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Humiliation Has A Price

March 31, 2005 By

eBay is making industry news this week for dumping Goodby Silverstein + Partners and calling them a “vendor” in the process, quite possibly a first for GSP. But Adpulp is more interested in the seedier side of eBay.
According to Local6.com, a Knoxville, TN woman has auctioned off her last name on eBay for $15,199. The winning bidder is GoldenPalace.com, an internet gambling site. From now on the woman will be known as Terri GoldenPalace.com.
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No, this is not an Onionesque post. It’s real.

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About David Burn

I wrote my first ad for a local political candidate when I was 17. She went on to win her race, and I felt the power of persuasive copy for the first time. Starting in Portland in 1995, I worked my way across the country as a copywriter and eventually became a content director making media products for big packaged goods brands. I returned to Oregon in 2008, and now I focus on building brands for companies that matter, including this one.