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Man Auctions Forehead Advertising on eBay

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thought-you-can't-sell-body-parts dept.

Sammy at Palm Addict writes "According to the BBC, a 20-year-old US man is selling advertising space on his forehead to the highest bidder on website eBay. "Andrew Fisher, from Omaha, Nebraska, said he would have a non-permanent logo or brand name tattooed on his head for 30 days. "The way I see it I'm selling something I already own; after 30 days I get it back." Mr Fisher has received 39 bids so far, with the largest bid currently at more than $322 (£171).""

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. Re:Tough to Meter by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny
    How do you measure the number of hits on the guy's forehead?


    Count the lumps?

    =)

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  3. Re:It's a stunt... by MaelstromX · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It looks like the ebay trolls are going to kill his auction, though. I think this is more of a 'stunt' by someone desperately seeking attention. Kinda funny... but still a 'stunt'.

    Which really makes me wonder why anyone even gives a second thought to all the stupid shit people put for sale on eBay anymore. It was cute the first couple of times, but now we're having a major news source reporting every couple weeks about some kook who listed something stupid that will get driven up to a ridiculous level by the media attention.

    At some point, when will everybody just stop caring? eBay is just an extention of the real world marketplace. If I go to a flea market and find someone's garbage for sale, what are the odds that any news organization would write a story about that? So why do the rules change for eBay?

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  4. Re:ideas... by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, a big L.

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