What the city paid for four years of fancy, self-cleaning public toilets=

By Aimee Curl • August 14, 2008 12:00 am

What the city paid for four years of fancy, self-cleaning public toilets= $5 millionWhat it will cost the city to remove them/buy its way out of the fancy toilet contract= $820,000What the city tried to sell them for= $89,000 eachWhat they finally fetched on eBay= $1,475 (Pike Place Market), $1,525 (Pioneer Square), $1,525 (ID), $2,225 (Capitol Hill), $3,050 (Waterfront). Priceless.