man sells life on ebay

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An ex-pat who decided to make a clean break after splitting with his wife has so far attracted 70 bids for his "entire life".

Ian Usher, from Darlington, who emigrated to Australia six years ago, is selling his house, friends and job on internet auction site eBay.

The 44-year-old said he hoped to earn about ?185,000 for his Perth lifestyle.

About five hours after bidding opened on Sunday, the highest offer was just over ?314,000.

Up for auction is his three-bedroom home in the western Australian city and everything inside it, including his car, motorcycle, jet ski and parachuting gear.


On the day it's all sold and settled, I intend to walk out of my front door with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, nothing else at all
Ian Usher

He is also selling an introduction to his friends and a trial run at his job.

Mr Usher said: "Everything that I have - the furniture in the house - all has memories attached to it. It's time to shed the old, and in with the new.


"On the day it's all sold and settled, I intend to walk out of my front door with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, nothing else at all.

"My current thoughts are to then head to the airport and ask at the flight desk where the next flight with an available seat goes to, and to get on that and see where life takes me from there."

newspaper next weeks: a australian man was found death in the atlantida where die for not having enough protection from cold
 
Hmm. That sounds rather admirable. I don't know why, though.
 
314,000 is a pretty good deal, I don't think my life would be worth that.
 
Wasn't there another that was extremely similar to this not too long ago ?
 
348,000 pounds now ($AU 720,000)

His ebay page is pretty detailed and he has a blog going, most recent post about all the publicity he is getting.
 
That's not admirable at all, the guy's a dumbass.

He's trying to be like the kid from Into the Wild and look how well that ended for him.
 
He's selling all his stuff, and taking that money to go out into the world, admiral indeed.

I often wonder about grabbing a packpack, with a sleeping bag and tent, and just going off to wherever my feet take me but then I decide I like having internet access more.

But walking around the world, that would be sweet.....
 
"where does the next flight with an available seat go to?"
"Northern Ireland."
"well, um, uh... is it too late to get my life back?"
 
I feel partly glad for the man doing something ambitious but partly I feel like he's making a big mistake.
 
But it'll be too late, because I'll have taken his life.

(cue hollywood blockbuster in which the new owner of his identity starts doing terrible things with it, and the man has to take his life back)

He's selling all his stuff, and taking that money to go out into the world, admiral indeed.

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