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Man sells life online for £200,000

Man sells life online for £200,000

A man has auctioned his life, including his home, car and friends, for £200,000.

Ian Usher, a British man who emigrated to Australia six years ago, decided to put his entire life up for sale when his marriage broke up, because his belongings reminded him off his ex-wife.

The items were valued at £210,000 but Mr Usher insisted the money is not an important factor.

He said: "I am relatively pleased but I thought it would go a bit higher, if I'm honest.

"But I've no regrets. What's done is done and I'm looking forward to sorting this all out."

The auction included Mr Usher's three-bedroom home in Perth and everything inside it, including his Mazda car, motorbike, jet ski and parachuting gear.

He also sold an introduction to his friends and a trial run in his sales assistant job at a rug shop.

Soon after the auction started, hoax bids totalled almost £1 million for Mr Usher's life, so a registration system was introduced to weed out offers that were not serious.

He added: "It was open season for 18 hours or so and people got a bit over-excited. I was a bit disappointed by the fake bidding, but it didn't surprise me."

Mr Usher, who is originally from Darlington, plans to use the proceeds of the auction to go travelling.

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8742444

By kat1 (Moderator) on Jun 30, 2008, 13:54 in Off Topic.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Jun 30, 2008, 13:55:

uhmm pity he doesn't look like Brat Pitt otherwise i would have bid jijijik

engage brain before opening mouth

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 14:00:

Aw, he isn't ugly though.

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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goin_south says on Jun 30, 2008, 14:52:

He's not????
HE'S NOT?????

jejejjjee.... damn, tg!
(if he's 'not ugly', then.... that gives me hope! ;-))

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 16:52:

Hahaha

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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goin_south says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:01:

If he's not ugly, then..... THAT probably calls for an entire new thread about.... 'Que es Feo?"

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IloveCidy says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:04:

Jaja Can't you women see what you do to men.

I miss my novia!

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goin_south says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:07:

If he got 200,000 then perhaps I can get 300,000.
I'm ugly, and even old, but....

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:07:

Go ahead, GS. Make your thread. ;) But I'd say most people would just give you examples of personality types that are ugly. That, or we'd be left with images burned into our brains that will scar us for life.... like that one (can't remember who 1st posted it) of the freaky creature nursing its babies.

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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goin_south says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:08:

yeah, yer right.
even in Tennessee.

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 18:10:

Even what in TN?

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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jorgegdiaz says on Jun 30, 2008, 19:42:

ever saw that wedding dress auction on eBay where the guy actually WORE the dress of his ex-fiancee? Circa 2004. It has been one of the most hilarious things I´ve ever seen in my life !!
This thing just reminds me of that.

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 19:53:

Haha, I've never seen or heard about that! Wish it was still available to see, sounds funny.

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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goin_south says on Jun 30, 2008, 23:42:

dija check Utube?

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kalder says on Jul 1, 2008, 00:40:

As I understand it, he was aiming for £200,000, but actually only got £130,000.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Jul 1, 2008, 09:10:

I'd like to see one of these auctions minus the house - just the used contents, friends list and an opportunity to be a rug salesman. Whoo-hoo! I bid a buck-two-ninety-eight.

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