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 A$100,000 ($96,000) 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 A$2.2 million, 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 A$399,300 ($380,286) 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 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. [End of report]
I dont know what should I call his act as. Dumb, stupid, smart I have no idea. However, I feel sorry for the man. Just as he thought he is going to be a millionaire, it turns out he will only get about $400,000. I can understand why he wants to sell everything, which includes his motorbike, jet-ski, surfboards, sky-diving kit, spa among others and he certainly sounds like a very rich man, Im not sure about that. However, what I find amusing about it is that he wants to sell his friends too on eBay. I am wondering how is he going to do that. I went to his website and he said that the reason he has decided to sell his 'life' is because he was "blindsided" by his wife recently and everything in the house reminds him of the past. He has decided that now would be the right time to move on with his life and that is why he has decided to sell everything. I don't know why anyone would want to bid for something that have been use by someone else before but I guess the buyer is a rich man. I might just follow Ian steps one day and sell everything on eBay if my life ends up like him. I can get as much money as I want and start afresh. He might not be a millionaire yet, but I think $400,000 should be enough for him to do whatever he wants. He is living alone, so he shouldn't need a lot of money. He could like start a business and make even more money for himself.
It has become more common to see someone auctioning their life for sale on the Internet nowadays. I think these people feels like they have no use living anymore but rather than committing suicide, I think it is much better to auction their life. If you are lucky, you will get a lot of money. So there you go. If you feel depress or if you think your life is meaningless, try auctioning it on the Internet and who knows it might change your life in a bigger and better way.
*The report was taken from REUTERS.
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