Man sells his life on eBay

Iain Thomson

24 June 2008

An Australian man has put his entire life up for auction on eBay, and so far the bidding is up to nearly $400,000.

http://www.alife4sale.com/

Ian Usher, originally from the UK, is offering his house, his furniture, electronics, 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.

He made the decision to put everything up on eBay after his wife left him after twelve years of marriage.

“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,” he says on his web site.

“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.

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.

“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,” he said.

“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.”

The auction ends on June 29th.