Amazon's 'surprise boxes' return at 1.50 euros per 100 grams in Málaga

"Sale of surprise boxes. 15 euros per kilo." The sign is back these days at the Rosaleda Shopping Center, where since last Monday, hundreds of sealed Amazon boxes have been accumulating, waiting for someone to take them away before next Saturday. What do they contain? No one knows... They could be gadgets, clothes, accessories, household items, toys, decorations, electronics... Anything that can be bought on Amazon, as they are all unclaimed lost packages from the well-known company.

In the store on the lower plaza of the Rosaleda Shopping Center, next to the Lottery Administration, the boxes are organized by size. But no more clues are given. They also don’t have labels that reveal anything about their contents. And no opening them, so you just have to go by the weight, the movement of whatever is inside, and your intuition about what might be inside. No sections or anything similar. A complete surprise box. And you pay according to the weight: 100 grams cost 1.5 euros. Same system as last year.

"Can I open the box?", "What if I don't like what I get?" or "Can I find an iPhone inside?" are just some of the phrases you hear while lingering around the store. The clerks repeat the answers from memory: nothing can be returned, and if you open any box, you have to take it. But they only have until Saturday, May 31, to try their luck.