He was the highest bidder but must've been high!! Local CEO wins bid to own scooter that most cannot buy for half a year By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Science Writer Employees find themselves opening doors a little more carefully these days at Benchmark's offices in the Galleria. That's because their boss, Wayne Kinsey, is apt to come zipping down the hallway on his new $160,100 toy, a much-heralded scooter known variably as IT, Ginger or now, officially, Segway. "I guess it needs a horn," Kinsey says. "Otherwise, it's perfect." Kinsey, 50, won an online auction last month to buy the first publicly available Segway, with sale proceeds going to FIRST, a nonprofit organization supported by the scooter's inventor, Dean Kamen. click for complete article
