Thursday, July 17, 2008

High-tech, self-cleaning toilets yet to attract bids on eBay

High-tech, self-cleaning toilets have yet to attract bids on eBay. Not your average bathroom fixture, these are pricey toilets, with starting bids of $89,000 each.

The single-stall stainless steel units have sensors for hand-washing and flushing. They are designed to seal their pneumatic doors to clean the floor and toilet after every flush, and also to prevent anyone from entering while in use.

The city of Seattle decided to remove the German-made Hering-Bau toilets because of maintenance costs and problems with drug use and prostitution.

Here's the eBay listing.

Read more...
City hopes eBay auction will shut the lid on toilet debacle

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