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La-Z-Boy-Mobile -- $43,000 Diamond in the Rough

Posted Nov 2nd 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff

The dude who got a DUI on a converted La-Z-Boy was literally sitting on a goldmine and he didn't know it -- now his beloved recliner-mobile is currently fetching more than $43,000 in a police auction ... and he won't see a cent of it.

La-Z-Boy-Mobile -- $43,000 Diamond in the Rough

The bid for Dennis LeRoy's infamous La-Z-Boy-Mobile is currently at $43,100 -- and there's less than 24 hours to go.

Cops in Proctor, MN, made a deal with LeRoy to remove one of the DUI's from his record if they could sell the contraption -- but little did they know LeRoy's franken-chair could be worth as much as a brand new Audi A5.

For the record -- a regular, non-motorized recliner usually goes for around 700 bucks.

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Tags: dennis leroy, DennisLeroy, dui, dui arrest, DuiArrest, la-z-boy, la-z-boy dui, la-z-boy-mobile, La-z-boyDui

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1. They should give the guy a little bit of the windfall.

Posted at 1:28PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Give him some

2. wonder what he can do with a sofa? lol

Posted at 1:28PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by anna

3. I doubt anyone will pay. They are all superficial bids. If someone actually pays they have no life and should not have that kind of money to spend.

Posted at 1:37PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by o z z i e

4. Just build another one you idiot looking freak!

Posted at 1:37PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Mikey

5. 10/1 says the auction ends in a default b/c the person who bid $43k isn't actually going to pay anyone $43k for a stupid recliner that has a go cart engine in it.

Posted at 1:37PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Sono

6. He would just use the money for more booze!
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Posted at 1:40PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by erictheolson

7. "Let us make a profit from your contraption and we'll erase your DUI". Um, bribery much?

Posted at 2:02PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by WTF

8. This story was on the local news a few nights ago and the winning bid at that time was $200. Wonder why it went up so high so fast (and why anyone would pay a dime for it).

Posted at 2:29PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Michele

9. Who in the hell would buy that. I bet the seat smells like ass.

Posted at 8:24PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by joemama

10. HARVEY.EXPLAIN PLEASE HOW COPS WERE ABLE TO HUSTLE AND BARGAIN A CHARGE FROM ANYONE.ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS SOCIALLY CHALLENGED.PLEASE REPRESENT THIS GUYS ASS...

Posted at 3:41PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by TRACKER

11. That's bs he should get the money you could get so many Dui's off your $hit for 43k

I hope he fights them for it

Posted at 3:53PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Scott

12. THE CHAIR IS NO LONGER ON EBAY!! Don't know where it went, but it still had several hours before auction ended and it is gone. I'm betting the guy decided to say to hell with a DWI falling off his record; he wants his money.

And that thing is pretty bad ass

Posted at 6:24PM on Nov 2nd 2009 by Anna

13. Wow, thats an amazing price to pay for such a contraption! Thinking about this I wonder if LeRoy will build another and try to sell it like the police department is doing with this one. If he does he may have an opportunity to make a good chunk of change.

Posted at 9:32AM on Nov 3rd 2009 by Nathan

14. Probably a sneaky member of staff from ebay to build promotion.
I bet they have staff just to do this :)

Posted at 12:22PM on Nov 3rd 2009 by David

15. I want this.

Posted at 11:06AM on Nov 4th 2009 by jill

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