Items 62 and 64 are mine. The Honeywell fan should have a US plug on it. I plugged it into the wall and it burned up because it wasn't rated for 220V. I purchased the other black fan at the market and left it in the room because it was too much hassle to take it back to the US with me. You can throw the Honeywell fan away and use the other for whatever you need. It was my intent to leave them behind.
Sorry so late, I just saw the post. 
Okay, I can see why you did this - and you probably thought it was allright. But I hope you realize that you caused quite a bit of extra work for the hotel crew (who cleaned up your room and actually packed all this stuff and shipped it to us), and EF staff (especially riffuchs) who had to sort through all the leftovers and photograph them. Next time, if you intend to dump stuff you don't need ... please dispose of it properly. Your hotel room is not a waste dump.
A note to everyone reading this thread: The hotel management very clearly complained to us about the state they found most rooms in on the last day, and the enormous amounts of dirt and trash and leftover things - not in regard of specific guests, but in general. It took them twice as long to get the rooms into inhabitable condition again as it takes for normal guests, and they sent us about 150 leftover items total that took Riffuchs a lot of work to sort out, photograph and maintain. This will likely have two consequences: Extra cleaning and garbage removal costs put on our bill - and it's likely we will be discontinuing our "lost and found" service. It's just no fun to sort through all this, and then be told that people apparently mistook their hotel room for a electronic waste disposal site.
I am terribly sorry about the extra work I had caused you guys and the hotel staff. I am usually the one yelling at others for leaving a mess behind. I've always been a big believer in leaving behind as small of a footprint as possible, so it is weird being the bad guy in this incident. The broken fan was placed on top of the garbage can, and I thought that was sufficient. The staff must have thought this was a mistake and removed it. The other fan is completely my fault, and I apologize.
I don't want to use cultural differences as an excuse, or to in any way justify what happened, but this is a very common practice here in the states. Items left in the rooms are usually just discarded if not deemed very valuable. I admire and envy your respect for personal property, as well as personal responsibility. It's what keeps me coming back, and why I'd like to ultimately move to Germany. No hotel in the US would have given second thought to it, they would have just thrown the fan away, or taken it for themselves. I'm not trying to justify my behaviour, it's just what I am used to. I had a "Dumb American" moment, and it will never happen again.
I look forward to attending many more Eurofurence conventions. This year was my first. I will take extra care with my cleanliness next year.
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