Ten more of the machines were purchased for $9,000 each by the city's Ambassador Force, Central Atlanta Progress and Georgia Power, according to Atlanta Regional Commission spokeswoman Julie Ralston. So, why did they pay twice the asking price?
This invention is innovative. It's also totally stupid.
There are a very few instances where they would be handy, and none where they are indispensable.
Another example of "romancing the product!" Great ideas are a dime-a-dozen without a customer you are nowhere!
I believe they paid that price because their model was sold as an industrial model.