sell your kids...or their names

I know that this isn't recent news, but I recently ran across an article about a mother that agreed to name her child after the Golden Palace Casino. She sold the rights to the Casino via Ebay to name her unborn child for around $15k . Sometimes people truly amaze me with their stupidity. What remains to be seen is the reaction from her child, GoldenPalace.com.

I don't know about you, but if my mother named me something utterly ridiculous for a pittance like $15k, I'd probably bitch-slap her as soon as I was able to reach her face. I would think that something of that nature would be worth at least a good $50k, probably more. But it is all about ethics, I suppose, and the details of the deal. After all, if you were able to legally change your name once you were born, then I suppose getting some cash for having a crappy name for a day or so might not be too bad.

Guerilla marketing at its worst.