The German Man Who Cut Things In Half For His Ex-Wife Is Nothing But A Marketing Stunt
Well played, well played.
By John Lim — 25 Jun 2015, 12:30 PM
What was an ingenious way to get back to a former lover - turned out to be a brilliant marketing stunt that fooled many
Sometimes you have to do things by halves to raise awareness for an important issue. The crazy story of a guy cutting his items and selling everything on ebay has made it around the world within the last couple of days. This story is not real. We made it up.
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The whole stunt was the idea of Deutsche Anwaltauskunf, an information portal for the German Bar Association
The idea behind it was to humorously point to a problem that is not only relevant in Germany: Too few married couples take precautions for the case of a possible separation – for example with a marriage contract. The event of divorce then often ends in bitter fights under which not only cars and furniture suffer but especially the effected couples and their children.
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The items are still available for purchase here and all proceeds will go to charity
The items on eBay do exist, though, and will be auctioned off, with proceeds donated to charity.
bbc.com19 June: Going through a break up is tough. There's the heartache, tears and cold, sleepless nights. It's quite possibly the worst thing ever.
While many of us may soak in sadness and feel miserable about our pitiful selves, this guy from Germany decided to do something about his broken heart
The jilted husband, who goes by the ebay username 'der.juli', is following his divorce agreements word by word by giving his ex-wife everything he owns...
One love-lost German has allegedly decided to hand his ex-wife her half of their belongings in a peculiar way: By actually sawing them in half and handing his ex-wife her half of their belongings.
The man posted a video of him cutting various items like chairs, the TV and phones in half with the translated video intro that reads 'Thank you for 12 'beautiful' years, Laura! You've really earned half'
And you know that monthly burden of maintaining a car? Now you only have half to pay off.
The man has reportedly sent half of the pieces back to his ex-wife, while he sells his share of halves on ebay. Yes, you can buy them. At half the price.
