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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. There is no wife by Broken+scope · · Score: 4, Informative

    because he got divorced, and "everything" reminds him of her and hes just so miserable. The divorce was the catalyst for the whole thing.

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  2. Fake bids. by Funkcikle · · Score: 4, Informative
    I saw this yesterday and thought the price was too low now - turns out it had been bid up to AUS$2,000,000 by jokers and he had to remove the fake bids.

    Link to the story here = http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23908397-948,00.html

  3. Re:Well, two things come to mind by beadfulthings · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oh, he will tell you why his wife left--for a price. According to CNN, you have to subscribe to his website. It's apparently called "alifeforsale.com".

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  4. Re:Presumably... by pacroon · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...his debts are included? A 90% mortgage would make the house less attractive. From his own site: 1). Potential buyers of this package does not need to concern themselves with any mortgage or debt that I have on the property. In Western Australia transfer of property is done through a Settlement Agent, who pays off any mortgage I have outstanding with my bank before releasing the balance of the proceeds of the sale to me, The buyer is responsible for arranging their own finance, and is in no way responsible for my loans or debts. There is no outstanding finance at all on any of the vehicles, or anything else in the house.
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  5. All my life for sale by madaket · · Score: 4, Informative

    All my life for sale is a book by John Freyer who managed to list most of his worldly possessions (even his Christmas presents) on eBay.