Selling advertisement space has been common online and in retail places for several years now. The new concept of selling “body” space is catching up [among those who wish to put ads on their bodies in return for money] and is taking many different turns. If you browse ebay, you can usually find pretty sweet deals. You can also find pretty weird deals which are weird not because of their price, but because of what the auction is supposed to result in once it ends and satisfies the seller. These weird deals include selling advertisements on your body and doing other things to your body for some amount of money.

A Minnesota man recently sold himself and his family to the highest bidder, and in return agreed to wear a t-shirt bearing the message that the bidder wants them to wear. Meanwhile, instead of advertising a name or a website on her body, a teenage girl supposedly shaved all her hair for the highest bidder and then donated it to kids with cancer. What’s even weirder is that she was willing to do more [read the auction] if the auction ended in a higher bid. Whether creepy people need hair for comfort or just as a voodoo sacrifice, they are willing to spend over $300 to get it from a teenager. Creepiness existed in medieval times, and still exists in the high tech world.