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Entire Life Sold For L192,000 (Man Sells Life On eBay for $393,000 Alert)
BBC News ^ | 6/28/2008 | BBC News

Posted on 06/29/2008 10:00:33 AM PDT by goldstategop

A Briton living in Australia has agreed a bid of more than £192,000 after putting his "entire life" up for sale following a split from his wife.

Ian Usher, 44, who left Darlington six years ago, included his house, car, job and friends in the online eBay auction, in an effort to make a fresh start.

The lot attracted a peak offer of 399,300 Australian dollars (£192,276) when bids closed early on Sunday.

Despite expecting higher bids, Mr Usher said he had "no regrets".

At one point offers on the "life lot" rocketed to over two million Australian dollars (£1m) within hours of the sale's start last Sunday.

However, Mr Usher and eBay were forced to introduce a registration system to weed out what were revealed as hoax bids, many of which were from the UK.

Up for auction was his three-bedroom home, in Western Australia's capital Perth, and everything inside it, including his Mazda car, motorcycle, jet ski and parachuting gear.

Ian Usher from Darlington put his life up for sale after breaking up from his wife

He also sold an introduction to his friends and a trial run at his sales assistant job at a rug shop.

After the auction closed Mr Usher said: "I am relatively pleased but I thought it would go a bit higher, if I'm honest.

"But I've no regrets. What's done is done and I'm looking forward to sorting this all out."

Mr Usher said he would not reveal the identity of the buyer before he had made a telephone call to him.

He added: "It was open season for 18 hours or so and people got a bit over-excited. I was a bit disappointed by the fake bidding, but it didn't surprise me."

Mr Usher decided to cut ties with his current life after realising almost everything reminded him of his relationship with his wife of five years.

He said: "I've got some ideas. Once it's finished and confirmed, I'd like to do some travelling. I'd like to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, it's one of a huge list of things I want to achieve."


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; doover; ebay; lifesale
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Can you sell your entire life for nearly half a million dollars? One Briton Down Under did just that on eBay. Everything sold to the highest bidder.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

1 posted on 06/29/2008 10:00:33 AM PDT by goldstategop
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“I’d like to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, it’s one of a huge list of things I want to achieve.”

Um.........this guy needs help.


2 posted on 06/29/2008 10:04:28 AM PDT by EggsAckley
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He didn't sell his "life" he sold his positions.

Selling your life would be if he let people bid on his organs.

Or if he sold himself into indentured servitude.

3 posted on 06/29/2008 10:04:40 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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After the auction closed Mr Usher said: "I am relatively pleased but I thought it would go a bit higher, if I'm honest.

A little greedy here if you ask me. I never thought it would go as high as it did. I'm shocked.

4 posted on 06/29/2008 10:05:03 AM PDT by rawhide
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To: goldstategop

‘Get a life.’


5 posted on 06/29/2008 10:06:20 AM PDT by Ben Reyes
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To: rawhide
Beats dealing with the real estate agent, eh? Be free of all worldly encumbrances!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

6 posted on 06/29/2008 10:06:53 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I am willing to sell all my positions that do not involve my Laz-E-Boy chair .


7 posted on 06/29/2008 10:08:27 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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That does include your ex wife and friends?

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

8 posted on 06/29/2008 10:09:25 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25416138/&GT1=43001

Here’s another one. “Single mom selling home, heart online.”


9 posted on 06/29/2008 10:09:36 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Only a Kennedy between us and tyranny.)
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I do not have title to any humans and my dog (only friend) goes where he wants . All my ex-wives are paid off btw .


10 posted on 06/29/2008 10:14:01 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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I am willing to sell all my positions that do not involve my Laz-E-Boy chair .

A broken in Laz-E-Boy is like a broken in pair of jeans. It may be a little frayed around the edges but it is so comfortable you don't care.

11 posted on 06/29/2008 10:15:57 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A good marriage is like a casserole, only those responsible for it really know what goes into it.)
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Single mom selling home, heart online.

I think that would be a crime in most states , must be a sting .

12 posted on 06/29/2008 10:17:26 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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A Laz -E- Boy is like a broken in set of clothes. Some things one never gives up - for any price.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

13 posted on 06/29/2008 10:20:01 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I hope Mr Usher has a good chastity belt.

Unless, of course, EVERYTHING GOES?

14 posted on 06/29/2008 10:20:09 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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Its illegal to sell yourself. Anything else not prohibited by law, you can put that up.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

15 posted on 06/29/2008 10:21:00 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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On a whim, I went to an auction. It was listed in the paper as a being a house and all its contents; kitchen ware, dishes, furniture, hand tools, power tools, etc. My ex mostly wanted to go to check out the tools.

We figured it was an estate sale but it turned out the house belonged to an elderly gentleman whose wife had recently died. It was his life long dream to live on a boat and presumably a dream his wife didn’t share.


16 posted on 06/29/2008 10:22:25 AM PDT by Caramelgal (Just a lump of organized protoplasm - braying at the stars :),)
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To: kbennkc
All of the male x's in here have "paid off" wives. How come I never got paid off by any x's. My worth worries me.


17 posted on 06/29/2008 10:26:47 AM PDT by bannie
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To: goldstategop

It would be funny if he found out that they “buyer” was actually a group of guys at a gay bathhouse who saw the listing and pooled their cash.


18 posted on 06/29/2008 10:26:59 AM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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To: bannie
Do you take Paypal ?
19 posted on 06/29/2008 10:28:50 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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LOL!!! Of course!!!!!

...but does this mean that you're leaving me???

20 posted on 06/29/2008 10:34:51 AM PDT by bannie
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