Bits & Pieces - Diane Frank

It only figures that once I write about the Sam Walls affair, I have something curious happen. A fellow at work says, "I thought I saw you in a group photo." That’s innocuous enough, and I replied I couldn’t imagine where, as I hadn’t had that many occasions to be in group photos and I personally tried to keep my visibility on the web to a minimum. To which he responded, "I can’t remember, but did you see the guy selling the wedding dress on the web?"

It seems that a guy who’d like to be thought of as funny sold his ex-wife’s wedding dress on eBay, and posed in it to model the thing. It did hit the national press, and eBay allowed him to keep an extra long journal on the sale.

Here’s a sampling of links to the publicity he’s received:

(Addressable via computer from the Word and web versions, but not the PDF or printed versions - Ed)

Seattle Man Finds Fame By Wearing Wedding Dress For eBay Photo
KIROtv.com, WA
Wedding Dress Guy Took Liberties In eBay Ad

KMGH, Denver
Man who sold ex's wedding dress on eBay earns instant fame

USA Today
Ex-husband models wedding dress on eBay

Corvallis Gazette Times

Man Models, Sells Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress
FOX News - Apr 29, 2004

Gauthier: Wedding blues turn green
Framingham Metro West Daily News, MA - Apr 29, 2004

Aisle take my revenge
The Sun, UK

Fatman puts wedding dress up for sale on Ebay
The Inquirer, UK - Apr 28, 2004

Got Plans?
Washington Post - Apr 1, 2004

And if you want to see the original, here’s the URL:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4146756343&category=63851&sspagename=rvi:1:1

And it isn’t even the silly season yet.

Diane