Unemployed mom sells on eBay the chance to name her unborn son

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<p>"An Arkansas woman is offering the opportunity to name her seventh child to the highest bidder, starting at $150. The unemployed mother of six has posted an auction on eBay in hopes that she will receive enough money to buy a “trustworthy” car and to relieve her sister’s burden of supporting her cash-strapped family.</p>

<p>Lavonne Drummond, 36, of Smackover, Ark., a “super small town” in the southern part of the state, says the idea to hawk the first name of her second son “just came to me” while she was thinking of ways out of her economic nightmare.</p>

<p>“It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there’s someone out there who could help me out with a good name,” Drummond told FOXNews.com. “I’m running out of names.”</p>

<p>Drummond — whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 — said the proposal hasn’t exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn’t even know about it yet…"</p>

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<p>Oooooh, thanks for sharing! If this is successful I’m going to get busy…I could get the first baby up for naming in a few months, and then I’ll just keep having 'em until the girls are out of college.</p>

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<p>Maybe she should have thought of her financial situation before she started on that seventh child.</p>

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<p>I’d consider bidding if the money went towards a vasectomy or tube tying.</p>

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<p>Hope some white supremacist doesn’t bid high and name the poor kid Hitler!</p>

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<p>A woman I know put her baby on ebay with the offer of him wearing clothing bearing the logo/insignia of the highest bidder every time he left the house for a year. She enjoyed fleeting fame for awhile doing interviews on the local evening news,radio station and in the newspaper. I believe she got $1500.</p>

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<p>SMACKOVER, Ark? Gotta love whoever named these places!</p>

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<p>Does anyone remember that mom that sold her forehead? She wanted a company to tattoo their name on it in exchange for (I think) $10 grand.</p>