Man Selling His Life On eBay 343

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:14AM 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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Here's your chance guys (Score:5, Funny)

by morgan_greywolf ( 835522 ) * writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:19AM (#23915105) Homepage Journal

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

Aw man (Score:5, Funny)

by Tabernaque86 ( 1046808 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:22AM (#23915129)

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

PSone? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:25AM (#23915159)

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

If I were selling my life (Score:4, Funny)

by thedbp ( 443047 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:26AM (#23915169)

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

Re:There is no wife (Score:5, Funny)

by jrumney ( 197329 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:30AM (#23915203)

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

So the math is (Score:5, Funny)

by shitzu ( 931108 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:37AM (#23915257)

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.

This is news? (Score:5, Funny)

by Joeyspecial ( 740731 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:39AM (#23915273)

People sell their WOW accounts all the time.

Re:Here's your chance guys (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:41AM (#23915307)

Sadly, you will still be virgin tho.

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:5, Funny)

by 192939495969798999 ( 58312 ) writes: <info@devinmAAAoore.com minus threevowels> on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:42AM (#23915313) Homepage Journal

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.

The value of life (Score:2, Funny)

by moloney ( 197410 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:53AM (#23915415)

I haven't bought any recently, but I used to get them three for a quarter.

I hear... (Score:4, Funny)

by Thelasko ( 1196535 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:54AM (#23915423) Journal

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

Whoa! (Score:5, Funny)

by Alsee ( 515537 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @08:58AM (#23915455) Homepage

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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ooh! This is the plot of a movie, I know it! (Score:5, Funny)

by jollyreaper ( 513215 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:00AM (#23915469)

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.

Why he is getting so much (Score:3, Funny)

by Chrisq ( 894406 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:00AM (#23915473)

[quote]and so forth. (No wife.)[/quote] That's why he's getting so much.

Can I buy the wife's car? (Score:5, Funny)

by GameboyRMH ( 1153867 ) writes: <gameboyrmh&gmail,com> on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:05AM (#23915515) Journal

screeech vrooom!
First screech and then vroom? Must be a really badass hybrid!

Get a life...in Perth? (Score:4, Funny)

by that_itch_kid ( 1155313 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:22AM (#23915673)

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

Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

by Gription ( 1006467 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:30AM (#23915781)

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...

Do your DD (Score:3, Funny)

by istartedi ( 132515 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:37AM (#23915861) Journal

You'd better fly over and check it out. Make sure his friends aren't all loud talkers with BO who like to "get nekkid" at parties.

His stuff mainly sucks. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:39AM (#23915887)

PS1? Dude, come on....

If it was me... (Score:3, Funny)

by kellyb9 ( 954229 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:39AM (#23915891)

"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."
I think I'd be a jerk if I was him and not do laundry or dishes for a month.

Re:I need more info. (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:40AM (#23915897)

Probably very difficult because his employer could pull the rug out from under him at any time...

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:50AM (#23916025)

What? That his wife was a man?

Re:Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

by asliarun ( 636603 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @09:53AM (#23916089)

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?

It's kinda sad ... (Score:3, Funny)

by Bob-taro ( 996889 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:00AM (#23916185)

that his boss and friends support the idea. I imagine him asking, "Is no-one going to say 'please don't go'?"

Re:My first post in a long time. (Score:4, Funny)

by djdavetrouble ( 442175 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:07AM (#23916263) Homepage

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.

Re:Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

by socsoc ( 1116769 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:21AM (#23916443)

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?

Re:Can I buy the wife's car? (Score:5, Funny)

by ichigo 2.0 ( 900288 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:24AM (#23916485)

She forgot the handbrake on.

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:5, Funny)

by 7 digits ( 986730 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:25AM (#23916511)

> 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?")

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:4, Funny)

by Sapphon ( 214287 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @10:54AM (#23917043) Journal

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

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:2, Funny)

by CowboyNealOption ( 1262194 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @12:01PM (#23918461) Journal

People who have no imagination, and can't imagine themselves without any possessions or money?

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:4, Funny)

by Joe Snipe ( 224958 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:18PM (#23920383) Homepage Journal

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.

yeah but it wasn't just an affair (Score:3, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) * writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:07PM (#23921501)

Catching your wife in bed with another man is bad but not bad enough to sell your whole life. This guy must have caught her in bed with his best friend.
Which is bad news for the person buying his life. Guess who's going to be your new best friend?!

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:3, Funny)

by ArsonSmith ( 13997 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @04:18PM (#23923749) Journal

I prefer:
"He who dies pennyless has impeccable timing."

Re:Here's your chance guys (Score:3, Funny)

by rabiddeity ( 941737 ) writes: on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @07:43PM (#23926445) Homepage

Here's your chance to finally get a life! Gentlemen, place your bids!
I rented a Life [wikipedia.org] one time. It was OK, if a bit on the small side. I'd say it's worth maybe $7000.

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Here's your chance guys (Score:5, Funny)

Aw man (Score:5, Funny)

PSone? (Score:4, Funny)

If I were selling my life (Score:4, Funny)

Re:There is no wife (Score:5, Funny)

So the math is (Score:5, Funny)

This is news? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Here's your chance guys (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:5, Funny)

The value of life (Score:2, Funny)

I hear... (Score:4, Funny)

Whoa! (Score:5, Funny)

ooh! This is the plot of a movie, I know it! (Score:5, Funny)

Why he is getting so much (Score:3, Funny)

Can I buy the wife's car? (Score:5, Funny)

Get a life...in Perth? (Score:4, Funny)

Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

Do your DD (Score:3, Funny)

His stuff mainly sucks. (Score:1, Funny)

If it was me... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:I need more info. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

It's kinda sad ... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:My first post in a long time. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Now for what is really cool... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Can I buy the wife's car? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:4, Funny)

yeah but it wasn't just an affair (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Well, two things come to mind (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Here's your chance guys (Score:3, Funny)

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