Seattle's $5 million automated public toilets sold for $12,000

[bijou]

Seattle has officially washed its hands of the five self-cleaning toilets.

The toilets cost the city $5 million. They sold on eBay Thursday evening for $12,549.

All five were sold to Racecar Supply, of Rochester, in Thurston County, with winning bids ranging from $1,625 to $4,899 per commode, said Pat Miller, spokesman for Seattle's Fleets and Facilities Department. "What a buy," said Racecar Supply owner Butch Behn. "Wouldn't you think it's a really good deal, considering what they paid for them? It was a gift."

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008117767_toilets15m0.html

As ever liberals spending your tax dollars wisely. 

[DumbAss Tanker]

"Wouldn't you think it's a really good deal, considering what they paid for them? It was a gift."

I wouldn't necessarily judge their value solely by what the fruitcake government of Seattle paid for them.  Probably a deal, but also probably not nearly as good a deal as it sounds.