Guy Is Selling His Whole Life On Ebay

[Anthony]

i'm not making this up.

http://www.alife4sale.com/main.htm

Auction Starts on 22nd June 2008 at Midday
95 days, 01 hours, 56 minutes and 47 seconds to go!



Bid for it, buy it, get it!



Hi there, my name is Ian Usher, and I have had enough of my life! I don’t want it any more! You can have it if you like!

No, I’m not contemplating suicide, I am going to sell my life!! I have my reasons, for further details click the "Why" tab below. However, I am still not sure whether this is inspired madness, complete foolishness, or just some sort of mid-life crisis.

Whatever it is, it’s all going up for sale in one big auction. Everything I have and everything I am.

On the day it is 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, and get on the train, with no idea where I am going or what the future holds for me.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I guess he's hoping that it's like used cars where "one man's trash is another man's treasure".

Still, if it's so bad that he wants to be rid of it I'm not sure that's a strong selling position.

[gottimd]

" and get on the train, with no idea where I am going or what the future holds for me."

Doesn't a train have a destination? When I buy an Amtrak ticket it says to where. Or is he talking about one of those Freight trains he will just jump off when he feels its a good time to jump off?

[MacroGuru]

I guess he's hoping that it's like used cars where "one man's trash is another man's treasure".

Still, if it's so bad that he wants to be rid of it I'm not sure that's a strong selling position.

After reading his through his site, he is just looking to sell off everything, and he even got his employeer to buy into it.

It's a way for him to disappear in general, and do whatever he wants. I admire him for it. However, it sounds like his divorce that triggered this, was pretty nasty.

[Anthony]

if you read the "why" section of his site, i interpreted the reasoning (by reading between the lines) as he caught his wife in the act.

I often think of the line from "The Sunscreen Song" by Baz Luhrmann, which goes, “The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.”




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

i agree with Jon - if you want to be done with this completely and still have some coin in your pocket there are far better ways to do this. if he truly doesn't car about hwo much he gets why not just donate to charity or take your deed and keys to your toys and hand them to the 1st homeless guy you see. that'd be awesome. in line with what jon said it's like he's purposely sabatoging himself here, as if he wants to intentionally devalue his worth and possessions. probably should take the money he gets from ebay and put it towards a psychologist.

can you just give away your house like that? isn't there oodles of paperwork that need to be signed? i don't think it's something you can just walk away from willy nilly.

[Passacaglia]

On the day it is 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, and get on the train, with no idea where I am going or what the future holds for me.

Sounds like he's not selling his life -- just his stuff. I wanted to be able to tell him what to do and stuff, use him as a henchman.

Not only that -- you don't get his wallet and passport? What a crock.

[Icy]

Do you get his ex-wife too? is she hot?

[MikeVic]

This should be a life's possessions for sale. It's not really his life.

[Izulde]

It depends on what you define as your life.

In the capitalistic American society, possessions are your life!

[Butter]

Sounds like he's not selling his life -- just his stuff. I wanted to be able to tell him what to do and stuff, use him as a henchman.

Not only that -- you don't get his wallet and passport? What a crock.

Yeah. I should get to use him as a butler, or whatever. You sold me your life, dude. Sorry! The 13th Amendment don't say nothing about no Ebay.

[Anthony]

i would love to have a henchman.

[MrDNA]

The 13th Amendment don't say nothing about no Ebay.

First time I've ever been moved to quote something just because I love it so much. :D

[Mota]

He is probably in major trouble with the mob or something and by stepping into his life you're probably giving up yours.

[KWhit]

i would love to have a midget henchman.

Fixed.

[Anthony]

Fixed.

word. this is my posse:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/02_02/TinyBAR1202_468x624.jpg