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Seattle Sells Off $5 mn Automated Public Restrooms for $12,549

Zolamarquis — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:47:03 +0000

I strongly reckon that mechanized public pay toilets have literal connotations. By this I mean, they are trained well to auto-cleaning likewise high-tech robot toilets that enables the user to stay inside for as longer duration (as per their wishes), and then clean up all the verification after the fact. But little was I aware that auctioning of such pricey models would fetch a visible loss to the company. News is counted five automated toilets in Seattle that were priced at $5 million lately got sold to Butch Behn, owner of Racecar Supply in Rochester, Wash on a spill over of mere $12,549. A neat loss in million dollars!

Behn plans to employ two of the units at the South Sound Speedway and is considering the remaining three for reselling in future. The information disclosed by USA Today doesn�t mention if these models were refurbished before exhibiting them for auction.

Via Gizmodo

Elite Find of the Day: $89,000 Public Toilet from Seattle Reaches eBay

Zolamarquis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:48:01 +0000

For attending a nature’s call, we all make efforts to install the personality toilets starting from designer, geeky and gilded one. But what about those installed at public places and are in clear juxtaposition to one reached at eBay, demanding a whooping sum of $89,000 each. The sophisticated public toilet features graffiti, impact-resistant stalls, programmed doors, faucets, dryers, soap dispensers, and also an integrated emergency 9-1-1 button. It is the result of initiative taken by Seattle officials to set right their gaffe (that’s what they feel) of having spent $5 million of city’s cash on self-cleaning community toilets around 5 years ago.

Neighbors disclose that these communal facilities are inviting drug users and prostitutes. Five of these cost-effective German-made structures are all set to undergo auction at eBay with a starting bid of $89,000 each, which undoubtedly is a constipated sum. Another nine days left to ink this neat deal.

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Gold-Plated Customized Bike Costs $500,000

Zolamarquis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:11:53 +0000

Every automobile exhibition carries with it some element of bling to restrain the attention of its elite customers’. And the customary ritual is being practiced at the ongoing International Motocycle show in Seattle offering a radiant wheel structure. You may call it chopper and she may label it as an artistic masterpiece but to me it seems no less than a functional sculpture. True, there is no dearth of ornamented wheels i.e. £9,500 Gold Bicycle, $800,000 ASI’s Bentley, bejeweled low-rider tricycle and others but the revolutionary offering of gold-plated custom chopper demands $500,000.

I am sure the filthy-rich would like to ink this neat deal as there is no other way to value their piled up dough. After a long oration, I now take a long breath and would allow you to enjoy a virtual ride over this chopper. Enjoy the video of the Custom Star Yamaha with similar looks that was featured at the 2007 International Motorcycle Show

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