Golden Palace tattoo for 10k...

[rlr]

Wow, this sad lady sold the right to tattoo her forehead to Golden Palace for $10,000 allegedly to pay for her sons college. Hopefully he won't go to a private school.

Mom with Tattoo (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C600145187%2C00.html)

Golden Palace Blurb (http://www.goldenpalaceevents.com/auctions/foreheadgoldie01.php)

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[stigmata]

It'll probably cost about $10,000 to get it removed, LOL.

If she was canny (unlikely /images/graemlins/wink.gif), she would get GoldenPalace to pay for removal in the contract.

[TStoneMBD]

personally, i think that this displays a pretty large negative image on golden palace. i dont think it was worth it for them to do this unless they projected that it would return far more than the 10k. i also dont understand why they didnt choose someone more attractive.

[Easy E]

Public schools will cost that much in 2-3 years if she's lucky.

Bad deal for her, given her goal

[fluff]

The therapy to undo the psychological harm from being the kid whose idiot Mom tattooed goldenpalace.com on her forehead will cost more than $10k.

[Groty]

They pay $10K to rent this woman's forehead for life, and the story is picked up by almost every media outlet as "news". Marketing brilliance by Golden Palace.

[I.Rowboat]

What was wrong with just selling a kidney? Jeez...

[KingCon]

Thye shouldve gave her ugly mug $10,000 to wear a paper bag over her head with GOLDENPALACE written on the outside in black marker.

[Talk2BigSteve]

I hope the kid finds the joys of marijuana in college, and fails out.

Steve

[JayLear]

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personally, i think that this displays a pretty large negative image on golden palace. i dont think it was worth it for them to do this unless they projected that it would return far more than the 10k. i also dont understand why they didnt choose someone more attractive.

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I'm guessing this would be about as attractive as they could get to do something like this...

[lighterjobs]

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personally, i think that this displays a pretty large negative image on golden palace. i dont think it was worth it for them to do this unless they projected that it would return far more than the 10k. i also dont understand why they didnt choose someone more attractive.

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it puts gp.com in a negative light for me, personally. looking at that picture reminds me of the bumfights movies where they give a bum a bottle of whiskey to have 'bum fights' tattooed on his forehead.

edit- at first i thought gp was going to give anyone 10k to get this tattoo, but apparently the mom who got it had an ebay auction up to get a tattoo on her forehead and loves attention wherever she goes.

Yeah, isn't that a little too crazy?! I mean I guess people will really do anything for money.

[Yort Mada]

stop talking bad about my mother =/

[RiverWillRock]

Some people...seriously. Ok, on one hand you can admire her for doing it for her son etc. But on the other, I think there would be other ways of getting 10k, that would not have such massive repercussions. A good marketing ploy alright, but a sad reflection on the world we live in.