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Man Selling His Life On eBay

Posted by kdawson on from the but-wait-there's-more dept.

A number of readers have sent in the story of the guy in Perth, Australia who is selling his life on eBay. 100 days before the auction opened, he put up a site detailing all that was on offer: house, car, jet ski, friends, job, and so forth. (No wife.) The auction has five days to run and the bidding is up over $300K, supposedly from qualified bidders. The seller says: "Upon completion and settlement I will walk out of my home for the last time in just the clothes I am wearing, and carrying only my wallet and passport."

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  1. Here's your chance guys by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's your chance to finally get a life! Gentlemen, place your bids!

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  2. Aw man by Tabernaque86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wanted to sell my life too, but then I remembered I didn't have one. :(

  3. PSone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, he could have at least thrown in a PS2...what a cheap bastard.

  4. If I were selling my life by thedbp · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd probably wind up having to pay the auction winner to take it off my hands.

  5. Re:There is no wife by jrumney · · Score: 4, Funny

    So actually, its only half a house and half a jetski. Better keep that in mind when you're bidding upwards of AU$300k.

  6. So the math is by shitzu · · Score: 5, Funny

    i have to pay 300K to get a house AND i have to work two weeks as a rug store sales assistant. What a sweet deal.

  7. This is news? by Joeyspecial · · Score: 5, Funny

    People sell their WOW accounts all the time.

  8. Re:Well, two things come to mind by 192939495969798999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can tell you why his wife left for free right now...

    "hey honey, I decided to sell my life on ebay!"

    slam pitpatpitpat screeech vrooom! and there she goes.

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  9. I hear... by Thelasko · · Score: 3, Funny

    the winning bidder wants to have it sent to his brother in Nigeria.

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  10. Whoa! by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can buy a house and a jet ski and all the other stuff anywhere, but friends? Whoa!

    I can't wait to show them my complete Star Wars Action Figures collection!

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  11. ooh! This is the plot of a movie, I know it! by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    We're going to find out that the Mafia has a hit out on him or he's supposed to be in an arranged marriage to a cannibal princess or something. The lovable everyman who buys this guy's life will now be in a madcap race to escape the consequences, probably falling in love with a girl-next-door Hollywood starlet in the process.

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  12. Can I buy the wife's car? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

    screeech vrooom! First screech and then vroom? Must be a really badass hybrid!
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    1. Re:Can I buy the wife's car? by ichigo+2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      She forgot the handbrake on.

  13. Get a life...in Perth? by that_itch_kid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh come on people, the guy lives in PERTH. Surely nobody is bidding on that.

  14. Now for what is really cool... by Gription · · Score: 5, Funny
    We just slashdotted his life!
    (Trying to figure out why I think it is so funny but it just cracks me up...)

    Meh. He's selling his current living conditions. He'll continue to live; if he's happy, he's still "winning," just like any of us. I'm not losing just because someone has more stuff than me (see George Carlin on that). BTW- It will be hard to see George since this weekend...
    1. Re:Now for what is really cool... by asliarun · · Score: 4, Funny

      We just slashdotted his life!

      (Trying to figure out why I think it is so funny but it just cracks me up...)

      Too late. His wife probably DDoSed him a long time ago. Why else do you think he's selling all his stuff?

    2. Re:Now for what is really cool... by socsoc · · Score: 5, Funny

      How could a wife launch a distributed denial of service attack on his life? Did she contact all of his mistresses, slutty co-workers, and the gals at the club down the road to have them join in the attack?

  15. Re:My first post in a long time. by djdavetrouble · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am happy, but I feel encumbered.

    Ahh, another case of life imitating nethack.
    Perhaps you are stuck with cursed armor or a loadstone.
    Or maybe you should "D" some of those items
    and do a polypile later.

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  16. Re:Well, two things come to mind by 7+digits · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Not too hard to guess what that might have been.

    I wonder which would be more ironic:

    1) If his ex-wife marry the guy that buy "his life", so she get back the whole lot ("Oh, that is soo sweet, I recovered my friends, my house and my jetski" )

    2) If the guy his wife left with win the auction to buy "his life" ("Your taste in women was pretty good, what else do you have?")

  17. Re:Well, two things come to mind by Sapphon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was blindsided at about 11pm on a Wednesday evening by a shocking and awful discovery.

    She was a Collingwood fan?

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  18. Re:Well, two things come to mind by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 4, Funny

    They've also conditioned modern man to get 10-20 credit cards and a subprime ARM mortgage

    You know what they say about ARM mortgages? too much risc!

    Sorry.

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