vast (i'd hazard tens of thousands of models) that the probability would be low even for a quite high number of passengers.
- rutthenut 7y agoSo if limited choice of suitcase colour available, get a can of spray paint and customise it so you can easily spot it - and others won't accidentally mistake it for their own ...