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Seattle sells five of its troubled public toilets on eBay

by amyjudd | July 18, 2008 at 03:11 pm | 258 views | 4 comments | 10 recommendations

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Seattle is selling five of its problematic public toilets on the popular auction site eBay, but you're going to have to have some serious cash to afford one.

City officials decided to pull the plug on the multimillion-dollar self-cleaning toilet stalls and instead put them on the auction site eBay.

Starting bids are US$89,000 apiece.

Neighbors and city-commissioned analysts said the unisex facilities attracted drug users and prostitutes, and were less cost-effective than regular public restrooms.

On May 19, the City Council voted to remove the problem toilets.

Council President Richard Conlin said although people were using the high-tech, self-cleaning silver stalls, they also fostered illegal behavior, such as prostitution and drug use.

I'm not sure what you would do with one, or where you would put one (in your yard maybe?), but each one has handsfree washing and drying ability and a button that automatically dials 911.

I could only find four of them for sale, and so far none of them have recieved any bids yet. It's still early days yet though I guess.
Here is a link.