That's Using His Head! - Man is Renting His Forehead as Ad Space on eBay!

January 19,2013

A Web Developer from Houston, Texas has offered his forehead for rent as ad space in eBay an auction. The auction will end on January 27 at 9 pm EST.

Michael Chapala, a Web Developer from Houston today offered his forehead as ad space to the highest bidder on eBay. The winner of the ten day auction ending at 9 pm EST on January 27 will have the right to advertise any logo or business on his forehead in the form of a temporary tattoo for thirty days. The ad is limited to non-controversial, socially acceptable wording without profanities or offensive language. During that period Michael will be making a large advertising effort to promote the winner both online and offline with press releases, talk shows appearances, local news broadcasts, social network and forum postings. Forehead ad space auctions on eBay in the past have proven to be successful advertising strategies previous winning companies have reported.

Participants from past eBay auctions have also reported successful auction results. 2005 Andrew Fischer, 20, of Omaha earned $37,375 for placing a temporary tattoo of the company Snore Stop logo on his forehead for thirty days. Eric Hartsburgs, a professional wrestler from Michigan, rented the side of his forehead for $5,000 with the letter "R" for Romney. One lady Karolyne Smith, ended up getting $10,000 for placing GoldenPalace.com on her forehead. A company in Pittsburgh called Lease Your Body allows people to sign up to advertise on different parts of their body for $200 to $5,000. A popular porn star in Russia was offered over $550,000 to place a tattoo on her breasts for advertising purposes. Two men tattooed the call letters of a local radio station on on their foreheads after a DJ offered a six figure pay-off for anyone willing to do it. When the men showed up to the radio station to get paid they discovered that it was only a joke. One man attempted to sue the station but the case was dropped after the plaintiff failed to show up for court.

Michael when asked why he was doing this replied, " I'm trying to earn some extra money to move my mother from Michigan to Texas where I can take care of her". Michael's mother who is suffering from diabetes is presently hospitalized for complications caused by the disease. "My mother living alone in Michigan so far away has made it difficult for me to keep track of her". Catherine 71, is also suffering from other unrelated health problems compounding the situation."My mother took care of me as a child in my time of need, so I can take care of her in her time of need. It's the least that I can do. When asked what he would do in the event of a successful auction he replied, œ If it's successful, I'll probably do it again.

Ebay Auction - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221178837689

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