Seattle eBaying 5 high-tech public toilets
SEATTLE — Seattle's five problem-plagued public toilets could be yours if you're flush.
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 $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.
The German-made automatic, high-tech toilets were installed in 2004 and cost the city about $5 million.
