By KOMO Staff & Seattle Weekly

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SEATTLE — There’s a new twist to the state’s ferry fiasco.

The passenger-only ferry Chinook, which was listed on eBay on two different occasions and each time failed to get any bids, could actually bet put back in service at a much lower cost than what the ferry system first projected.

The state’s $4.5 million starting bid for the ferry failed to entice anyone on the online auction site. But it appears the ferry could be put back in service at a much lower cost.

Lawmakers were told to pull the ferries Chinook and Snohomish out of service because the side-loading boats are incompatible with all but one dock - Pier 50 in Seattle - in the system.

Since then the Snohomish has been retrofitted to work as a replacement ferry, but not the Chinook.

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