35 days to reclaim what was put on the NPC...

I might be wrong... but!

When 2.0 went live after the game was down for recreation they placed the Calamity Salvager for 1.0 players to reclaim items they used to own before. Now if I'm not mistaken the Calamity Salvager carried your items from 1.0 until you picked it up. I didn't return for a couple of months after 2.0 went live and still could pick up my stuff. I don't remember a timer to reclaim items for that. I might be mistaken though and I don't know where to look that up...

If that's correct though then why is it possible to have items there forever but for housing items it's just 35 days? In the end it's the same situation: Items placed on NPC cause character was inactive. Player returns eventually and get's to reclaim his/her stuff.