Man rents forehead as ad space; earns $37,000

[hamilton]

Now, why didn't I think of this?

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is letting it go to his head.

Andrew Fischer, 20, of Omaha, who put his forehead for sale on eBay as advertising space, received $37,375 US on Friday to advertise the snoring remedy, SnoreStop.

Fischer will display the SnoreStop logo on his forehead for one month.

"I look forward to an enjoyable association with Andrew, a man who clearly has a head for business in every sense of the word," SnoreStop CEO Christian de Rivel said.

"People will always comment on something out of the ordinary," Fischer said in his sales pitch. "People like weird."

But there were limits: He refused from the outset to be the conduit for any message or product deemed tasteless or unacceptable in traditional advertising formats.

[mark tonin]

Thanks for that one hamilton ... I'm sure I'll be able to use that story to spice up my Grade 10 Business class when we do our unit on advertising.

Peace, Mark

[Ms.Huxtable]

$37K in one month? I'm setting up an Ebay auction as we speak.

[bradm]

$37K in one month? I'm setting up an Ebay auction as we speak.

Any particular body part(s) you're planning on auctioning off, Ms. H? ::

Aloha,

Brad