Proctor, Minn. Police Forced to Relist Infamous "DWI Chair" on eBay

PROCTOR, Minn. (AP) - Proctor's police chief fears the city will lose a big chunk of revenue after it was forced to repost the sale of an infamous motorized recliner on eBay.

The police department recently confiscated the customized lounge chair after its owner was suspected of driving it while drunk and smashing it into a parked vehicle.

Police auctioned the chair under the La-Z-Boy brand and received eBay bids topping $43,000 after news of the drunken driving arrest circulated. Police Chief Walter Wobig says eBay notified him Monday the chair was not a La-Z-Boy brand, so it was removed from the site and was reposted as the "DWI Chair," which restarted a three-day bidding process.

By midday Tuesday, bids were up to $2,550, no where near the previous bids. Wobig worried the city of 3,000 could lose a lot of potential revenue.

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