So you though life cannot be sold on eBay? think again!
An Australian man Ian Usher, 44 has put his entire life up for auction on eBay, and so far the bidding is up to nearly US $702,000. The auction will end on June 29, 2008 so hurry up.
He is offering his house, his furniture, electronics, 140mph Kawasaki motorbike, car, jet ski, introductions to his friends and family and a two week trial position in his current job as a rug store assistant after his wife of twelve years left him. He is originally from UK, emigrated from Scarborough six years ago and became an Australian citizen in 2006.
According to Usher on his website:
Despite my life being busy and fulfilled, I still miss my wife so much. Everything in my home is a reminder of the wonderful past we shared. It’s time to let it all go and move on to the next big adventure that life has to offer. Or maybe, as a couple of friends have suggested, I am just having some sort of mid-life crisis!
The idea is for Usher to be left with just the clothes he stands up and his passport. He then plans to head to the nearest airport and take the first plane that’s available.
Ian Usher
Initially the auction did not go as planned. Usher had intended to make the bidding for registered eBay users but this didn’t happen and bids soon reached over $2 million.
He said:
There are obviously a lot of very bored idiots out there who need to get a life, but who think it’s better to bid on mine with no intention or ability to follow it up. Eventually, as I worked backwards through the bids, I discovered that the highest bid from a genuinely registered bidder was down at $155,000, and I decided to delete all bids above that.
His current employer, Jenny Jones, who runs a rug store in Perth, has agreed to take whoever buys the “life” on a two-week trial, with a view to a permanent job.
He has developed a special website www.alife4sale.com for this purpose.
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