A motorized La-Z-Boy used by a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to driving it drunk is up for auction on eBay, and the top bid now tops $40,000!
As of Monday morning 96 bids have been placed for the infamous vehicle, but police say interested bidders need to keep it off the streets.
The winning bidder has to pick up the seized motorized La-Z-Boy from the Procter Police Department.
The chair, powered by a lawnmower engine, comes equipped with a stereo, cup holders and lights.
The proceeds from the auction will go to the police, state and the prosecuting attorney.
Proctor Police Chief Walter Wobig cautions that the chair isn't "street legal," so any buyer should stick to the living room, or at most a parade.
The former owner, Dennis LeRoy Anderson, pleaded guilty last week to operating the chair while intoxicated.
Anderson isn't happy that his La-Z-Boy is up on the auction block, however, and says he plans to build an even bigger and better one.
Anderson also has his own eBay auction.
He is selling two autographed photos of the La-Z-Boy.
One of the photos shows him sitting on the chair and the other shows the recliner at a racetrack.
blankingout said on November 2, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Wait why does he loose the chair? If he has to pay to do the time, then his property should be returned to him or at least the proceeds from this auction needs to go to cover his fines... even though it is a DUI, I don't think it's right government can just seize your property like that. Thumbs up to KING 5 for increasing the character limits!
schnell33 said on November 2, 2009 at 3:41 PM
And if they do have the right to keep the chair, why does the prosecuting attorney get some of the money?
Anonymous said on November 2, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Yeah, the police can't auction your car if you get a DUI, its impounded. Something smells here...
cmeeverett said on November 2, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Did this guy hand over ownership of the chair to the police? There is nothing in this story which mentions so. I suspect they knew its "value" & tricked him into signing a form to give up ownership to pay his "fines". Or was it something else? I don't know, does anyone know? I agree, something smells here, & it is a lack of information.
stryker said on November 3, 2009 at 10:15 AM
$40k for a souped up lazyboy? Um..ok.
loosie said on November 5, 2009 at 6:28 PM
We should be bidding on the pictures instead of the chair...he can donate the money if he wants and still get his chair back. Later he can sell it if he wants. I would think that if no one buys the chair then they would have no choice but to give it back. If it is not considered illegal he should get it back, if it considered illegal they should not be able to sell it!! Support the guy who designed the chair and did the work, not the one's trying to benefit from someone else's work!!