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- hackiavelli, on 11/03/2009, -1/+17Not literally.
- psion01, on 11/03/2009, -0/+14Ahhhh, asset forfeiture laws! Still stuffing piggy banks with stolen goods.
- JamesK852, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7The original listing was pulled from the website for using the term La-Z-Boy, "Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig said he was notified today that the chair is not a La-Z-Boy and cannot be auctioned as one"
Full Article: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/ ...
New Listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... - thatonekid393, on 11/03/2009, -0/+7It's pretty unfair. If you get a ticket and you can't pay for it, in any other situation, the cops don't take your car and sell it on eBay. They're just being greedy and unfair here.
- IKORKYI, on 11/03/2009, -0/+5that doesn't sound voluntary
handing the chair over for nothing would be voluntary. handing the chair over for dripping on of the DUI charges sounds like coercion. and immoral. - darkened, on 11/03/2009, -0/+4This is ***** ridiculous that the police legally get to steal from us citizens for their own profit.
***** like this is why I'm for privatizing the police force, they will no longer be able to be above the law and will subject to every same law as we are. - worldgate989, on 11/03/2009, -1/+4Thats still unfair to the millions who have DUI's and cant get the same deal. Whats next? Here take these DUI's off my record and you can sell this porche on ebay. He should have to sit in his damn chair and get stuck with the DUI.
- pygmy, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3listing removed: "La-Z-Boy Puts Brakes on DUI Chair Auction"
http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/02/la-z-boy-ebay-dui-ch ... - benroy, on 11/03/2009, -0/+3how much is the matching ottoman worth?
- psion01, on 11/03/2009, -0/+2And this one will be BETTER. With a bigger engine, brighter headlights, and LASERS!
And one day, the two chairs will meet along an isolated stretch of road and the two will battle it out like an '80s action TV show! - shanealeslie, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Well now, seeing as it's an in-line 8 with a turbo charger, probably quite a bit more.
- Cornelp, on 11/03/2009, -1/+2Wow, bribery from cops...
Never heard that one before.I bet if I had a golden-car, I could erase half the county's DUIs with it.
Whats next.... - Hota, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1Wow, I wonder if that chair really has nitrous injection into that Briggs & Stratton engine. Sweet...10 hp!
- EmperorChow, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1he can always make another
- Hota, on 11/04/2009, -0/+1Worldgate989 - Did I comment on whether it was fair or not? No. Did I imply at all that it was fair or that the cops/DA were ethical in their dealings? No.
I was merely responding to thatonekid's inaccurate comment about the cops confiscating the guys chair because he wasn't able to pay. - V1ncent, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1He's making a better version.
- shadowspawn, on 11/03/2009, -0/+1I looked at the steering wheel and thought NoS. Then I saw the other pictures and yep, damn it has a ***** NoS tank on the back.
My god. I doubt it worked, but there sure is a level of detail you don't ordinarily see on a La-Z-Boy. - Shawn4168, on 11/03/2009, -1/+2He wasn't really sitting on a goldmine...if he hadn't gotten arrested and the chair hadn't been all over the news, it wouldn't have been worth nearly as much as it is now.
- justmeanddigg, on 11/03/2009, -0/+0I hate it when the media reports on these ebay auctions. They almost ALWAYS are from fake bidders, but that doesn't stop the media from proclaiming that they are going for outrageous prices. Maybe I'll create an account real quick and bid 1 million dollars so this article can make the Today Show.
- psion01, on 11/03/2009, -1/+1I'd agree with you ... in fact, I did if you look up above. But it turns out the fellow turned his chair over to cops in exchange for dropping one of the DUI charges. It was a fair exchange, it seems.
- Hota, on 11/03/2009, -2/+1Read the article...I know you can do it. It's only like 3 sentences long.
He voluntarily traded it to have one of the DUIs removed from his record. It wasn't about him being unable to pay. - justmeanddigg, on 11/03/2009, -1/+0What's ***** ridiculous is that you are speaking out of your ass. Read the ***** article and you'll see that nothing was stolen at all.
- psion01, on 11/03/2009, -2/+1That might be so, but that doesn't change the fact the original 'piggy banks' commenter is an idiot you shouldn't listen to.
- worldgate989, on 11/03/2009, -2/+0lol, the url says 'dui-ch'... or 'douche'.
- psion01, on 11/03/2009, -5/+1Yo you pig-headed cop-hater! Why don't you read the fugg'n article and see where it says he turned the chair over voluntarily in exchange for dropping one of the DUI charges? Are your reading and comprehension skills really THAT bad?!
Moron.
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