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Man auctions his life for $380,000
Member Since: 1/14/2007
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Man auctions his life for $380,000
A man sold everything in his life for $380,000. This includes his house, his job, his friends, and every posession he has. This is the story...
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A man who put his life up for auction on eBay found it wasn't worth quite as much as he thought when he settled for around $100,000 less than his target price.
Ian Usher, 44, held the seven-day auction of all his belongings, including his three-bedroom home in the west Australian city of Perth and a trial for his job at a rug store, after the break-up of his five-year marriage.
Bids had reached as high as $2.2 million Australian dollars, only for Usher to discover there had been a glitch on eBay's system which allowed the participation of non-registered bidders who had put in bogus offers.
In the end, the winning bidder agreed to pay $399,300 Australian dollars, or $380,286 U.S., for all of Usher's worldly goods, which also include his friends, a motorcycle and a jetski. According to the eBay website, the mystery buyer, whose user name is "mslmcc," is in Australia and has a 100 percent feedback score.
Usher, who gave regular updates on the auction on his Web site www.alife4sale.com, now plans to travel in search of a new life.
He's not the first person to put his life on the block.
American John Freyer started All My Life For Sale (www.allmylifeforsale.com) in 2001 and sold everything he owned on eBay, later visiting the people who bought his things.
Adam Burtle, a 20-year-old U.S. university student, offered his soul for sale on eBay in 2001, with bidding hitting $400 before eBay called it off, saying there had to be something tangible to sell. Burtle later admitted he was a bored geek.
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I guess the $380,000 will start his new life.
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ATRL Administrator
Member Since: 6/29/2002
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$380,000 is like nothing now that the dollar is so weak
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Member Since: 1/14/2007
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I would have asked for more. I mean, just my ATRL account is worth that much.... well maybe not that much but close 
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Member Since: 9/4/2006
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How can you sell your friends? 
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Adam Burtle, a 20-year-old U.S. university student, offered his soul for sale on eBay in 2001.
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ROFL!
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Member Since: 2/8/2006
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... uhm good for hime  <3
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Member Since: 3/1/2007
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LMFAO how desparate 
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Member Since: 8/27/2006
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- Great neighbors, hot friends and hidden sex toys in perfect working condition.
- Only con is GED and low life uncle
- A+++++++++++++++++++++
- Will buy from again!!!
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Member Since: 1/14/2007
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^ lol
You hear now he has 100 goals he wants to complete in 100 weeks with his new life. I believe the website is www.100goals100weeks.com and he has some pretty difficult ones like learning to fly a plane and helicopter among other things.
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^... wow a plane and helicopter... uhn can we say fail <333
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Yeah, how does that friend portion work? Are they talking animals/pets? O_o
Only 100K for the big stuff he owns/ "his life" which turned into 380K? That house must've been the focal point of the sale.
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Member Since: 1/14/2007
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Update. Minus the house, his life is deemed to be worthless, as I am sure many of ours are too...
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Devastated by the breakup of his marriage, Ian Usher of Perth, Australia decided to sell his life on eBay -- everything from his fully furnished home and car to an introduction to all of his friends and a trial period at his job.
Word of this offering spread quickly, and at one point bidding reached $2 million, four times the amount Usher expected. But the 44-year-old soon learned eBay can be as cruel as the woman who trampled his heart when all the big money bids were revealed to be hoaxes. The auction eventually closed with the winner having bid a mere $384,000, barely the value of Usher's home.
So minus the real estate, Usher's life was deemed pretty much worthless. Thanks for that, eBay. It takes your unique sort of electronic marketplace to illustrate something many of us have feared about our own lives, without suffering the indignity of having it confirmed.
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Member Since: 2/5/2007
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lol on his goal site
see the grand canyon
location: Nevada, US
he's not ever gonna see it
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Member Since: 5/24/2007
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i saw the grand canyon... i flew over it in a helicopter 
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Originally posted by Bro0klyn!
i saw the grand canyon... i flew over it in a helicopter |
so did i =]
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Member Since: 2/8/2006
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Originally posted by Bro0klyn!
i saw the grand canyon... i flew over it in a helicopter |
OMG <333 333 so did i ... OMG i think i have pics of that experience in one of my million photo books 
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Originally posted by ♥ Shakidrian ♥
... uhm good for hime <3 |
You mean him, LOL!
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Poor guy. He is so desperate.
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